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“Morph Cut” in Ae?!
In Premiere, there’s this very useful transition called “Morph Cut”, that basically morphs layer A into layer B. It’s very cool and useful when you want to create something like an unnoticeable cut in the editing.
Is there a “Morph Cut”-transition effect in Ae, or at least something very similar without having to do a lot of manual work? -
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[Filip Stillerska] “Is there a “Morph Cut”-transition effect in Ae”
not natively, there is an amazing plugin for that – Re:Flex , it has a morph effect that is remarkable.
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You can use the reshape effect. Granted this is more of a true manual morph where you make source and target shapes but it comes with AE.
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Steve is correct, I forgot about the reshape effect which is an option to explore as well.
Here’s a nice tutorial about it:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LugmTCThENQRoei Tzoref
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I’ll probably sound like the laziest person ever now, but I think it’s a missed opportunity from Adobe by not implementing the “Morph Cut” as a transition in Ae; instead, there’s a lot of extra manual work that easily could have been avoided. I mean, the “Morph Cut” in Premiere is fantastic, it’s just a simple drag-and-drop. I’ve never experienced any problems, glitches or unwanted results with it (but I understand that it’s not perfect for everybody).
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you could ask for it here:
https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.htmlthe only time I needed morph cut is for morphing talking heads on a premiere edit, and I did it in premiere. when I tried to use morph cut as to something that was more challenging – it failed miserably. and of course you could always just copy the clip from Ae to Premiere, apply the morph cut, render and bring it back.
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Yeah, the Morph Cut is not suitable for every situation. I’ve just been lucky with my challenges I guess.
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Yes, Dave. But there has been a couple of challenges when a simple drag-and-drop Morph Cut in Ae would’ve saved me a lot of time. I’ve submitted a request to Adobe, but you’re right Dave: there’s a reason why the Morph Cut most likely won’t be available in Ae, at least not in the near future.
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In Premiere, Morph Cut handles simple jump cuts. Here’s a great tutorial on how to do the same thing in After Effects, using the time warp effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5oZ4iLlAA
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I would love a Morph cut natively available in After Effects. In lieu, I’d recommend perhaps using a 3-4 frame fade up of the new clip. It’s not perfect, it’s not even a morph, but does beat a hard cut.
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IMHO the less “stuff” from Premiere into AE is okay with me.
Two different animals here 🙂
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