Premiere and After Effects solve different problems.
Premiere edits; that is, it arranges clips in time. After Effects composites; that is, it arranges clips in space. Of course there is some overlap in functionality, but they have complementary strengths and weaknesses.
Why not edit in Ae? A couple of big reasons — it’s not built for real-time performance, and it doesn’t have an editorial timeline or toolset.
Walter Soyka
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