LayerLink 1.4

Illustrator-originated artwork has become a standard part of motion graphics. With LayerLink, Motions support for Illustrator is now on par with Adobe After Effects, the gold standard for Illustrator integration.
LayerLink is a plugin designed for Motion an "Import Illustrator as Project..." command to Motions File menu. LayerLink imports an Illustrator file as a Motion project, keeping layer settings, names, and visibility intact. You can scale, rotate, move, apply filters and animate each layer separately using all of the tools Motion has to offer.
But LayerLink goes beyond mere importing. If you update a layer in Illustrator, that layer is automatically updated in Motion. You can even add new layers you create in Illustrator to your existing Motion project, or substitute one layer for another. You can also group multiple layers together in Motion and manipulate them as though they were a single layer.
Want more? LayerLink is a native plugin, not a third-party After Effects plugin, which means there are no costly slowdowns when you use it. You can continue to take advantage of the real-time capabilities of Motion when you use LayerLink. After all, thats what using Motion is all about.
Main features:
- Real-Time Rendering LayerLink uses Motions rendering engine, unlike an After Effects plugin which must provide its own (slow) rendering. With LayerLink, you get the same rendering speed and quality that Motion has today.
- File Sychronization LayerLink monitors your Illustrator files in the background, automatically updating your layers in Motion when they change. Theyre truly "linked".
- New Layer Support Adding and removing layers from an Illustrator file has caused problems in the past. Not with LayerLink. Its easy to substitute one layer for another (after the fact) and add new layers to your project after your initial import.
- Full integration Youll forget LayerLink is a plugin thanks to easy-to-use menu and key commands and transparent, reliable operation. Theres practically nothing new to learn.
- Available Today LayerLink is the only solution for handling layered Illustrator files in Motion. If youre a motion graphics professional using Motion, you need this essential capability. At only $125, why not purchase LayerLink today?

Enhancements:
- LayerLink is now a Universal binary
- LayerLink now has more robust Illustrator version detection
- Fixed an issue where generating the Motion project file with huge numbers of layers caused Motion to crash
- Fixed an issue where special characters in Illustrator layer names were not being sanitized for Motion
- Installer now includes SIMBL 0.8.1
Version restrictions:
- needs license to use