• Adobe After Effects

  PPro to AE workflow-advantages of precomps?

  Posted by Jim Bachalo on July 2, 2011 at 11:52 pm

  Hi
  Rely heavily on PPro-AE dynamic linking for my editing and CC workflow. I do ALL of my CC and grading in AE.
  Came across Andrew Kramer’s wonderful ‘Trim & Compose’ script over on videocopilot. It trims your footage in AE and then creates precomps of each footage item.

  But can someone tell me what advantages, if any, there are for using precomps in this manner?
  Does it make applying effects more flexible?

  Local is the new global

  Michael Szalapski replied 15 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Michael Szalapski

  July 5, 2011 at 3:10 pm

  Yes, it’s more for effects shots. Although, if your shots are very different in tone and you need to color correct them individually before you color grade, it could help too.

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