Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.81] (HELO homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4994826 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:01:59 +0100 Received: from homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52928634073 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:08:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=influxx.com; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:from:subject :date:to; q=dns; s=influxx.com; b=Gud6TcukMbpEj2zkuE9hObxfJAh8n6 sCXogwTTUGytRw1rm+nb42/raSaU2nl92eWtz7gU6GCLyX13Gr5jxmn7iiQPFPH/ XlkMnU98Vf7iXvYy6P374/jxaYkmKerUiaCHhaO0pXwSk7cpSOsdAwn96kKjJdcD xrQ2ZCXeNyhRc= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=influxx.com; h= mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:from :subject:date:to; s=influxx.com; bh=okUw6tYVzuWKSRYFqEODdWR7LVI= ; b=sjbHEddqrtd9ff/NjBO05dzQtZy+yJXoVgmKCaFas4AEnl/0hdYZbSyfaAAn oXGQmO8Mew7fuBlYFP6TKTv/JyiuWmXekAOwAbWuJqWDBpK7nL5bColjD8ocoTXu HO9pL2rw3znIshUJidGoHn0p+j8TQplq7PJgb2oc5jYCXjc= Received: from [192.168.1.71] (76-206-254-56.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [76.206.254.56]) (Authenticated sender: adam@influxx.com) by homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2ABA663406F for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:08:44 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6--171048771 Message-Id: From: adam mercado Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE text output from photoshop? Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:08:44 -0800 To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) --Apple-Mail-6--171048771 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Whats wrong with layer styles? They're a means to an end. And they =20 are in AE as well, just as they are in PS. how do you create your drop shadows without layer styles? 3D lighting =20= exclusively? Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production Fullerton, CA Moving Images. For Business 714=B0928=B09896 http://www.influxx.com http://www.twitter.com/influxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx On Mar 5, 2013, at 2:13 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote: > I like how you put that - at my last place of employment I had the =20 > designer trained to do all his design work inside AE, not so much =20 > any more. > > tt > > From: "Jim Curtis" > To: "After Effects Mail List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 2:08:31 PM > Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE text output from photoshop? > > True, I'm not immune from getting "help" from the agencies. I'm =20 > sure many of us often wish they wouldn't help so much. > > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 4:02 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote: > > no creating text in ae keeps you from the bad habit of having to =20 > use layer styles, unfortunately I work with "designers" that have =20 > to create things in photoshop and liberally dose the type with =20 > layer styles. > > tt > > From: "Jim Curtis" > To: "After Effects Mail List" > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 1:57:48 PM > Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE text output from photoshop? > > Gee, well color me embarrassed. I've been avoiding creating type =20 > in Ps all this time. > > But, there's another reason. I still think Ae is the place to do =20 > still frame graphics with text. That's because it's so easy to =20 > change fonts, sizes, color, etc. on a whole project when you put =20 > all them in a single comp in Ae by selecting all the layers and =20 > then making changes to all the text at once. > > And plus, it's pretty simple to do alignments of all your text, if =20 > they all exist in a single Comp in Ae. > > I do this: Create text in Ae, where each "page" of text is one =20 > frame in duration. All my text has a common BG that's on the lower =20= > layers in the Comp. Export as a numbered still sequence, like PNG, =20= > and bring those into Pr for placement. > > If there are any changes, I can make them in Ae, designate those =20 > frames as the Work Area, and re-render, over-writing the existing =20 > files. Then the changes show up automatically in Pr. > > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Wainer wrote: > > Jim, > > I remember it was in CS3... but that was my first version, so =20 > beyond that I have no idea. > > Bruce Wainer > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, scott.aelist =20 > wrote: > Unfortuantely it doesn't work for AI layers. > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Ah! Me neither! How long has that been there? > > --Apple-Mail-6--171048771 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Whats wrong with layer styles? They're a means to an end. And they are = in AE as well, just as they are in PS.

how do you = create your drop shadows without layer styles? 3D lighting = exclusively?



On Mar 5, 2013, at 2:13 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net = wrote:

I = like how you put that - at my last place of employment I had the = designer trained to do all his design work inside AE, not so much any = more.

tt

From: "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com>
To: "After Effects Mail = List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>Sent: Tuesday, = March 5, 2013 2:08:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE = text output from photoshop?

True, I'm not immune from getting = "help" from the agencies.  I'm sure many of us often wish they = wouldn't help so much.


On Mar 5, 2013, = at 4:02 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote:

no = creating text in ae keeps you from the bad habit of having to use layer = styles, unfortunately I work with "designers" that have to create things = in photoshop and liberally dose the type with layer = styles.

tt

From: "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com>
To: "After Effects Mail = List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 = 1:57:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE = text output from photoshop?

Gee, well color me embarrassed. =  I've been avoiding creating type in Ps all this = time.

But, there's another reason.  I still = think Ae is the place to do still frame graphics with text.  That's = because it's so easy to change fonts, sizes, color, etc. on a whole = project when you put all them in a single comp in Ae by selecting all = the layers and then making changes to all the text at = once.

And plus, it's pretty simple to do = alignments of all your text, if they all exist in a single Comp in = Ae.

I do this: Create text in Ae, where each = "page" of text is one frame in duration.  All my text has a common = BG that's on the lower layers in the Comp.  Export as a numbered = still sequence, like PNG, and bring those into Pr for = placement.

If there are any changes, I can make = them in Ae, designate those frames as the Work Area, and re-render, = over-writing the existing files.  Then the changes show up = automatically in Pr.


On Mar 5, = 2013, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Wainer wrote:

Jim,

I remember it was in CS3... but that was my = first version, so beyond that I have no idea.

Bruce = Wainer


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, scott.aelist <scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote:
Unfortuantely it doesn't work for AI layers.


On = Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
Ah!  Me = neither!  How long has that been = there?

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