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work flow advice
So, I’m about to start a 60 sec commercial comprised of stills. Each still has multiple layers and will have fairly complex animation. Normally, I’d do my small after effects work and then finish the edit in Avid. However being that the entire commercial is made of stills I’m thinking of doing it in AE.
I’m also going to need to align the animation with specific music queues. So, all this said, would you attempt to do the entire project in AE? Would render issues be too much of a hassle?
I’ve got 4 GB RAM and a dual 5200. I’m working is SD so nothing is of huge res.
Thoughts, comments?
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein
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I’d do it all in AE. Since you have multiple layers, render issues are a given with any desktop system.
You could try Apple’s Motion, but I don’t know when it starts to choke on layers and show no more advantage over AE.
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I’d do it all in AE. Since you have multiple layers, render issues are a given with any desktop system.
You could try Apple’s Motion, but I don’t know when it starts to choke on layers and show no more advantage over AE.
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Yeah, Motion wouldn’t be that great for this project. I suppose I’ll just give it a go with AE.
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein
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If you decide to work in AE, you’ll defiantely want to use layer markers for marking off audio events in time. Check out this tutorial:
AE Podcast: Working with Audio
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Hey thanks man. I appreciate it!
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” –Albert Einstein
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What about working the other way around? Do a rough edit of your stills in Avid to get the timing down then export an AAF from Avid to AE. If you use only flattened images in Avid, you can then substitute the layered files for the proxies.
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I did consider this but I don’t think I would benefit or save much time from this. I don’t really need to know where to cut. It’s the more complex animations that I’m concerned with. I think I’ll just go with AE.
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Malcolm,
Something that may be of great help is Trapcode Soundkeys. If you haven’t already used it, it’s a plugin that will create keyframes automatically for you by looking at the spectrum of the audio file and looking for beats or particular instruments. Works a treat and there’s a demon version available.
Richard.
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