• Adobe After Effects

  AE, what’s the next step up?

  Posted by Rotem_n on August 16, 2006 at 2:03 pm

  Hi to all,
  I

  Todd Gillespie replied 19 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Todd Gillespie

  August 16, 2006 at 5:47 pm

  Hi There,

  [Rotem_n] “Which application would you recommend I should get in to next?”

  That’s like asking ‘which car should I buy?’

  Well, it depends, where are you going? What do you want to do when you get there? How much do you want to take with you? etc.

  It sounds like you already have your foot in the door, so what do you see as the next biggest need?
  If you are doing a lot of logo design- a color theory course would be great.
  If you are a lot of keying and rotoscoping- then maybe Mokey would be an option.
  If 3D models are what the clients need – Cinema 4D or Maya
  Or Combustion might be a good choice to learn a different interface for motion graphics. Also, now that Apple drop the price for Shake, if you need the next step in 3D compositing, that would be another option.
  I’ve only listed SOME of the choices, and the list goes on and on.

  You can’t go wrong with learning new techniques, but some choices might be better than others.

  Good Luck,

  Todd at UCSB
  Television Production

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