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Using FCP with AE
I am embarrassed for posting this question but I am in a bind and need some help.
I have been editing on FCP 7 for the last few years and know it quite well. However, I am now using After Effects CS5.5 that came with my Master Suite. I have never used After Effects so I am very new to this product.
I am editing my short film and I have a clip that I want to use Twitch in After Effects on. Here is my problem:
I want to take the sequence from FCP to After Effects, use Twitch and then bring it back to FCP to finish the edit and do all of my exports. I thought of using Adobe Premier to edit, but to be honest I am more comfortable using FCP. I searched here and many suggest using either Automatic Duck or Boris Transfer. I can’t buy Duck as it is no longer for sale right now and Boris Transfer is too much.
How do I take my sequence from FCP, get it into After Effects, use twitch and send it back to FCP?
Anyone help would be appreciated. I am on a tight timeline for this project to get it turned in to a festival by the beginning of November.
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2 Replies
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Do you need ALL your clips in AE?
You can export a ref file to the desktop.
Import that into AE.
Do you work and render out same codec/size/frame rate.OR
Export just the clip(s) you want to work on in AE.
Drop the clip into a new sequence by itself.
File export “current settings” ref file is fine.
Import into AE, do you work/effects.
Render out matching the same clip specs.
import into FCP, copy replace content on the old clip in the edited piece.Make sense?
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Thank you. I got it to work. I appreciate it and thank you. After this project, I’m going to take a week and learn AE forwards and backwards.
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