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Subject: Re: [AE] top feature requests for After Effects in 2012
From: Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com>
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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:03:16 -0600
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I've got one that would greatly benefit my PPro AE workflow that isn't =
AE specific.

Having recently migrated to PC for production work, but still otherwise =
surrounded by Macs, I'm finding my biggest, daily PITA is codec stuff.=20=

When I was all mac, Prores ruled the pool. I used 4444 when I needed an =
alpha otherwise 422 and HQ most of the time.=20

I'm opening those Prores files on the PC but I sure ain't writing them. =
After experimenting with DNX and running into gamma issues, I've settled =
on Photo-JPEG for now which is "okay" but what I really want is a smart, =
modern, no-mus, no issue cross platform =
go-back-and-forth-all-day-and-never-a problem codec to work with my =
(nearly) all Adobe workflow. Yeah, it needs to have 8bit, 10bit, RGB, =
422, 444 and 4444 alpha capabilities, of course.


Another thing I want is dual preference settings for Multiprocessing in =
AE. One for RAM previews (I'd chose off most of the time), the other for =
rendering (I'd choose on most of the  time).

Another thing I want is an improvement to Dynamic Link functionality in =
PPro whereby I can create an AE comp on a video track above my selected =
clips without obliterating the source clips, which I want for future =
retention, reference, etc. Also, while rendering previews in PPro is one =
option (when they STICK), I'd love to be able to right click an AEP in =
the timeline and choose "Render and Replace". Of course to retain =
maximum flexibility I could revert it back to an editable AEP comp =
again.=20

Off to file feature request.

Carey

On Dec 3, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote:

> I can get into a lot of trouble for making specific promises about =
features in future versions, but I'll say this:
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> I'm rather sure that you will not see a Linux version of After Effects =
before you see a color swatch panel built into After Effects.
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> ________________________________________
> From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of =
Chris Zwar [chris@chriszwar.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:48 PM
> To: After Effects Mail List
> Subject: Re: [AE] top feature requests for After Effects in 2012
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> I didn't think it was a rant, maybe it was a train of thought that got =
de-railed ;-)
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> I was thinking about two separate comments, firstly that node-based =
compositing is a top feature request, and secondly that Nuke and After =
Effects might be competitors.  Although separate, I was thinking about =
the potential for Adobe to implement node-based compositing as an =
attempt to compete with Nuke.  And I totally understand that this was =
not what you said!
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> I suspect that at least some of the people who are requesting nodes in =
AE are wanting After Effects to become Nuke, or hold some hope that it =
would open new markets to them.  I think this is wrong and it was to =
this thought - which I totally understand is not what you meant - that I =
responded about the markets being different.
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> And I didn't mean to imply that adding nodes to After Effects would =
alientate existing users, what I meant was that diverting resources away =
from features that would be more useful would annoy existing users.  I =
would be really p****d if Adobe wasted resources on a linux port when we =
still don't have a colour swatch palette or a histogram in the curves =
effect.
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> -Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Sassoon [mailto:tsassoon@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11:20 AM
> To: 'After Effects Mail List'
> Subject: Re: [AE] top feature requests for After Effects in 2012
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> That's what I mean by competition (Nuke). Though I don't think there's =
more than maybe a 30% functional overlap between them. AE will never be =
the hardcore nodal 3D compositor that Nuke is, and Nuke probably isn't =
anyone's first choice for text animation. Chris, you took off on a tear =
without actually reading what I wrote, which is pretty much the opposite =
of what your rant assumed. I say, strengthen the things which make AE =
unique, which is as a CREATIVE platform. Which is why I said brushes and =
fonts. How many other apps can one create really beautiful work quickly, =
often without any external sources? Make it so that a generalist needs =
to know BOTH.
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> Tim Sassoon
> SFD
> Santa Monica, CA
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> On Dec 3, 2012, at 3:02 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> i have seen several of these companies that were using AE for comping =
slowly switching completely away from AE on many projects
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