I used the Photoshop layer import and was very pleased... until I decided to render.
I started a render, and left to go grocery shopping. When I got back, only a few frames had rendered! At that rate, my project will never be completed.
Anybody have any idea why it's so slow? Vector rendering is really quick.
I shut off all but one layer and that was taking way too long.
I ended up using Trace Drawing to create vector characters and rendered them separately, then I did the rest of the compositing and animation in After Effects. I added a bunch of stuff and some blurring and distortion effects, and it still only took 19 minutes to render the whole thing in AE.