Importing Illustrator files with layers into Animate 1

When you import Adobe Illustrator files (.ai, in RGB color mode) into the library as Animate templates (.tpl), sequence of cells are generated in a single element, or layers in the same order as the source file according to the software version being used:

Adobe Illustrator 9 - 10 - CS - CS2 generate layers.
Adobe Illustrator CS3 - CS4 generate cells in a single element

For these latest versions (CS3 - CS4), the element can be duplicated in the timeline as many times as you have layers and then swap the cells in each element according to the contents of each layer in Adobe Illustrator.

When working layers with sublayers, they are integrated into the parent layer and generate corresponding merged layers (Adobe Illustrator 9 - 10 - CS - CS2) or cells in a single element (Adobe Illustrator CS3 - CS4)

In a simple image test I want to show you the behavior of illustrator CS2 files imported into Animate an in the first two pictures are displayed:

1 - CS2 file, become.tpl library imported in Animate Library
2 - The template as layers (elements) in the timeline, named MC0, MC1, MC2, MC3.

 

 

In other previous four images I can show you the same importing but with Illustrator CS4, you can see the library window with the template into the Animate Library folder, and then, you can see the timeline with the illustrator layers as cells in a single element. ( I have swapped the cells to show you the four exposures, because when import, only one is showed, an you need swap them as drawing substitution in the library slider) Two layer examples are showed.