After Effects is a very “ large” program so you always learn something new - for example, at least better and more effective ways to create things. Whenever I get some idea maybe of a smokey logo or something, I often go to YouTube and look for tutorials - and I try to find good ideas and ways to achieve what is on my mind. Here’s an example:Īt first I had to look and read lot of tutorials from the internet - and I still have to, even though I have used After Effects for many years now. You can also do some “ video correction or fixing” - that is if you need to like remove something from your video or add something to your video, then immediately bring things straight to After Effects.Īfter Effects is at its best if you need to “track” something to your video, I mean if there is a 3D element or something else you want to add to the video that it is like part of the video or the scene (added elements moves with the camera) - in that case again - immediately use After Effects.
Well, as I just said I use AE for example whenever I need to animate some text, picture, shape or other - a.) in After Effects you can actually do the animations much easier in the first place and b.) you can fine tune your animations way better and more easily in AE. It also functions as a very basic non-linear editor, audio editor and media transcoder.” - according to WikiPedia Where do I use After Effects? Among other things, After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, compositing and animation. “ Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production process of film making and television production. And the “PR” -folder is for the Premiere project files. For this reason, for example I always make a certain folder structure when I create a new video project (on this subject I’ll maybe write a very own article) - I always make beforehand the “ PR“- and “ AE” -folders, because I am quite sure that at some point I will use After Effects (AE). I use After Effects around 99% in each video project. The possibilities of After Effects are almost limitless(!) And many times, for example, if you have to do a simple animation with the Premiere - I tend to throw things straight into After Effects. Although with Premiere you can get very far - usually the thing goes like this: what you can’t do for video in Premiere, you can usually do it in After Effects. After Effects, or “ AE“, makes a crazy deal and it’s a permanent part of at least my video editing process - After Effects is a bit like a “ hand extension” for Premiere Pro. OctoInspiration & tips Continuation to “basic” video editingĪdobe After Effects - what a great program. Want to learn Adobe After Effects? Follow these YouTube channels to get started!