AE & vectors
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- czrock0
I'm confused as to why you would want to animate in flash in the first place rather than ae, if it's not for the web.
Aftereffects is great with vectors and is a much more powerful animation tool.
If I totally miss-read the topic I apoligize.
- unfittoprint0
thx, j_red.
czrock, the thing is that you can create quite complex actionscript-driven vector animations in Flash, that would take ages doing frame by frame. I asked if while rendering those animations into a mov/png file I would mantain that dynamic animation or just be able to use motion and shapte tweens...
- quamb0
you can create complex vector anim in ae too, using expressions and what not.
3d progs are also aces for vector style anim.
- pepe0
yeah cell shaded rendering out of 3d is a godsend
- j_red0
BTW unfit, you should also check out motionMath/expressions. It's so sweet. Especially because you have a solid handle on how to create visually with code. You can script objects to scale proportionally to other objects/cameras etc in 3d space, all within AE. you can do a ton with it. very cool.
i'll look and see what i can find as far as .aep files for you...
- tara|gee0
hi pepe :)
hey 573 u did all yr stuff in flash right?
- PuFFi0
if somebody could mail me good vector examples, thanks
- unfittoprint0
j_red, what kind of syntax AE uses? anything similar to javascript pr something completely different?
And it seems that i should get my hands on a good manual... So, what's the best one around?
- brooke0
I would LOVE to animate my vectors...
- unfittoprint0
brooke, then you should try to get your stuff in AE... it's really photoshop with a timeline [ok, maybe a little more complex].
Even playing with the basics, the results are quite impressive...
- Critical0
where is the best place for tutorials?
- JazX0
I would totally think that using Adobe Vector production tools would work easier with AE. Anyway that's just me. Seems that way with MX suite for Flash.
- CyBrainX0
The way I animate with vectors in AE is making a solid and pasting paths from Illustrator into a mask. Then you can "shape tween" the mask. It doesn't have to be a solid either. It could be a mask on any layer.
- georgietexan0
I did this music video with just using photoshop and AE plus FCP. Is this what you mean by vector animations.