After Effects CS4

[Wynnfreak]

Hey everyone,
I just recently got AAE. And was wondering if anybody on here actually has it and has used it, and can tell me their thoughts,opinions,tips etc.. on the software. Also, it would be very helpful if anyone could point me to some good resources for learning,experimenting. Thanks in advance.


-Alex

[richard]

It's AWESOME - check creativecow.net

and some of the best plugins are at trapcode.com

[Wynnfreak]

Originally Posted by richard

It's AWESOME - check creativecow.net

and some of the best plugins are at trapcode.com

Thanks for the quick reply Richard. Appreciate the help.


-Alex

EDIT:: Quick question, how do the plug-ins work, and were are they on trapcode?
Thanks.

[David.Blanch]

AE is really awesome yeah.


http://ae.tutsplus.com/

Thats the website I go to. Has some great beginner tutorials.

[frezzingaces]

yeah im planning on getting it. its da bomb

[Wynnfreak]

Thanks David, really looking forward to learning this.

-Alex

[kyarox]

videocopilot.com!!!
all the way there!

[SirDref]

^ Lol yes videocopilot has some great tutorials.

I'm kinda curious tho, whats the diff between cs3 and cs4? i have cs3...

[TheMagicalSock]

Can't recommend VideoCopilot enough, they're videos are fantastic.

CS3 is just the previous release. I don't really see any need to update to CS4 if you have CS3. At its core, AE CS3 is the same program.

[Tashfiq1993]

yea, I'm a noob at editing but how is AE compared to Vegas? pros/con & simularities/differences?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Tashfiq1993

yea, I'm a noob at editing but how is AE compared to Vegas? pros/con & simularities/differences?

AE doesn't "edit" video/clips together. It really just makes affects. But Vegas and AE are quite different.

[bik100]

Most confusing **** I ever downloaded tbh.

[tazer]

Originally Posted by Tashfiq1993

yea, I'm a noob at editing but how is AE compared to Vegas? pros/con & simularities/differences?

thats like saying how does mozilla firefox compare to photoshop
totally different
and of course its confusing, its aimed at professionals. if you want to be pro, learn it. if not, find some other effects generations/compositing program that is aimed at beginners

if you ARE interested in it though, like really are, i would recommend watching all of the video co pilot tutorials, they really are very good and some are very advanced. if you learn everything there you will actually have a very good handle on the program.