From: "Jim Curtis" Received: from sonic309-20.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com ([74.6.129.194] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTP id 7199125 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:14:30 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=flash.net; s=s2048; t=1543595267; bh=bqDrIIUMr1NwWJrIzxWKtFY4EEhARn/QTIVyLsFP1/4=; h=From:Subject:Date:References:To:In-Reply-To:From:Subject; b=JZ0oqFzwVstiuUES0diGXfaQ7FhPjtd9f2+LhmivekOvv8GMa1ROZ6BtKQkQyzO5lJb+qwevn5PqqGowIwMTT6DPlSGbhYoCBYZETJhA7Ywh/XwfySGn2kOQ06VEJKH0GgWcYGqFxKZ237O1MRQTY8u0srwMiwlhWGTo94Dud4Qke7Q+uLiIx7QzAI0HEumYMTbROshFKfSnVd6YmDuTYqx6Tw0/hN9bsL/5PwU088tlTBHRJ89Odvri7ljQKg0Xqg9UPBXC02gjYn6obGDwMGeYfrWPKE8uRUxPMDL11McTAvwrUWbx8nfRzO0Wsql+Uu5kEFgtmOnGpr4pJ6fV3g== X-YMail-OSG: wot22J0VM1nMazYDPKAigtbxsR9ojycT7iyBxDyK_KMNUra8L8mtgekxk9e8E3g t_loP04PfK8Gt66s3y0jo.1ua4XlFITI0w1P9ftBpSpMSuppPCNBevD0wwZrax4XlL9iBYJ8DpPZ JR.U_9IRlPWclYIU3S5rDl.SGV8cnyIpTWgdGY2glOHnhamW6gTj32B08BV7woAcJpz1hmbrmZDL v6W2GP7eOmKXYNJj53SPekl2Z7SW.QipbAPkn6vBexlsXOJFm189CkZwrEb_5NcQblAmJ8ySJiJ6 IGdbaEW50iW.wLO1usAORwqYLj0RAMMMMPZlXtQzJZge4xKB82V86ZSpFvL0izuB7_7YUu1wFkt0 Se4YTuBtlebpTkC3J1NbT_XzE1s2HEeaYImkxKYQaCAvqeKUWtjn.AB_2Ke1Bv7GIZDEoU85ZerW MRkYMMCbRdlERdg_vXgO9HpdIc5wBLx_r8n7DgLX56tWBRt0Z78sbMVNocQct3EmxV8AGPkSbw5n FWZ281gJ.WoKc.226v0qoXUz8f.k5NjpbBjFeaBf3UcVb5WNyqHSFDh9L0b9pMmL4R1pj0Arznef PTG5ZnsfIdf5d7n6RMQ3.3qhBC503mZajHZPIbTBkMIttk_RqnhFswUqzpSIA_LAj.eUS8mf4QiX JvlcQMEp8rCq1kDM79_D11HhmkRZZWgCuWGh5vOSWjuI3x6CHZMF1t8edG_WdDTrvOne_yrA2.6U JDwKH9n4MWPSuAQ2zsbl.NhMS1yQEPy5geRP4IlSfoHgUu0R45Zr5GkwedYFtVMdqb2NOy6_amRh uYQ3dxi2NuP_NE.NCPy0yC7Bp6JovVSmCG2NhV_EdngQipdBPBX7X7vL5C4beUrJRFr9PynkEbSo IFr7OxSHknhy3E1_3oGgV_IKZyAJ7s5uHmk8sUScf.h9L2MCVJZ26sBz4egRDXMZYqNcVJK7hD57 4_b1LfbZtv0es7DYv5eBoznPFvqps_Ikvqal6BIvY4gckJNIX41hmvZsmShIz6DDquSS2dSE684. 7LEwrMtGebjGHGtmXZaeVOlwff5FIoWcBgB0MNeoawvZE18ZuK3fR8.buWM6rwoANRKrX_wHUBel tCbM- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic309.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:27:47 +0000 Received: from 104-48-143-159.lightspeed.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net (EHLO mac-pro.attlocal.net) ([104.48.143.159]) by smtp432.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 7268f681f91d9bc1fbb764a2732fae7e for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:27:43 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_12D917F1-632D-42A8-B7B6-AF968666A030" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: reluctant to commit to CC 2019 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:27:41 -0600 References: To: After Effects List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <21003A32-7019-4056-8A09-A7B0A24496CD@flash.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) --Apple-Mail=_12D917F1-632D-42A8-B7B6-AF968666A030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sorry for the long post. If you=E2=80=99re busy, just ignore this. = Part of it is griping. I wonder how many others here are in the same boat. =20 My favorite feature of Ae CC 2019, and the ONLY new feature that = interests me is the Mocha Plug-in. I=E2=80=99ve been using Ae 2019 just = for that one feature, but doing everything else in CC 2018. Pr has one = new feature only I=E2=80=99m interested in, and that=E2=80=99s the = enhanced Lumetri Color effect. The enhanced Puppet Tool may come in = handy at some point. Otherwise, meh. I use Pr as much as Ae. If I want to use Dynamic Link, I have to use = the same versions. IOW, I can=E2=80=99t use Ae 2018 with Pr 2019, and = expect DL to work. I can=E2=80=99t even copy clips in Pr and paste them = in Ae if the versions don=E2=80=99t match. I made a mistake by testing Pr 2019 for one =E2=80=9Csmall=E2=80=9D = project for one client for whom I=E2=80=99d done about ten videos in Pr = 2018. It worked OK, but there are still some bugs that make me = reluctant to commit to all of CC 2019. Honestly, I can=E2=80=99t = remember what they were other than Pr taking an extremely long time to = launch before getting to the Open dialog. So, I got a new project that requires me to use footage from my previous = ten projects. I started it in Pr 2018. Everything was fine except when = I needed to access footage in that Pr 2019 project. Not a show stopper. = I just had to launch the Pr 2019 project, and do an XML export of my = master Sequence and b-roll and interview select Sequences, and then = import that into Pr 2018, losing all the animated masking I did in Pr = 2019 (quite a bit). I was pleased to see some of my Lumetri Color = effects were retained. =20 I wish Adobe would figure out how to Save As... a previous version in Pr = as they have for Ae, or allow us to import Sequences from a later = version of Pr, or use Dynamic Link between different versions. Alas. Anyway=E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m posting to ask if anybody else has committed = to CC 2019 and having good success with both Pr and Ae. If you=E2=80=99re= experiencing issues, what are they? Are there workarounds? =20 My biggest fear is encountering a job-killing bug that will inhibit = timely delivery of a paying project (see link below).=20 I=E2=80=99m on Mac High Sierra with a Nvidia Titan GPU. Jim C. Posts like this aren=E2=80=99t encouraging: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2556384 .= --Apple-Mail=_12D917F1-632D-42A8-B7B6-AF968666A030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Sorry for the = long post.  If you=E2=80=99re busy, just ignore this.  Part of = it is griping.
I wonder how many others here are in the same = boat.  

My favorite = feature of Ae CC 2019, and the ONLY new feature that interests me is the = Mocha Plug-in.  I=E2=80=99ve been using Ae 2019 just for that one = feature, but doing everything else in CC 2018.  Pr has one new = feature only I=E2=80=99m interested in, and that=E2=80=99s the enhanced = Lumetri Color effect.  The enhanced Puppet Tool may come in handy = at some point.  Otherwise, meh.

I use Pr as much as Ae.  If I want = to use Dynamic Link, I have to use the same versions.  IOW, I = can=E2=80=99t use Ae 2018 with Pr 2019, and expect DL to work.  I = can=E2=80=99t even copy clips in Pr and paste them in Ae if the versions = don=E2=80=99t match.

I made a mistake by testing Pr 2019 for one =E2=80=9Csmall=E2=80= =9D project for one client for whom I=E2=80=99d done about ten videos in = Pr 2018.  It worked OK, but there are still some bugs that make me = reluctant to commit to all of CC 2019.  Honestly, I can=E2=80=99t = remember what they were other than Pr taking an extremely long time to = launch before getting to the Open dialog.

So, I got a new project that requires = me to use footage from my previous ten projects.  I started it in = Pr 2018.  Everything was fine except when I needed to access = footage in that Pr 2019 project.  Not a show stopper.  I just = had to launch the Pr 2019 project, and do an XML export of my master = Sequence and b-roll and interview select Sequences, and then import that = into Pr 2018, losing all the animated masking I did in Pr 2019 (quite a = bit).  I was pleased to see some of my Lumetri Color effects were = retained.  

I wish Adobe would figure out how to Save As... a previous = version in Pr as they have for Ae, or allow us to import Sequences from = a later version of Pr, or use Dynamic Link between different versions. =  Alas.

Anyway=E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m posting to ask if anybody else = has committed to CC 2019 and having good success with both Pr and Ae. =  If you=E2=80=99re experiencing issues, what are they?  Are = there workarounds?  

My biggest fear is encountering a job-killing bug that will = inhibit timely delivery of a paying project (see link = below). 

I=E2=80=99m on Mac High Sierra with a Nvidia Titan = GPU.

Jim = C.


Posts like = this aren=E2=80=99t encouraging:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2556384


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