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[B.J. Ahlen] ”
Yes, I still have concerns that will need clarification. I just had to rebuild my uncompressed workstation for the second time, if it croaks seriously, will I have to buy a new license?”I’m sure you don’t. You’ll probably have to give Adobe a call or something. It’s the same with Windows. If you re-install on the same machine a couple of times within a not too long period, you’ll need to contact Microsoft.
At least with Adobe, you can transfer the license when you uninstall. So it’s a good idea to uninstall before you wipe the harddrive.
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Didn’t we already have multiple viewports? Is this new?”No you didn’t have this already… Yes you could set up multiple viewports for the same comp, but I don’t know about you, I thought it was a pain.
With the improved OpenGL accelleration you can set top, left and front to ‘Always OpenGL’, and the Camera view to ‘Interactive OpenGL’. Works like a charm.
The thing is, you really need to play around with it to appreciate it. But I’m never going back to the old UI.
And I realize that everyone has their own priorities, and I’ve got a couple of requests for my own, but now you go comparing a 5k app to a 1k app… I’m sorry… but that’s plain silly. Spend a couple hundred bucks on the Silhouette tools, and you’ll have all the masking and paint tools you need, well below the price of Fusion.
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I agree that the 7.0 update may not sound as glamorous – and that we were quite spoilt by the 6.5 upgrade…
But I would seriously recommend downloading the demo once it’s online, and try out the new interface. If you like working in 3D space in AE, you’ll love the new quad viewports UI.
Seriously, I’ve been using 7 exclusively for months now, and would hate to have to go back to 6.5, just because of the interface. It’s a lot more than just a visual overhaul. But don’t take my word for it, just give it a testdrive once the demo is available.
As for particle systems: Trapcode Particular is great.
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Most plug-ins work fine in AE 7. I’ve only had minor non-problematic glitches with the occasional plugin. And those will probably be updated soon.
There are no trapcode plugins bundled with AE.
Bundled with 7.0 come Cycore Effects (1.0.1) and Color Finesse (1.5.6) – and Keylight comes with the Pro version.
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Huh? How is that an answer to the question?
AE 7 uses activation over the internet like all Adobe software now – after you fill in the serial numbers. I’ve been using a beta serial during beta, so I don’t know serials for upgrade versions will work with 7.0, but I would assume it works the same as in the past.
Unless someone from Adobe chimes in, we’ll have to wait until one of us actually received their official box.
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Well… you can’t have it all, can you.
There’s a lot of features that all of us would love to see added into AE, trust me, I’ve filed loads of them. In your case, have you actually sent an email to Adobe with your feature requests? That’s how it works.
But if you consider that the interface has been completely rebuilt, the render engine has been upgraded to include 32-bit float, and linear blending on all of the bit-depths.
6.5 was a release for motiongraphics artists, with loads of new effects bundled, text animators etc.
7.0 seems to focus on improving workflow (I for one work a lot faster in 7 than in 6.5), and control over what you’re doing. Quad views for 3D, OpenGL accelleration, the graph editor, tight integration with Premiere and Encore. Plus as a bonus smooth slomo’s and Photoshop’s Lens Blur.
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On another note: AE 7.0 has a lot more support for OpenGL accelleration. Depending on your card you might also want to look into that. I find AE 7 to feel a lot faster when working with 3D layers in OpenGL.
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You can’t… unfortunately.
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[RoRK] “What happened to the mask tools. Wasn’t there supposed to be some major improvement in that department?”
Not this time around. Adobe did license/buy Curious GFX technology, which caused a lot of rumors in that direction, but masking remains untouched for the 7.0 release.
Can’t have it all, unfortunately. But I’m going to look into Silhoutte Roto I guess.
https://www.silhouettefx.com/roto
Runs inside AE. Developed by the people that did Elastic Reality, which besides the industry standard morphing app, also did a killer job at rotosplines.
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Hmmmm…
Well, even more reason for people to invest in the Premium Suite. I agree that it’s kind of a bummer for some people, though. But for most situations it’s worth the extra expense for After Effects Pro alone.
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