after effects

[Walter Biscardi]

You want the automatic duck Pro Import plug-in for After Effects. This allows you to export your FCP timeline as an XML and then open that timeline in After Effects.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Criis Daw]

thanks for that…
most helpful

[David Bogie]

You only need Automatic Duck if you need the integration. Most round trips and effects movies do not require that kind of sophistication but, yeah, it will save you lots of headaches if you really need it.

FCP to AE back to FCP is easy. If you know AE, all you need to do is figure out what codec preserves the integrity of your effects movies best. Match the frame rate, field position, color space; all fundamental AE settings.

bogiesan

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[Criis Daw]

nice one thanks

[Criis Daw]

Boogiesan,
Before i do something so foolish as read the freakin manual……
To go from AE to FCP and back i must render the movies unless i get this duck plugin ?
I understand that motion and shake are integrated without have to export.. is this so ?
I guess that a plugin is going to be more time effective than new software though..

thanks
chris

[Bob Flood]

Chris

if you have AE on the same box as FCP, you only need to export a Reference QT (not self contained). its really fast

but even a atraight qt export, that matches the setting of your timeline (called export quicktime in your fcp file menu) is pretty fast, expecially for a shot at a time

hope this helps

bee eph

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.