Comments on: How does Motion compare with After Effects? http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/ training and resources for digital video creators Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Thurston http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-146966 Thurston Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:05:12 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-146966 I'd agree with the points made about when to use/not to use AE or Motion - we have both and they're great at different things. Shake though is a different animal - both in its user interface and capabilities. Shake is node-based..... which means you string lots of little boxes together in a sort of map of effects to create your end composite. It handles greenscreen excellently and allows easy layering and painting-out operations .... it was really made for this kind of work. It's fantastic at high-end video compositing - it can easily use Z- depth and handles 3d compositions very well. Also - it has great rotoscoping abilities - ie it can cut-out and isolate parts of a picture to allow for manipulation in post. One thing it is not very intuitive for is editing.... neither are AE and Motion i hear you say, but at least AE gives you an easily accessible timeline from which you can edit/shorten elements. The shake timeline is poor at this. All in all I'd say that if you want to create motion graphics, great text effects and cool looking interactions between elements then do so in Motion or AE. Leave Shake for colour correction/compositing/3d layering - serious dedicated compositing. I’d agree with the points made about when to use/not to use AE or Motion - we have both and they’re great at different things.

Shake though is a different animal - both in its user interface and capabilities.
Shake is node-based….. which means you string lots of little boxes together in a sort of map of effects to create your end composite.
It handles greenscreen excellently and allows easy layering and painting-out operations …. it was really made for this kind of work.
It’s fantastic at high-end video compositing - it can easily use Z- depth and handles 3d compositions very well. Also - it has great rotoscoping abilities - ie it can cut-out and isolate parts of a picture to allow for manipulation in post.
One thing it is not very intuitive for is editing…. neither are AE and Motion i hear you say, but at least AE gives you an easily accessible timeline from which you can edit/shorten elements. The shake timeline is poor at this.

All in all I’d say that if you want to create motion graphics, great text effects and cool looking interactions between elements then do so in Motion or AE. Leave Shake for colour correction/compositing/3d layering - serious dedicated compositing.

]]> By: smeg's http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-125256 smeg's Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:45:45 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-125256 I new to the editing world, and looking that the apple site and saw Shake, this look like it does all that AE does and is native to FCP ? granted reading and watching the promos on apple it make it to be the greatest thing since water, but I'm nit sure how this fit into the product line. It look cool but do I need it? I new to the editing world, and looking that the apple site and saw Shake, this look like it does all that AE does and is native to FCP ? granted reading and watching the promos on apple it make it to be the greatest thing since water, but I’m nit sure how this fit into the product line. It look cool but do I need it?

]]> By: Josh http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-84765 Josh Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:04:03 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-84765 I updated the article to be current just now. I updated the article to be current just now.

]]> By: noslab.net » Blog Archive » Motion vs. After Effects http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-62331 noslab.net » Blog Archive » Motion vs. After Effects Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:40:52 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-62331 [...] I also found this really good article by Josh Mellicker from DV Creators, that covers the basic comparison of Motion and Aftereffects. This article is a little bit old, but still gold. See the article HERE [...] [...] I also found this really good article by Josh Mellicker from DV Creators, that covers the basic comparison of Motion and Aftereffects. This article is a little bit old, but still gold. See the article HERE [...]

]]> By: Cole McDonald http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-37184 Cole McDonald Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:14:31 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-37184 Seems looking at the list of why to use one or the other, the this list was the to-do list for the next version of motion coming out in may '07 :) I think apple hit all of them in order in their presentation on their website...including specifically driving the scale of an object in a layer via specific audio. Seems looking at the list of why to use one or the other, the this list was the to-do list for the next version of motion coming out in may ‘07 :) I think apple hit all of them in order in their presentation on their website…including specifically driving the scale of an object in a layer via specific audio.

]]> By: Douglas Michael Massing http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comment-25097 Douglas Michael Massing Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:07:33 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73#comment-25097 Thanks, Josh, this is exactly the kind of precise features, function, overhead, and purpose comparison I was looking for. Do you have any further thoughts based on developments, if any, in the two apps over the last year and a half? All the best, Michael Thanks, Josh, this is exactly the kind of precise features, function, overhead, and purpose comparison I was looking for. Do you have any further thoughts based on developments, if any, in the two apps over the last year and a half?

All the best,
Michael

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