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Do Photoshop Filters Work in AE7?
Hi There,
Is it possible to use a Photoshop filter as an AE effect, directly within AE? If not, are there any scripts out there for Photoshop to read a series of targas and apply the filter so that they can be imported as a numbered sequence in AfterEffects?
Has anybody ever come across this?
Thank you for your time and help.
Arie
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6 Replies
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“…for Photoshop to read a series of targas and apply the filter so that they can be imported as a numbered sequence in AfterEffects”
Put the targas in a folder and in PS, make an action of what filters you want to apply, then File>Automate>Batch and choose the aforementioned action.
When I use PS for its filters I usually export a Filmstrip (.flm) of the clip or layer from AE, then import that into PS, run the filter and re-import the Filmstrip into AE.
In the Render Queue, Output Module, Format>Filmstrip.
Either works to get your stuff processed with PS filters..
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It used to be that you could simply copy all of the Photoshop filter plugin files into the plugin folder in After Effects. This was AE 3 or AE 4. I haven’t done it in a while, but it would be worth a try.
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So if I want to animate the photoshop filter> artistic> fresco so that a still grows into a fresco, i have to make the frames individually in photoshop, and then import the sequence to AE?
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Here’s a step by step:
1) Export footage from AE as an image sequence into an appropriately named folder. (PSD, TIFF or TGA)
2) Open one of the files in PS. Create a new Action, record the steps you require, then stop the Action recording.
3) Choose File/Automate/Batch Process. Choose the new action, define the Source Directory with the location of the image sequence, then run.
4) Get a coffee.
5) Import the image sequence back into AE. Check the image sequence box and AE will treat it as one footage item. -
I understand the import/ export/ batch/ script process, but to incrementally grow the fresco filter (animate), can scripting do that? I was under the impression that it would apply the same setting to each frame….
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That would involve a script within Photoshop, which might be better asked in the PS Forum.
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