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  Advice on Platform for After Effects Freelancing

  Posted by Keiko Ozaki on September 10, 2008 at 5:13 pm

  I know this post might fit better in Platform Wars, but I wanted advice specifically from AE users/freelancers.

  I’ve made a fairly recetnt decision to get into Motion Graphics and try to freelance. I just got a new PC as a gift so I decided to shell out the money for CS3 master creative suite (previously on very old versions) since I didn’t have to put it into my computer. But now I’m having extreme regrets about this choice since my first and only client thus far is FCP/Mac based. It hasn’t been a problem until now, they would like to use Apple ProRes on an animation, which obviously I can’t deliver.

  I believe I can work with Adobe to get Mac version of CS3 with little expense, but do you think it is worth changing my whole system and going Mac? (the biggest problem being expense) Or is there an option to deliver something similar with my PC?

  P.S. You may ask why I am on PC at all. Throughout college I used 3DS Max and have stayed with it, but I have had thoughts of learning Maya now too. I do believe the Platform War has created some major internal turmoil for me, shouldn’t they feel a little guilty 🙂

  Keiko Ozaki

  Che Broadnax replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Keiko Ozaki

  September 10, 2008 at 10:42 pm

  Dave,
  Thank you for the info on codecs and software. You have calmed my mind. I knew there had to be more options here.

  Keiko Ozaki
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  Che Broadnax

  December 18, 2008 at 4:30 am

  Hey, I was always of the mind that Animation was better than Pro Res… yet on a recent project, I’ve discovered that something very sinister is going on with Pro Res.

  I’m using CS3 on a PC. I have the latest version of Quicktime Pro. I can open Pro Res files. When I transcode these files to Animation, I notice a drop in quality, a change in color space, and an increase in jaggies.

  Not only that, but when I import the Pro Res files into AE, I see the same thing happen, as though AE is conveniently reinterpreting the file as Animation for me.

  I can’t figure out why this is happening. I figured if the problem was in AE, then I would just convert the files in quicktime and see what I got… but that showed me that the problem was not localized to AE. Any ideas?

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