Overlord for After Effects

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Overlord v2.6.4 for After Effects & Illustrator – Seamless AI to AE Workflow Bridge

Download Overlord v2.6.4 for After Effects and Illustrator on Windows and Mac, the essential workflow bridge that connects Adobe Illustrator and After Effects like never before. Send vector artwork from Illustrator to After Effects with a single click—preserving layers, colors, gradients, and structure—without complex file exports or manual re-creation .

Key Features of Overlord v2.6.4:

• One-Click Transfer: Send vectors from Illustrator to After Effects with a single click—no more exporting AI files, no more manual layer re-creation
• Layer Structure Preservation: Maintains your Illustrator layer organization, naming, and grouping when transferring to After Effects
• Shape Layer Conversion: Illustrator artwork becomes native After Effects shape layers, fully editable and ready for animation
• Color & Gradient Support: Preserves solid colors, gradients, and transparency exactly as designed in Illustrator
• Live Edits: Make changes in Illustrator and update your After Effects composition instantly without re-importing
• Text Layer Support: Text layers transfer as editable text layers in After Effects, preserving font, size, and styling
• Multiple Artboard Support: Transfer multiple artboards simultaneously with automatic composition creation
• Adobe XD & Photoshop Support: Also works with Adobe XD and Photoshop for expanded workflow integration
• v2.6.4 Updates: Enhanced compatibility with latest Adobe versions, performance improvements, and bug fixes

Perfect For:

• Motion graphics artists who design in Illustrator and animate in After Effects
• Character animators importing vector character designs for rigging
• UI/UX designers moving interface elements from design to motion
• Anyone tired of the tedious process of exporting and re-creating vector artwork
• Studios wanting to streamline the design-to-animation pipeline

System Requirements:

• Adobe After Effects CC 2015 and above
• Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 and above
• Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS
• 4GB RAM minimum (8GB+ recommended)
• 100MB available disk space

Installation:
Install Overlord via the provided installer, which adds panels to both Illustrator and After Effects. After installation, the Overlord panel appears in both applications under the Window menu.

Note: Overlord is widely considered the industry standard for moving vector artwork from Illustrator to After Effects . Version 2.6.4 includes the latest compatibility updates and performance enhancements .

A mystical portal between the apps you use daily

Overlord is the thickening of the aether between the silos of visual creation. It is the unspoken language of the cosmos that breathes life into vision.

Illustrator, Figma and Photoshop all talking to After Effects as if they belonged together all along.

That’s impossible

Unlock a new world of elemental wonder from your art files

Photoshop layers

Transfer what you need with flexible layer stacks, instead of reimporting PSDs and rebuilding as designs change. Create editable Ae elements like:

• Adjustment layers
• Masks
  • Clipping
  • Layer
  • Vector
• Layer styles
• Text layers
• Gradients

Figma layers

Based on the original Illustrator layer transfer, building Ae layers is now possible from both the web and desktop Figma apps. Frames come into Ae like they were designed, and pixel density is calculated on the fly to match the Ae comp.

For complex groups (icons, components, etc), Rasterize them down to a single image.

It’s even possible to bring in components as Essential Graphics precomps.

Editable text

Text layers from Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma now become Ae text layers, ready to edit. With per-character styling:

• Kerning
• Color
• Font/weight/style
• Color

Illustrator can even draw text on a path. 😎

Illustrator Gradients

Unlike the standard Ai file import (which converts gradients to a grey shape layer), linear and radial gradients build just like you expect them to.

Note: Freeform and mesh gradients cannot be drawn by Ae shape layers but you can Rasterize those shapes to a PNG.

Bonus actions

To support layer building, Overlord can also manage:

• Precomping and decomping groups
• Parametric rectangles and ellipses
• Matching artboards and comps
• Clipping masks

And much that was once lost from Illustrator:

• Color swatches
• Guide layers

Now with Photoshop

After Effects has imported PSDs since the dawn of time. But once your design is inside of Ae, the flexibility stops.

Overlord now creates real Ae layers from Photoshop layers with masks, gradients, text and styling ready for animation.

Overlord’s underlings

The worlds of creation are joined and it only gets better with collaborators

Compatible host app

• Adobe After Effects and Illustrator
  CC 2022 and newer
• Adobe Photoshop 2025 and newer
• Figma desktop and web

Install type

Desktop app (how to install)

OS support

• Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later
• macOS Monterey (version 12) or later

Languages

English

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