Michael Szalapski
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This is an update to CC 2018…
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The official blog post is up now with videos demonstrating the new features: https://theblog.adobe.com/effects-updates-spring-2018/
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Before today’s update, you couldn’t use the arrow keys to scroll through different typefaces in CC 2018. They had rewritten the text box (you can pick favorite typefaces, you can preview the fonts in the list, etc.), but they ran into issues with the arrowing through the font list and that feature didn’t make it into the release.
Today’s update addresses that issue.
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The new version is out now, by the way. New puppet tool engine, Master Properties and a whole lot more.
– The Great Szalam
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I don’t understand the problem you’re experiencing. Mocha should be able to track the screen regardless of the roundness of the corners.
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[Dave LaRonde] ” Who needs creativity?”
I think you’re missing the point. The Master Properties thing is going to save a TON of time we used to spend doing repetitive, non-creative stuff giving us more time to do the actual work of being creative.
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It’s not like copying with expression links.
I mean, it kind of is inasmuch as you have a bunch of duplicates that match and follow one main one, but the key is that there aren’t really duplicates and you have a lot more control. You can add expressions, you can move keyframes around, you can make values wildly different and you can then push changes back into or pull from the original comp.
I mean, it’s out now, so you can update and try it yourself. ☺ (Unless you’re in the middle of a project – I usually don’t recommend updating in the middle of a project.)
– The Great Szalam
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They worked for me as advertised when I previewed them, yes.
It’s one of the biggest new features to hit AE in a decade. For some people, it won’t matter much, but for a lot of people it’s huge. I know some folks for whomthis will save days of work. Heck, I’VE had projects where this would have saved days of work.As far as installing CC 2018 goes, why not? You can have it installed alongside older versions without issue. (Also, the article doesn’t say if this is a new version that would install alongside CC 2018 or if it is an update to CC 2018. Regardless, when this comes out tomorrow, you should install it and check out Master Properties. I think, as an old hand at AE, you’ll immediately see the benefits.)
Think about it, if you create graphics that go out to multilingual destinations (more and more folks have to do this on a regular basis), this is going to save a massive amount of time. Let’s say you have ten graphics – all the same comp, but different text. And you have ten different languages you need to deliver in (100 different comps). You produce everything and send it off. Then the creative director or the client comes back and goes, “The animation needs to be faster.” Instead of fixing the animation on ten layers in 100 different comps (that’s 1,000 layers of animation you need to fix), you just fix the animation in one comp and all the rest just reflect the change.
It’s ridiculous the amount of time this can save.
Heck, let’s say you just do one language. Still, say, the CD comes back and goes, “We need a different font.” You don’t have to go through all ten comps to change it, just change it in one.
– The Great Szalam
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If you can hold on until tomorrow, there’s a new feature that is about to blow your mind and it releases tomorrow!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/adobe-intros-master-properties-effects-nab-1099057
It does exactly what you’re asking for, but in a much more elegant and powerful way.
Adobe gave me the opportunity to preview Master Properties and it is a game-changer. If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.
– The Great Szalam
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The Set Matte effect is terribly useful. You can use it to have one layer be the track matte for 10 other layers. And, in newer versions of AE, you can also use it with the effects and masks of the referenced layer intact. The ability for effects that reference other layers to also take into account their effects and masks is one of the biggest features to be added to AE in years and too many people don’t know it exists!
The only issue with the Set Matte effect is that it doesn’t work too well if you have stuff scaled or moved. You can turn on the collapse transformations switch to overcome it in many cases though.
– The Great Szalam
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