How in thw WORLD do you edit with adobe after effects cs3

SupaOrginalMan021 · Post by **SupaOrginalMan021** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:55 pm

i know this is my second post thing, but I done had Adobe After Effects Pro Cs3 for like 4 months now and i still havent figured out how to edit an already finished video??? anyone has a clue how

blabbler · Post by **blabbler** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:51 am

If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

mirkosp · Post by **mirkosp** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:10 am

blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

That's true. But I think that he asked actually an HowTo guide for After Effects, which can be found here.

blabbler · Post by **blabbler** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:24 am

Whoops, forgot to read between the lines...

SupaOrginalMan021 · Post by **SupaOrginalMan021** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:54 pm

blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

alright....you just confused me right now

lol anway, what I ment was can i transfer my finished video which I used sony vegas to make to adobe after effects to edit?? is that better

SupaOrginalMan021 · Post by **SupaOrginalMan021** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:55 pm

mirkosp wrote:
blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.
That's true. But I think that he asked actually an HowTo guide for After Effects, which can be found here.

Thx for the link and help..oh and sweet pic lol

floatuponourtears · Post by **floatuponourtears** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:59 am

SupaOrginalMan021 wrote:
blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

alright....you just confused me right now lol anway, what I ment was can i transfer my finished video which I used sony vegas to make to adobe after effects to edit?? is that better

Well, yes, yes you can.
But unless you're going to do very small edits, editing a finished video in After Effects is going become a real pain real quickly, and is not recommended.

floatuponourtears · Post by **floatuponourtears** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:04 am

floatuponourtears wrote:
SupaOrginalMan021 wrote:
blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

alright....you just confused me right now lol anway, what I ment was can i transfer my finished video which I used sony vegas to make to adobe after effects to edit?? is that better
Well, yes, yes you can.
But unless you're going to do very small edits, editing a finished video in After Effects is going become a real pain real quickly, and is not recommended.

Oh yea, to use your finished vegas video, just render it out (a lossless codec would be a smart choice), then import it to After Effects.

SupaOrginalMan021 · Post by **SupaOrginalMan021** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:47 pm

floatuponourtears wrote:
floatuponourtears wrote:
SupaOrginalMan021 wrote:
blabbler wrote:If I understand what you're asking, you can either make a new composition in AE, and import your completed video as a single layer to work on - OR - if you use premiere to edit, you can import the completed project file into premiere to preserve your edits as layers.
If you are importing the completed, compiled video, you will need to make sure it's in a good lossless format to edit. I don't know what the concensus is on this, but I'm using huffy atm.

alright....you just confused me right now lol anway, what I ment was can i transfer my finished video which I used sony vegas to make to adobe after effects to edit?? is that better
Well, yes, yes you can.
But unless you're going to do very small edits, editing a finished video in After Effects is going become a real pain real quickly, and is not recommended.
Oh yea, to use your finished vegas video, just render it out (a lossless codec would be a smart choice), then import it to After Effects.

Sorry im like super late. But ok thanks for all the help.