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  Premiere or After Effects?

  Posted by Emily Backman on September 20, 2011 at 12:43 am

  Hey guys,

  I’m working on a music video and as I’m making my cuts, I’m trying to think about how I want the video to look in the end. I already know a few effects that I want to do (once I finish and colour correct) but I don’t know if they should be done in Premiere or After Effects, or if I can do them at all. Here are my first two ideas for my sequences:

  Sequence one:
  A short clip where a girl blinks up and stares at the camera. Her eyes don’t really ‘pop’ the way I want them to, even with basic colour balances to warm her up. Is there a way to move in close and really play with the eyes? Premiere or AE?

  Sequence two:
  I saw a really cool smoke effect for text through AE. I wish to apply this to a shot of my girl. It’s a fairly still shot that would have dropped opacity. I want her to “disappear like smoke’ or at least make a feeble attempt to. This will be paired with another clip at 100 opacity and will only need an effect of her….puffing away like smoke…like a dream. I’m guessing AE….but is this even possible?

  Emily Backman replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Buttacoli

  September 21, 2011 at 8:18 pm

  Edit the video in PPro, then do those effects in AE. Using masks that can be animated will make your life way easier.
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  Emily Backman

  September 22, 2011 at 3:47 am

  In that case…maybe you can help me with something. How do I export a clip that I’ve edited? Can I export the clip alone with edits included? (if so…how? I only know how to export raw clips to AE) Or do I have to wait for the video to be completely edited before I can export it as a whole unit?

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