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Subject: Re: [AE] The History of Adobe After Effects
From: David Basulto <dave@claritypictures.net>
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 07:05:17 -0800
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Is this archived?
On Jan 31, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Jim Lang <james.c.lang@gmail.com> wrote:

> Darn-  Totally missed it.
> I've been thinking about the AE history lately.  I was at a pottery
> workshop, and
> the teacher kept telling us that if anyone asked "how'd you do that!"
> To say you don't remember.
> This got me thinking about how in the beginnings of AE, that anal,
> secretiveness was the polar opposite and you could go online any time
> day or night, and a Trish Meyer would always help out.  Or a TSassoon,
> or a Brian Maffitt.  And "secrets" were taboo.  And because of that,
> AE took off, attracted geniuses from all over, and and made history of
> all of the old guard dinosaurs and their secrets and high-end
> equipment.
> That was a dazzling era.
> Of course, nothing this great lasts.
> I've been at this long enough to be able to tell the ethics of a
> worker by just looking at his/her profect.  One of the last projects I
> worked in was unbelievably booby trapped.   It was for a fast
> turnaround network news show, and the dude did certain things wrong
> then sneakily made layers invisible.  All designed to get the
> producers on t
> he phone to get him back.  I pointed out all of his shenanigans to the
> creative director.  But back to the point.  Way back in the early
> beginnings, what a classy group.
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>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:46 PM, David Simons <ae@cosa.com> wrote:
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>>> In case this event tomorrow hasn't been posted on this list yet:
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>>> About 12 hours from now, Dan Wilk & I will present an interactive =
history of
>>> AE, including demos of the old versions. We welcome questions from =
the
>>> audience via the chat pod.
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>>> -DaveS
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David Basulto
dave@claritypictures.net