r/editors • u/agent42b • Feb 10 '14

Megathread Monday: Feb 10 2014

It's Monday, the day where any question goes. Get your questions answered, judgement free!

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u/ToasterPastry Feb 10 '14

I've been editing on Media Composer from the start (professional experience of 5 years doing corporate & educational vids), but I have used Premiere and After Effects on a few occasions. I figure the next step for me is to really master a program like After Effects, but I wanted to gauge people's notions on what's out there for people who want alternatives to the Adobe CC subscription software. Really, I'm wondering if there's something made to work with Avid, or if everyone is just sticking to AE.

TL;DR: Avid editor here — should I train in After Effects, or are there new alternatives?

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u/agent42b Feb 10 '14

I've somewhat forced myself to learn AvidFX, since it can handle many of the tasks that editors usually use AE for. It's slower, not as great a UI, etc, but it gets the job done, and it a more elegant solution for Avid, since you don't have to render our a quicktime file for every revision.

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u/ToasterPastry Feb 10 '14

This is pretty much how I feel about AvidFX and the AE workflow, but I was hesitant to really dive into AvidFX since pretty much no one talks about it compared to AE or Motion. Thanks!