From: "Timothy Sassoon" Received: from mail-pl1-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7464735 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:44:25 +0100 Received: by mail-pl1-f172.google.com with SMTP id h13so2926333plr.1 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:44:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:message-id:references:subject:mime-version; bh=PL/MbqrwjE6w1FoGSa99KmIm10jsnkcwN0sQdLAgNUM=; b=MUYNJ+uHMYII4MynDY9GbuuBqyqSvjX8V7G78Bs3k6wl57nbKIVUOXrx95olfygkdu waCn3lwVhY/8AN9nZM8TzfvUS6HjEzR/KZ0xS1KtFbQHxERnsxLwZVcXrFtnLjLimgs2 JMwSzBy3AESHuhb9xpLqCENxff08U/0PnvvlXJcbX/XCXndzHq+qDTcXFkg4ZbIggjLq /SIosf6DHVvfxaD/IYMBFKFBNrwpbNZzjUXSRnW/GfoURLB9qGiFCQQNEHPgQL68salI ml6vE716o+p6d5cT4WXGVAKhFmiWc5Jmp35/Dk75YiJbWpR1aF9Tgjt+kfaxU/SkC/7i EcsA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:message-id:references:subject :mime-version; bh=PL/MbqrwjE6w1FoGSa99KmIm10jsnkcwN0sQdLAgNUM=; b=NFgl3pwVo7Be9JZI0na6gZXDJUiY0JBmBgJMfQKD/c7MoG5Mooo3rgsOzmwmnhKA0j 4hpt80aHq6J1i1lGxJCKmBRMgAwvQI1Bt7HmYphD8nrnSUqb74Z/jtfQC8nTAKdOCCTy qwGis8+IfWSfBATI67jt8oF9+5G0n7jdHSbiNmRufhCEjxLcy7fS8rpIOzBk27X1YsOF o7AExiBgIfBjhPhGjGAlP+Y4+ArqsXRZs2mXLc3iEMmNkAyUklyUq0HHZjoQbQSPqbJC nDqzgkvUyy8CmTTJ8D5sQOajnka0vxkw9XHsPxh1Aj19ekB5k1pUEnXh36vW3X13xUIs 2ZkA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUauOB701H+hqMSyL7iGNsVBI0I9UK8LiZmTBgkaPX1Fw6Fa+DL vFMuPuqIOYKoaoPxBTeLPkm/WRROtzs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxBvdHa8P0M20zCglrTBdwxWyStM6V9edG8cVp8QQmts2ZUtUx+KwENUW1GK2Zkr/gGA9moNQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:5984:: with SMTP id p4mr7874102pli.313.1573505063428; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:44:23 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [2605:e000:1520:dfc:80fd:6081:200:0] ([2605:e000:1520:dfc:9924:ec05:56e3:707a]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q41sm323123pja.20.2019.11.11.12.44.22 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:44:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:43:57 -0800 To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: References: <86e9762f-4426-4fb0-ae1c-68a54f2ff497@Spark> Subject: Obsolete? I think not. X-Readdle-Message-ID: c9cf94ed-602f-4269-9ecd-7f300f8b14fa@Spark MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="5dc9c825_7fdcc233_385" --5dc9c825_7fdcc233_385 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I wish the =E2=80=9Cobsolete=E2=80=9D effect Simple Text would be updated= to 32-bit and reinstated as a standard effect. There isn=E2=80=99t anyth= ing wrong with the standard text tool, but sometimes one might be faced w= ith the task of applying individual text notes (nothing fancy) to a large= number of layers in sequence. The text tool is cumbersome in that situat= ion because it doubles the clutter problem. But Simple Text is 8-bit limi= ted, so can=E2=80=99t really be used on modern footage. There sometimes are good reasons to have a couple of different ways avail= able to carry out a task. Though one method may be objectively better tha= n the other, there may be times when the simpler method is far more conve= nient. Tim Sassoon S=46D Venice, CA --5dc9c825_7fdcc233_385 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
I wish the =E2=80=9Cobsolete=E2=80=9D effect Simple= Text would be updated to 32-bit and reinstated as a standard effect. The= re isn=E2=80=99t anything wrong with the standard text tool, but sometime= s one might be faced with the task of applying individual text notes (not= hing fancy) to a large number of layers in sequence. The text tool is cum= bersome in that situation because it doubles the clutter problem. But Sim= ple Text is 8-bit limited, so can=E2=80=99t really be used on modern foot= age.

There sometimes are good reasons to have a couple o= f different ways available to carry out a task. Though one method may be = objectively better than the other, there may be times when the simpler me= thod is far more convenient.

Tim Sassoon
S=46D
Venice, CA
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