• Adobe After Effects

  Stupid question

  Posted by Dirty_sanchez on March 16, 2007 at 8:53 pm

  Hi all,

  First time poster here.

  My stupid question: What is the difference between the standard and pro versions of After Effects? I mean – I know that some plugins/filters are available in Pro that are not in Standard such as displacement maps, but what is the fundemental operating difference?

  For instance, If I have both versions of After effects, couldn’t I just copy the Pro’s version “plugins” folder into the Standard’s and have access to all of the same plugins? Surely it couldn’t be that simple – could it?

  Filip Vandueren replied 19 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Kevin Camp

  March 16, 2007 at 10:21 pm

  the adobe site should provide all the differences between the two, but i believe along with the effects, there may be differences in 3d (standard may not have it at all), network rendering…

  actually i went and typed “pro only” inthe help menu and found 148 results.

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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  Filip Vandueren

  March 18, 2007 at 2:33 am

  Here’s a list of Pro only features:

  Watch folder rendering
  Motion Tracking
  Rendering to OMF
  HDRI 32-bit color workflow
  Timewarp
  Scripts
  Importing camera data from Maya
  Smart Mask Interpolation

  some effects, most notably:

  3D channel effects, Particle Playground, Reshape, Corner Pinning, Displacement map, glow.

  And I believe all included 3rd party effects, which is a big deal IMO

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