AE Examples – Architecture

[Matthew Mccarter (macattack)]

This looks like an acid trip, but its pretty cool towards the end… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7Eml38ADY

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[Steve Roberts]

I can’t recall seeing any synergy between AE and architecture. In general, I’ve seen 3D apps used for visualization, and apps like Wirefusion for interactive 3D.
https://www.demicron.com/solutions/architectural.html

Have you gone to https://www.motionographer.com? They list the best motion graphics shops, and maybe you’ll find something there for your pitch.

Consider that Powerpoint’s advantage is the user’s ability to create something at the last minute for the next day’s presentation. Sometimes speed trumps quality. 🙂 have you looked at Apple’s Keynote as an option?

Regarding Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere, I can’t say … but consider the end medium for the presentation. Interactive or video? Remember, AE and Premiere make movies only. No interaction.

Anybody else?

[Sarah Hemp]

We have 3D modeling programs that the architects use. This would mainly be for marketing presentation purposes – showing completed projects, maybe from rendering stage to photographed job; using text & flat graphics; and possibly adding 3D flythrough footage from SketchUp or ArchiCAD.

I was told that Premier or Encore can write clips in a DVD menu type format so that it can be interactive – like a PowerPoint slide show…?

[Sarah Hemp]

Apple Keynote sounds good – however, we’re on PCs here (against my will). Keynote is Mac only, right?

[Steve Roberts]

Yep.

[Steve Roberts]

Encore is a DVD Authoring app. You can presumably take movie clips that you have edited in Premiere, compress and import into Encore, then create an interactive DVD menu like, well, a DVD menu, where you see a grid of boxes, click one, then the clip plays full screen. You can also make slide shows. Check Adobe’s site or the Encore COW for more.

Premiere is a video editing app. You can take images and/or clips, string them together, and make a movie. That movie has to be imported into some kind of authoring app like Encore (for DVDs) or Flash. AE also makes movies that have to be imported into an authoring app.

AE and Premiere can assemble movies, sounds and stills to make movies.
If you want something interactive, you need Encore (for DVDs with limited interaction), Flash, or Director maybe. Or even Powerpoint (PPT).

[Bret Williams]

While not completely relevant, you can do some pretty cool 3D environments within AE. Just look at some of Bill O’Neil’s work.

[Sarah Hemp]

Cool. Yeah, that’s what I want to do. I’d like to end up with something user-friendly for the presenter (like PPT is), but with all those elements I mentioned that will make us stand out from everyone else using sub-par PPT animation & slides.

[Steve Roberts]

You’re aware of the possible push-back from the marketing types who like to do PPT presentations themselves at the last minute?

You might have to create elements in the CS3 suite, then make a nice PPT template for the marketing types to use themselves.

[Sarah Hemp]

Yeah, maybe. There’s just 3 of us in marketing (including me), so it probably wouldn’t be too terrible. I didn’t think PPT could handle video – do you just have to link out to movies located somewhere else?