Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #54473
From: Jayse Hansen <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:54:34 -0700
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
"And of course you'll want to attach a full-sized keyboard, too, especially for AE work."

Nah, just learn to go minimal and work with the laptop shortcuts - which also allows you to use that super nice minimal apple keyboard with no num-pad. So clean. 

Also maximize that trackpad by turning tap select on and three finger drag etc. I edit entire vids with the Air using just the trackpad and built in keyboard on airplanes or in a hammock sipping a mai tai. 'Tis lovely.

Takes a week or two to get used to, but once you go minimal, you'll never go back. :-)

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Jayse Hansen
702-321-3449



On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Philip Luckey <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
And of course you'll want to attach a full-sized keyboard, too, especially for AE work. Otherwise you'll sorely miss Page Up/Down, number pad 0 & "." among other niceties.

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> On Jun 28, 2014, at 2:22 AM, "Chris Zwar" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
>
> Just picking the collective brains of the list...
>
> I have never had a laptop or any sort of portable computer, my home machine has been an iMac for the past 10years. My current imac has just died and I'm now thinking about replacing it with a MacBook Pro and a big monitor.
>
> In the past I have worked from home considerably but currently I do very little work from home, and so having a powerful desktop machine seems a bit old fashioned.  The portability of a MacBook versus an iMac is very appealing. Storage is not an issue because I already use an external storage system anyway.
>
> Any thoughts on the pros/cons of working with AE on a laptop- specifically a retina MacBook Pro - versus an iMac?
>
> - Chris
>
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