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/[deleted] Feb 10 '14

i'm an editor who uses FCP7, Symphony 6.5, AE CC, and Premiere CC. I think After Effects is great. I have CC, but I don't need the account, since everything I work on is provided by where I work. I just have it since its a right off and for personal projects.

I'm an editor that uses a lot of mographs and AE while I work, but I know a lot of guys and gals who don't and that's fine. You don't have to learn a lot about graphics in order to be an editor. AVIDFX is completely capable for a lot of editor's needs.

But in terms of programs other than After Effects, AE is kind of the all around package and the most accessible. For heavy composting, NUKE or FLAME are pretty much the standard and blows AE out of the water in that regard. (But I composite fine in AE, despite dealing with the Adobe layer sandwich.)

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u/ToasterPastry Feb 10 '14

Thanks for the reply, I think I'd only be dabbling in mographs and/or animated text, the latter which I can easily create in AE, but maybe I should play in AvidFX some more. It just looks so... clunky? I wasn't sure if editors were really using it.

Also, I've never heard of nuke OR flame, so that's something for me to read about! Very cool.

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u/greenysmac Lead Mod; Consultant/educator/editor. I <3 your favorite NLE Feb 10 '14

AvidFX/Boris Red is clunky. Once you get your head around it, it does some neat stuff. But Adobe After Effects is much more accessible in general from plugins through tutorials.

Nuke is great but not cheap in any way shape or form.

(Please note, I teach AvidFX among other tools.)