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  Posted by Davellis on May 22, 2006 at 11:46 am

  Is FCP 5 a suitable tool for animatnig using vector graphics? I am not familiar with Flash, but I can use Director, and was initially going to use this to produce a simple animation of vector graphics.

  I would like to get to know FCP as well as I can however, so am trying to use it as much as possible. Does anyone know if it would be a good tool for handling logos and typography if used in conjunction with the animation compressor or otherwise? There would be no video involved at all.

  Thanks for any help,

  Dave

  Todd Gillespie replied 19 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Todd Gillespie

  May 22, 2006 at 6:10 pm

  Hi,
  Although FCP can be used and a final assembly for you animation, it’s not what FCP is suited for.
  I would use After Effects if you are going to be dealing vector graphics, as AE can resample the size of the graphics with no resolution loss.
  If you are dealing with file sizes larger the video (720×480) or you don’t have really fast drives, then you will probably need to render most of the animation before you can view it.

  This is not to say that you can’t use FCP- I did a doc. with Photoshop files that were animated by turning on and off layers and wiping in-and-out of layers to show different effects. It work out well, but I knew before hand what I need to do.

  If it was me (from the sound of your project) I would use AE, but you could use FCP if you were up for it.

  Good Luck,

  Todd at UCSB
  Television Production

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