earthquakes. In the timeline, we see the title, a Photoshop CS file
brought into Premiere Pro, over a shot of the San Andreas fault line in
California.
sketch" in After Effects, you can move an object on the screen and have
After Effects "record" that movement in real time-a great way of
directly animating on the screen. (To try Motion Sketch in After
Effects, check out this tutorial:
can then apply motion sketch to one of the layers and copy them back
into Premiere Pro. Simply, copy and paste.
ease-in and ease-out, position, opacity, rotation, and scale
properties, which also move between the applications.
dissolve transitions, and filter information, select the clips in the
timeline and choose "Edit > Copy."
size and aspect ratio as that of the Premiere Pro project, and select
"Edit > Paste."
but the results are the same. After Effects retains trimming
information for clips and where the clip existed in time (i.e., if you
copied a clip from 15 seconds into the timeline in Premiere Pro, AE
will place the pasted clip at 15 seconds in the AE timeline).
example, the "Earthquake Title" layer is an AE composition made from
the two Photoshop layers of the original title.
composition, this will open the Earthquake "comp" allowing you to see
the two Photoshop layers inside.
select the layer, choose "Window > Motion Sketch" to bring up the
palette, and click the "Start Capture" button.
record its movement in real time. This can be done with a mouse (or a
Wacom tablet for a more natural feel). At the end of the clip, After
Effects will stop recording and Motion Sketch creates position
keyframes on the selected layer.
need to render a movie out of After Effects for use in Premiere Pro.
Now you have the option of copying and pasting footage back from After
Effects to Premiere Pro.
choose "Edit > Copy." This will copy the layer along with any
keyframe information attached to it.
sequence, and choose "Edit > Paste" to paste in the animated version
from After Effects.
layer including the keyframe information and those keyframes remain
visible and editable inside Premiere Pro.
is copying footage from Premiere Pro into After Effects, adding effects
or compositing information to it, then rendering the results back out
for use in Premiere Pro. For simple effects, it’s very easy to move
elements back and forth.
After Effects to Premiere Pro, layers to which motion tracking has been
applied can be moved, since the Motion Tracker applies position
keyframes to the targeted layer.
development team at Metagraphics (now artmachine.com) in Palo Alto,
California. He joined Adobe in 1998. You can contact him at
and trim projects to save only used media on disk for more efficient
use of storage.
type "11" to select layer eleven. To reveal all animated properties of
selected layers, press "U." To reveal all modified properties of
selected layers, press "UU."
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
ph. 408.536.6000
fx. 408.537.6000
Did you enjoy this article? Sign up to receive the StudioDaily Fix eletter containing the latest stories, including news, videos, interviews, reviews and more.
Leave a Reply