So suffice to say, After Effects is awesome, incredibly useful, and at the same time in dire need of an update. A friend of mine put together an entire lightsaber battle in After Effects and honestly, the lightsabers look pretty damn good. Moreover, my skill with After Effects is pretty insignificant compared to what I’ve seen some people do render explosions, flames, lightning, and even have it look halfway decent. So when I need a bunch of people for an image, or a scene to take place somewhere that doesn’t exist, (see left) I can shoot a few people on a blue screen, matte out the blue, put a time-lapsed video of clouds moving in the background, put everyone together, and presto. I simply can’t afford to finance my filmmaking on some grand scale. ![]() I’ve also found After Effects CS5 invaluable for my own work.
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