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  • Posted by Anthony Thomas on December 13, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    Is there a book or course for AE expressions for people that have mathematics and javascript backgrounds. AE Expressions by Focal Press and other articles aloot so much time apologizing for delving into physics and mathematics. Is there a course that unabashedly dives in?

    TONY T

    Sam Young replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Sam Young

    December 14, 2008 at 8:15 am

    i’m curious what you intend to do. there is only so much that AE can do, even with expressions.

    at a certain point, i hit a wall and started teaching myself Cinema 4D.

    motionscript.com is about as advanced as it gets.

  • Anthony Thomas

    December 14, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Being a hobbyist and a programmer professionally – I am simply curious as how far I can go with my animations. These limitations you speak of, in what way did you feel that AE limited you?

    TONY T

  • Sam Young

    December 14, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    working with complex groups of layers in 3d space, specifically.

    if i wanted to arrange x number of layers along a spline path in 3d space in AE, i had to come up with a complex javascript. whereas in C4D, all i had to do was click a mouse.

    then there was the whole layers-can’t-have-thickness and no-volumetric-lighting limitations in AE that started to bug me.

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