From: "Ross Shain" Received: from mail-ua1-f48.google.com ([209.85.222.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7199129 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:40:46 +0100 Received: by mail-ua1-f48.google.com with SMTP id u19so2112585uae.4 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:54:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=borisfx.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Cae02LmkENwui29rKdLyQvhaaLx60uPp/ogpwb12tO8=; b=J7lH9cl8qW4PInofs6DMSybl3OnQkN6zoUKllTe4XSmLXj7yjCRifyyPfX+80zj6DW Ha8DvcDepMzKKgUtonFrbZ/lW1FzZJS+o3iYArGc+X3oJBEPNRAhg0zMcXeeQiy9ttrt rYX0mzGWk/CfXTnX/Hyt8vi/j1hHm4FAAX9RSCclQMUIfGMu/okG+stc69LLvm/oa68z AYUA967RtWAPZ8rgrouBJuct2klZZK1e3/0CIpNDwmFgyg58ROwN62W7yujPB7JH+T6f cykS5nBZfOj7TGIC7NQX21w6MOwqnLH70fGLhCpW/Xiz3eqRsHx1NlvyNwS6RxY8nGCA tQqw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=Cae02LmkENwui29rKdLyQvhaaLx60uPp/ogpwb12tO8=; b=TXFVkc5RyPj1h91sqrnfx0oN71MsF9lCSOS58QS+5UcjGXNG/oM2MDRyNOvngahnQ+ ISzwjBaQfnptMIO10/JqlJXNfOQYl+1kfi3HNSbsRYP2IIi3/M2kWtP7PV8P6vW03UWa thIEE2yvGryHMuNWCeEqDiWFaCgW5hUd3wrhP3kCsMiVBS2Vt8FIcaPuBamF8/FgJMiE snUSzo25EVI3sfl0NPneYhaYlqG5HY92tNvEV/xi6sRtW6V3NU9QF0qBmavq11UbGtam NOzbMwr30DRl9detzqr+GabaUaL5xJu11HFW1QBx3LbKcDmiDTKWpq0GoZ8YoHByEdM+ OW7A== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWahU6YqLiBTa0X50Zy8pcBPvF48KnSixUpkjgGRPkJ4EoSX/20x lrtW84+YIyklSFbpeeq0Qo/eTvjQvGlUsjfaU5ed9ny5tMA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/VC7gDEJ0SZoiwV3n0XDbsgPTxBDrigvmLXkOEuOg13yqJbldqyYZwYSQcMzfGW6Gw9YfK1BgqSgCf6pzUp9Ok= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:5b9b:: with SMTP id y27mr2911940uae.30.1543596844382; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:54:04 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:53:52 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] reluctant to commit to CC 2019 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000961386057be4a593" --000000000000961386057be4a593 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Jim, I can not answer your Adobe questions... but just wanted you and others to know that the Mocha Pro 2019 plug-in will work with older versions of AE (and Premiere back to CC 2014. Most know that Mocha Pro adds some cool features not found in Mocha AE. Mocha Pro annual sale ends tonight at midnight. Compare Mocha Pro to Mocha AE: https://borisfx.com/products/mocha-pro/#compare Sale info: https://borisfx.com/news/black-friday-2018-up-to-50-off-all-products/ On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 11:28, Jim Curtis wrote: > 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 interest= s > me is the Mocha Plug-in. I=E2=80=99ve been using Ae 2019 just for that o= ne > feature, but doing everything else in CC 2018. Pr has one new feature on= ly > 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 proje= ct 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 retaine= d. > > > 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 timel= y > 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 > > > . > --=20 *Ross Shain* Chief Product Officer: Mocha +1.646.298.6458 | borisfx.com --000000000000961386057be4a593 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hey Jim,=C2=A0
I can= not answer your Adobe questions... but just wanted you and others to know = that the Mocha Pro 2019 plug-in will work with older versions of AE (and Pr= emiere back to CC 2014. Most know that Mocha Pro adds some cool features no= t found in Mocha AE. Mocha Pro annual sale ends tonight at midnight.=C2=A0<= /div>

Compare Mocha Pro to Mocha AE:=C2=A0https://borisfx.com/products/= mocha-pro/#compare

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On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 11:28, Jim Curtis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:=
Sorry fo= r the long post.=C2=A0 If you=E2=80=99re busy, just ignore this.=C2=A0 Part= of it is griping.

I wonder how many others here are i= n the same boat. =C2=A0

My favorite feature of Ae CC 2019, and the ONLY ne= w feature that interests me is the Mocha Plug-in.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99ve been u= sing Ae 2019 just for that one feature, but doing everything else in CC 201= 8.=C2=A0 Pr has one new feature only I=E2=80=99m interested in, and that=E2= =80=99s the enhanced Lumetri Color effect.=C2=A0 The enhanced Puppet Tool m= ay come in handy at some point.=C2=A0 Otherwise, meh.

I = use Pr as much as Ae.=C2=A0 If I want to use Dynamic Link, I have to use th= e same versions.=C2=A0 IOW, I can=E2=80=99t use Ae 2018 with Pr 2019, and e= xpect DL to work.=C2=A0 I can=E2=80=99t even copy clips in Pr and paste the= m in Ae if the versions don=E2=80=99t match.

I mad= e 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.=C2=A0 It = worked OK, but there are still some bugs that make me reluctant to commit t= o all of CC 2019.=C2=A0 Honestly, I can=E2=80=99t remember what they were o= ther 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.=C2=A0 I started it in Pr = 2018.=C2=A0 Everything was fine except when I needed to access footage in t= hat Pr 2019 project.=C2=A0 Not a show stopper.=C2=A0 I just had to launch t= he Pr 2019 project, and do an XML export of my master Sequence and b-roll a= nd interview select Sequences, and then import that into Pr 2018, losing al= l the animated masking I did in Pr 2019 (quite a bit).=C2=A0 I was pleased = to see some of my Lumetri Color effects were retained. =C2=A0
I wish Adobe would figure out how to Save As... a previous vers= ion 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.=C2=A0 Alas.=

Anyway=E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m posting to ask if any= body else has committed to CC 2019 and having good success with both Pr and= Ae.=C2=A0 If you=E2=80=99re experiencing issues, what are they?=C2=A0 Are = there workarounds? =C2=A0

My biggest fear is encou= ntering a job-killing bug that will inhibit timely delivery of a paying pro= ject (see link below).=C2=A0

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

Jim C.


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