Aharon Rabinowitz
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let me just be clear here. While I always want more from software, I think Adobe has done an incredible job. On so many levels, they have listened to their customers’ needs. And while they couldn’t address everything people wanted, they’ve given us a very power package.
I hate paying money for anything, but I don’t feel nearly as bad about this upgrade as I do for other companies that make MINOR imporvements and charge you an arm and a leg. And you have to buy those just to be able to exchange files.
Yeah, it would be great if adobe only charged us a few bucks for the upgrade, but being realistic, it’s a good proce for an upgrade on not one but 4 (or more, depending) great products! And the changes the’ve made are not minor. There are several new features comperable to plugins that each cost almost as much as the upgrade price for the entire Production Studio package!
I’ll tell you what i tell my students when they ask why they should need to buy things like big hard drives – professional multimedia is not for people not willing to spend money – You can make a lot of money at it, and if you feel it’s not worth the money then don’t do it. That said, while adobe isn;t giving it away, this is a fair price for some good software.
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Maybe I missed something… Near as I can tell, AE 7 is available for the mac:
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I don’t have Photoshop CS2 or Illustrator CS2. I was holding out for a video package I hoped would have both (and I was right). Since as a video artist, both older versions of the software (CS) do what I need, I figured that when the Video Collection (now the Production Studio) came out, it would have what I needed. If not, I’d suck it up and buy what I needed.
No one said it was cheap to be work in this industry. If you shelled out 20K last year on software, you had to feel it was worth it.
I’m more curious about people that don’t use AE pro. The standard version is a way for people to save money while owning AE, but if you aren’t using the pro version, you probably aren’t doing Pro level work. That’s not a crack at the ability of the people who own it – rather it’s a comment that you need pro tools to do pro work, and that people buying the standard versions of the software, are probably not in a production market, which requires the tools in the pro version.
Yes you can do nice stuff, but to really compete, there are abunch of tools in the pro version that you need. Displacement maps, 3D integration with other programs, keying tools, a lot of effects, plus a whole bunch more…
There are plenty of low-cost tools for Audio editing and DVD making, but the ones that come with a pro package are meant for people in a pro market. If you’re trying to save money becasue you aren’t doing this as a pro – find software that fits within your budgetary needs.
If you’re spending 20K on software (which makes it sound like you do a lot of graphics and animation work), why would you choose to buy AE 7 standard? IF I’d spend any money as someone working with compositing effects and 3D, I’d make sure I had the best tools for the job.
really Not a crack at you, I’m just trying to understand where you’re coming from.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
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http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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personally I thought adobe was insane when they offered an upgrade from AE 6 to 6.5 for only $99 (that was the original price in the first month or so). How does a comaopny make any money doing that?
Having worked for several software companies, I recognize that a lot of work goes into the development of a product, and it costs time and money to do that. Adobe has made some huge leaps forward with this release, and for what their charging for an upgrade on several products at once is a pretty good price, even if it’s more than the last time around (which I thought was also insanely cheap).
I have several computers to upgrade, and I never look forward to paying for an upgrade, but I recognize that it’s a good price, and more importantly, worth the money.
Anyway, it’s just my 2 cents.
Aharon
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plus, you can’t give the position data to any other layers or effects, or expressions, becasue it is still the original position data.
It’s not a perfect method, and like I said in my tutorial, neither is mine.
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plus, you can’t give the position data to any other layers or effects, or expressions, becasue it is still the original position data.
It’s not a perfect method, and like I said in my tutorial, neither is mine.
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Yes. You need to choose a format that supportsd Alpha channels, such as Tiff, TGA, or PNG. Then in the options dialog that pop up after you choose the name, format and location, has the option for creating an Alpha Channel.
I STRONGLY suggest you read the help files ins Tutorial # 5 – Output Options – this will tell you everything you need to know.
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that would also scale the layer. Of course you could also inversely scale the layer to counter it – But only if if the scale atribute wasn’t already animated, and if only if you could figure out the exact amount to inversely effect the scale, so that it doesn’t change. Seems a lot easier to me this way.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
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http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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that would also scale the layer. Of course you could also inversely scale the layer to counter it – But only if if the scale atribute wasn’t already animated, and if only if you could figure out the exact amount to inversely effect the scale, so that it doesn’t change. Seems a lot easier to me this way.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
aharon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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Thansk. Sorry it took so long to respond. i’ve been swamped.
Greatly appreciated!
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Aharon Rabinowitz
aharon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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Creative Cow Master Series DVD
particleIllusion Fusion Volume 1
available @ http://www.pIllusionFusion.com