Motion 5 new features and Shake

[Stefan Buhrmester]

[Shawn Miller] “Sorry, that just isn’t true, AE ships with 4 particle systems – One of them (CC Particle World) is a 3D system.”

The particles cannot be composed with other layers in 3D, and only “virtually” exist on a 2D plane, while they exist in real 3D space in Motion.

[Shawn Miller] “No, AE uses expressions…. which are extremely powerful. The only real limits are imposed by your ability to learn scripting and your imagination. “

You cannot drive particles with expressions in AE, while you can use behaviors to drive them in Motion.

[Shawn Miller]

I agree, I think Shake is a great compositor. I wish Apple hadn’t killed it. I’m learning Nuke at the moment for just that reason.

“while AE’s scripting power means that ultimately it still trumps Motion overall – for now!”

Sure, it’s also possible that Conduit will overtake Shake at some point (though I’m a little peeved that DV garage pulled support for Windows). 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“The particles cannot be composed with other layers in 3D…”

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. Particles from PW can be composited with 3D layers… but they won’t interact with them. Is this what you mean?

“…and only “virtually” exist on a 2D plane,”

That’s how it (technically) works in AE and Motion (no matter what particle system is used)… these are not true 3D particles like RealFlow in Maya. There’s some very clever code going on that gives you the illusion that true 3D is happening… but it isn’t.

“while they exist in real 3D space in Motion”

Not exactly, if Motion had a “real” 3D particle engine that could interact with other layers and objects, it certainly wouldn’t be in real time.

“You cannot drive particles with expressions in AE, while you can use behaviors to drive them in Motion.”

If that was true, no one would use After Effects. In AE, any parameter that can be changed, can be used (driven, linked, etc.) with expressions.

Do a google search on “using expressions to drive particles in AE” if you don’t belive me. Or, you could just hit videocopilot.net: https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/expressions/

Thanks,

Shawn