Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #51164
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Dynamic Link between AE and Premiere
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:19:12 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
While my reply may not be helpful to your specific issue, it gives me a chance to rave about how well Dynamic Link is now working in CC, and how I use it in my workflow.

I use the link going both directions.  Ae is not suited for audio work, but Pr is pretty darn good (Still needs a few improvements.).  

I do my soundtrack work in Pr, and bring the Sequence into Ae, and do my moGFX with the sound track as timing reference.  Once I have my effect work done, I can link my effects back to the Pr Sequence that contained my audio work, and render from Pr, using Pr or AME.

This will work, IF you delete the dynamically linked audio layer in your Ae Comps before linking them back to their Pr origin.  Otherwise, you'd create an infinite loop in the space-time continuum, imploding the universe.

For most editing duties,  I use Pr with the "Replace with After Effects Composition" feature for shots that need compositing, more sophisticated masking, color correction or other features than Pr allows.  

I like that any changes you make in the Ae Comps are updated in Pr; you don't even have to save the Ae project; they just translate over once you switch to Pr as the FG app.

Pr and Ae CC now function as more or less a single app where you switch workspaces.


To answer one of your specific Qs:  You can use dynamic link from Ae to Pr to access the full range of render options not available in Ae in regards to H264.  And as already pointed out, you can do the same in AME.  And yes, you can render once and avoid intermediates in many cases.




On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I've seen a number of tutorials that discuss how to do your edits in Premiere, then send to AE but can the reverse also be done?

By that, I mean, I am using a full length locked film that I did not have to edit but I'm doing all the AE effects and have a sizable amount of work done in AE already.  Is there a way to do the same link to Premiere so I can render just once?  I've been rendering scenes from AE, and then laying them down in Premiere over the top of the locked film (to ensure they are synched).  And then, I've been rendering sample clips from Premiere.  I could save some decent time if I can reduce that second render.

Appreciate it.

Eric

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Eric D. Kirk | Kirk Productions
The Night Visitor | VFX
 

 
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