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Graphics in Premiere bringing into AE
I’ve moved from FCP to Premiere recently, and I need a bit of clarification on the workflow.
First, I’ve noticed that in Premiere the titles I create do not seem to translate to AE when I open the premiere project in that program. The files seem to be in the new AE timeline, but appear black – are they placeholder files? I don’t see the text, let alone any effects (motion) that I created in Premiere. Is that correct? It appears to me that Premiere graphics don’t import into AE timelines, and would need to be rebuilt in AE.
Am I right to assume that I would be better off creating all graphics in PS, importing them into Premiere, and then importing that premiere project into AE? The PS files in my premiere project seem fine.
Or should I create all graphics in AE? (I am using Premiere because I am cutting to music and motion and the timing is important.)
Thanks
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I think your work flow may be a little bass ackwards. What I normally do, which Im sure will differ with opnion, is build my sequences in PPro and then build any sequences that I will want in After Effects, and then import the AE comp into PPro. Depending on what kind of graphics you are making, you might want to use Illustrator. Photoshop is size restrictive, whereas Illustrator files are essentially vector images and can be stretched/scaled as large as you want.
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Christopher is correct, but your workflow might vary somewhat depending on whether you are planning on motion graphics (for example, moving background in a lower third, that sort of thing), in which case After Effects is definitely the place to start with graphics.
You can bring your music track into AE and use it as a scratch track for timing, so that shouldn’t be a problem. If you got your Premiere project locked, then you could even send over your mixed VO and music to make sure your timing works. I am more fluent in Photoshop than I am in Illustrator, so I always use PS to create and lower thirds, bullet text, etc. that I’m working on. I find that as long as my resolution in PS is kept high, that it’s a quicker workflow for me. The plus is I can import layered files that I plan to animate right into AE, importing them as a comp, which preserves the layers. My general workflow is Photoshop/After Effects/Premiere.
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