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Syncronizing After Effects with an NLE
I’ve been using After Effects for quite some time now, and Sony Vegas for even longer. I find myself doing work in both programs, just not at the same time. Essentially, I seem to dedicate myself to one program or the other when working on something. I have found that I generally don’t integrate one into the other at all. If I start a 20 second segment, like an intro perhaps, I try to do everything in AE. When it comes right down to it, many of the things I am trying to are much easier in Vegas than in AE. However, there are a few things in the intro that need to be done in AE.
Now, ideally I’m looking for a solution (which I’m guessing doesn’t exist) that allows AE to become more NLE-like. Realistically, I’m searching for a way that allows me to insert AE projects (not necessarily in AE format, really could be rendered out for all I care) into an NLE, so I can switch between AE and an NLE (ideally Vegas) to work on the same project (in a more abstract sense).
I know this is sounding more confusing than it really is. I think the most technical way to explain this is to say that: I have both programs open, I have my main project in Vegas, I have parts that need AE work, in AE, and I have that AE work in Vegas, updating as I work with it. Is this, in any way, possible. The closest I can come to work this out is by having a rendered version of the AE project in Vegas, and having to rerender and reload the file in Vegas, every time I make a major change.
I guess mostly I’m trying to get a feel for how some proficient in AE and NLE editing is able to shift between the two programs, in order to maximize each program’s strengths.
I’d appreciate, very much, any input given! Thank you!
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The sort of full scale interactive workflow you’re describing between the NLE and AE doesn’t exist. I think the closest you’ll get is with Automatic Duck (preserving layers, some effects, etc.), even then I don’t know if it works with Vegas.
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[a solution (which I’m guessing doesn’t exist) that allows AE to become more NLE-like]
That will never happen since After Effects was never intended to be an NLE and Adobe already makes an NLE … either of those facts alone would prevent it from ever happening so it seems that both combined guarantee it. Personally, I’m not sure what the point of that would be anyway for the very same reasons.[I have both programs open … updating as I work with it]
That is exactly how the workflow between After Effects and Premiere Pro works, but it seems highly unlikely that Adobe or Sony would ever invest the time/money in making their software integrate that tightly with a competitor’s software.So, it seem your options are to: get use to your current workflow, switch to Premiere, or do everything in Vegas (which can’t do most of what AE can … as is the case with Premiere too since they’re both NLEs and, therefore, serve completely different purposes than AE).
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