When to use photoshop for video instead of after effects?

[Jim Arco]

Viking,

I use both Photoshop and After Effects CS4 for video. They each have their advantages, but working with the timeline in PS is pretty rudimentary. Cleaning up an individual frame is easier for me in PS. Some tools and effects in PS are not available in AE – for instance, I often use curves with the target-adjustment tool when doing very accurate color adjustment and it is not available in AE. Auto tone/contrast/color in PS provides a very quick fix when I’m on a tight deadline.

You can dynamic-link to Premiere from AE and not in Photoshop. Noise reduction in PS is not designed to be consistent from frame-to-frame, and anything with effects on an animated mask can be difficult in PS. I also find that anything that needs audio work is best done in AE.

Richard Harrington has some tutorials here on the COW.

Jim
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[Viking Jonsson]

Hello,

Thank You for the answer.

Can You explain why PS would be better in the clean up? Is it for the patch tool, or is there more?

I myself find PS to have a nicer clone brush, but that might just be in my mind..

regards
V

[Jim Arco]

For me, it’s only better when cleaning up an individual frame. Easier to isolate the frame and also it seems to me that PS has more clean-up tools, like healing brush and magic wand.

Jim

[Viking Jonsson]

Thanks again!

I’m definitely going to look in to PS for some clean up!

Regards
V