jinsley Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Seeing more and more people using AE for compositing, etc... just wondering what the advantages are or if it is just personal preference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 AE = animations PS = stills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Makes sense... guess I can hold off on AE then. Although it probably wouldn't be the worst skill to have. Thx Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I am actually looking to work Composite into the first part of my workflow when doing animation, and possible stills, and then moving to AE or Photoshop. Composite looks to be superior at compositing compared to AE, which is not really a compositor, but can do compositing. I have no idea how it might handle drawn paths and things along those lines, but as far as standard compositing it looks to be better. And it is node based which is preferred when compositing. ....but this is just based on an AU class I attended. http://au.autodesk.com/?nd=class&session_id=7206 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 I have been checking out composite a little... It does seem to be superior from what I hear and see, but in my own practice I don't find it to be very intuitive at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I know what you mean. I have had Combustion on any given production machine since roughly 2004, but yet every time I tried to dive into it and learn it I would just get frustrated, and revert back to AE. The good thing about AE is that if you know PS you can probably learn the fundamentals of AE in 4 hours. Things like layer transfer modes, filters, etc.. are similar. It is just knowing the ins and outs. I would say spend the 4 hours to get used to the layout and interface, and then work with a very simple short animation to start practicing actual production work in it. That would probably be enough to get you through your first project. You don't actually need to know how to use everything, you can always just learn the thing you want to do just before you do it. That is typically what I have done with AE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Yes, I hear what you are saying... we are grabbing CS5 suite with AE so I will have to start poking around with it. As far as composite and mental ray, I found this to be an excellent little video on it... not free though: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/865/Look-Development-with-mental-ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hart Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I would suggest http://www.videocopilot.net for learning AE. Start with the Basic Training Section. It's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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