Michael Szalapski
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While you are correct that Dave is wrong (it saves back two versions and not just one – as demonstrated in your screenshot), that isn’t “CC 2014”; that’s AE version number 14 which is commonly called “CC 2017”. CC 2014 was version 13.0-13.2.
To answer the original question, the reason AE needs to save new project file formats is that lots of things change in big and small ways between versions. The amount of QA overhead it would take to try to eliminate issues between versions is not-unsubstantial. The more versions back they have to go, the more work it takes away from them adding new things to AE.
I’m not excusing Adobe, by the way, I’m just explaining the reason for the issue. The AE team is very small compared to what people think it is. Photoshop (which has an exponentially larger team) does have the ability to bounce between versions without issue. But they also have ten times as many people on the team. (I don’t know that it’s 10 times, it could be 50 for all I know – I just know it’s HUGE in comparison.)
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Try an MOV with the Photo-JPEG codec or maybe even the ProRes codec (if you’re using the latest version of AE). An uncompressed AVI will be (as you’ve found out) too large to be useable.
If you want something to play back at the end, I’d recommend taking your resulting MOV file and bringing it into the Adobe Media Encoder to make an h.264 file. There’s a YouTube preset that does a decent job.
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What version of AE are you using?
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You could try making an actual simulation with the Wave World effect.
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That’s cool. Thanks for sharing.
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You can have mask paths and shape layer paths follow each other with expressions. So, if you set your mask to follow the shape layer’s path, you could use that.
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Here’s the thing with pre-baked animations like this: if they work for the job, use them.
Not everything pays enough or gives you enough time to create everything bespoke. Sometimes you just need to get it out the door. You’re not creating art all the time for your fellow artists to appreciate. If the client is happy, you did it right.Now, if you do have the time to do something “right”, do it right. Make a little set of brand guidelines, set up your favorite animation curves in Flow, create some animation presets of your own, if you’d like.
There are many ways to speed up work. Time is money in this industry. Use what works for you to make the client happy within your deadline.
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Are you moving these in actual 3d? How are you making the beveled edge? There is an effect in the perspective menu that will bevel within the current alpha. There’s also the layer style that does the same thing (but I prefer to use the effect). Bonus is that you don’t have to use the slower-to-render 3d renderers; you can just use the classic renderer!
If you need the piece look actually 3d, you can fake it by the old standby trick of stacking layers in z-space.
If you actually need the piece to be really 3d, you’d probably be better off building it in C4D Lite (which has much better beveling options and comes included for free with After Effects. If you’ve never used C4D before, this is a great tutorial series on C4D Lite from a few years ago: https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/cinema_4d_lite_reference/cinema_4d_lite_reference_series_introduction
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He’s right that Element is easier than learning a real 3d app. That said, remember that you do have a full 3d app included in your CC membership (and I don’t mean Adobe Dimension…). Cinema 4D Lite is included with After Effects! This tutorial series walks you through getting to work with it in the easiest way I know of: https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/cinema_4d_lite_reference/cinema_4d_lite_reference_series_introduction
– The Great Szalam
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GPU acceleration in Form/Particular isn’t useful on calculating the fluid movement – it’s only helpful on the rendering of the particles themselves (and that only in certain situations). So GPU setting might not even be any better.
That said, have you tried updating your driver?
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