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After Effect w/ Twixtor trouble
Hey guys, I’ve search the forums and got semi answers to some of the problems I’m having but I still can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.
PC Windows 7 64 bit, latest drivers installed.
Premiere Pro/AE CS5
So I cut a clip I like in Premiere, it’s one of many small clips. I trimmed it down (in timeline) from the larger original file to the parts I want I then import it into AE with use for twixtor. I set in keyframe points on the timeline where I want the speed change, in this case a slow down, to occur. When I do this, for some reason it applies to the whole entire clip, even though I imported a trimmed down version I did in premiere. Tried time remapping, control+alt paste, duration stuff I read.
I just dont get why its applying it to parts of the footage I didn’t even import. I’m so confused and lost.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys
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6 Replies
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I assume you are importing from premiere into AE using the dynamic link?
If so I would suggest trying to effect your twixtor manipulation within Premiere Pro instead of AE.
Otherwise I would simply render out the footage from premiere and load into AE for processing the standard way.Graham Macfarlane
3D animator and VFX specialist
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Thanks Graham. I pretty new to after effects and never thought of it that way. I just assumed the way I was doing it the right way, with Premiere and AE open at the same and going back and forth.
I’d much rather try to render it out then throw it in AE.
But this leads me to one more question..Is there any benefit to using a plugin (thats available for both Premiere and AE) in AE over Premiere or vice versa? When I installed Twixtor in AE I noticed it intsalled itself in Premiere as well. same goes for Magic bullet looks…
Is there any difference from using these plugins within AE compared to Premiere? And whats the point of going to AE for these plugins if they are also available within Premiere and able you to do the same stuff?
Sorry for all the questions…I just went out of my way to start to get AE going but I’m finding that I dont really need it?
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Thanks Dave, that sheds some light on my confusion. That makes sense.
But what about the few tasks I described..Color correction (magic bullet) and twixtor (speed change)..Like I said I’m able to pull up either plugin in both programs..Should I use AE for these tasks or Premiere?
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OK..I can understand that..I’d prefer hard set rules, haha, but that makes sense. I guess I will just have to do my own experimenting then.
I’m going to try to stay within Premiere then and see what happens.
Thanks everyone.
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[Graham Macfarlane] “If so I would suggest trying to effect your twixtor manipulation within Premiere Pro instead of AE.”
Dave gave me the general answer, but from your experience Graham, are there any benefits/negatives to using Twixtor within Premiere rather than AE? Thanks
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I haven’t ever actually had a need to use Twixtor within Premiere before so can’t say with any authority but I would be very surprised if twixtor was any more or less capable in Premiere than AE. It is the exact same plugin after all and should operate with all the same features. The only difference may be observed with processing speed whilst caching to RAM but I doubt this would make a large difference.
Graham Macfarlane
3D animator and VFX specialist
London UK
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