Wondering if it's worth it to purchase Adobe Premiere?

this_is_the_real_me17 · Post by **this_is_the_real_me17** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:25 pm

Pwolf wrote: If you want to be able to cut characters out of other animes and put them somewhere else, i would suggest investing in After Effects or just switch to Vegas. Or just learn how to do it in Magix, which it is very possible.

Pwolf

So, if it is posisble to do that in Magix, that would definately save me the trouble of spending tons of money on Vegas. Would you happen to know how cutting in Magix is possible? I just want to make sure before I check out the Vegas or Adobe tryouts. Thank you in advance!

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:38 pm

this_is_the_real_me17 wrote:
Pwolf wrote: If you want to be able to cut characters out of other animes and put them somewhere else, i would suggest investing in After Effects or just switch to Vegas. Or just learn how to do it in Magix, which it is very possible.

Pwolf
So, if it is posisble to do that in Magix, that would definately save me the trouble of spending tons of money on Vegas. Would you happen to know how cutting in Magix is possible? I just want to make sure before I check out the Vegas or Adobe tryouts. Thank you in advance!

scroll up to the 808's post he says exactly how to do it. thats the same way you would do it with premiere and FCP.

Pwolf

Ladymercury · Post by **Ladymercury** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:16 pm

I dislike Premiere, now that I work in Vegas, because its a ram whore for un-needed reasons. I can do the same stuff in Vegas as in Premiere and I don't have to worry about a clunky window, which involves me changing my resolution settings from 1024x768... which is best for web development, considering that's my career.

Though Premiere is the hot ticket, its not the only one out there. Compare and contrast other editors... just star far away from Pinnacle studio. That is a useless program.

this_is_the_real_me17 · Post by **this_is_the_real_me17** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:23 am

Yes, I have had practice with Pinnacle Studios in one of my classes and it doesn't exactly work for me. Well, I deeply appreciate the replies from all of you! Especially the masking part that I can do with Magix.

I hope I will be able to work more with Adobe or Vegas in the future. Until then, that's all for now!

Thanks to all that gave replies!
this_is_the_real_me17

imuneekru · Post by **imuneekru** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:06 pm

gangstaj8 wrote: OMG!! LOTR was animated!

Yes, more precisely, LOTR was composited. They used all the classic cinematic techniques (i.e., masking, bluescreening, etc.) and put on top of that, 3-D backgrounds (made from real footage, but obviously not all shot in the actually settings), motion characters (Gollum was a guy wearing a spandex suit with motion sensors; they animated over him), and computer-graphics. For example, that whole scene where the Company is surrounded by Orcs in Moria is a composite of live action and CG animation. You can do stuff like that if you know how. AMVs are the perfect way to practice, as you don't have to shoot your own footage. Good luck finding a decent editor!

this_is_the_real_me17 · Post by **this_is_the_real_me17** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:11 am

Well, here I go again. But that's me: ever the curious AMV creator! So, I read the Masking in AE guide by E ko and now I understand how to place still images into a separate video footage. What I'm still stumped about is how to place a moving character? Does this need to be done frame by frame or is there a different way? By the way, I am using MME10.

Thank you!
this_is_the_real_me17

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:22 am

yes, frame by frame...

Pwolf

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:22 am

But remember, there are almost always shortcuts when doing something frame-by-frame. Never do more work than you have to. Just like the animators, they won't draw multiple cells if they can just reuse one over and over again. Good luck.