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premiere pro, after effects
A few questions.
I work for a small video production company. We have one editor who can use after effects as well as a graphic designer who can use after effects.
Everyone is networked, we are working off of a shared sever, using Premiere and After Effects CC.
We love being able to make dynamic motion graphics in AE, and just drag them into premiere. It’s great. We love it.
But at the end of a project, we end up having 4 “after effects projects” because I will be using AE while I cut, the designers are designing on their machines, etc. What is the best way to take all of these graphics we’ve created, and get them into one AE project to go with the PP project so nothing gets lost. Often we are working very fast, and things can get disorganize…we are trying to find ways to prevent loss of work.
Thanks!
-Ben
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[Ben Oliver] “What is the best way to take all of these graphics we’ve created, and get them into one AE project to go with the PP project so nothing gets lost.”
While you could create a new AEP and import all the other AEPs into it, then switch back to Premiere, off-line your dynamically-linked media, then re-link to the new project — I do not recommend that you do this at all.
Instead, I’d suggest you either deal with four separate AEP files, or skip dynamic link and render (with project links) instead.
[Ben Oliver] “Often we are working very fast, and things can get disorganize…we are trying to find ways to prevent loss of work.”
My tough-love advice: everyone is expected to work fast, and speed cannot excuse sloppiness.
Take a good, hard look at your workflow. Devise a system that allows you to work fast AND be organized at the same time — then work the system constantly. Keep everything clean as you go, because there is never time to tidy it up later. Get used to doing it the right way every time, no matter what.
You hurt yourself the instant you save something to your desktop instead of its proper folder, or the instant you violate your naming convention. You may have saved all of ten seconds now, but it will cost minutes or hours or more down the line when a change is required.
In my opinion, as-you-go organization is the most important working habit a creative pro can have.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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Walter, I am tring to resolve the premiere project manager not collecting the 30 odd aep files that are linked within my project when I saw this thread. Is there a particular reason why you would avoid grouping all the aep files into a single aep file and relinking
Thanks for any advice
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