after effects projects & motion?

[David Bogie]

AE is way more complex than Motion. AE would take a couple of weeks to get to the point where you’re proud of what you do. (Only takes a few hours to figure out the basics but AE makes Photoshop look like iPhoto.)
Assuming you’ve got the machine horsepower and the training materials, Motion will probably get your project out the door in one tenth the time you’d waste on getting started with AE.

Get both of the Apple Motion Pro books and dedicate a weekend to the learning curve.

A big problem for your group will be re-thinking your grand project so it will fit your time/energy/knowledge coefficients. There are things you see in your heads that you won’t be able to figure out how to do yet. There are things you simply won’t have time to do till the next big project. but by then you’ll be ready.

You should buy After Effects anyway. Incredible tool.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Mike Wavrecan]

Hello,

Thanks for the info. I am trained in after effects except we stopped using it at version 4.5. The effects aren’t difficult and I know that i could re-create them in motion but they are 80% complete and I just wanted to pick up where they left off. That is why i am wondering if I could import the after effects timeline into motion? i’m sure this can’t be done so I guess it looks like ebay is the best option.

Thanks again,
mike

ps – any good “classroom in a book” style training for Motion?

[Fx Bear]

Check out Apple’s Pro Training series.

[Skip Hunt]

If the project is nearly done, couldn’t your just have the folks with the AE version.. output a lossless QT file, import that into Motion and just finish it out by building on top of the almost completed clip?