Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 48)

42 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Workflows, planning, and setup
Last updated 12/21/2009
• Exporting XFL Format from After Effects to Flash (Tom Green, Layers Magazine)
Importing Flash SWF files into After Effects
Flash has a unique set of vector art tools that make it useful for a variety of drawing tasks not possible in After
Effects
or Adobe® Illustrator®. You can import SWF files into After Effects to composite them with other video or render them
as video with additional creative effects. Interactive content and scripted animation are not retained. Animation
defined by keyframes is retained.
Each SWF file imported into After Effects is flattened into a single continuously rasterized layer, with its alpha channel
preserved. Continuous rasterization means that graphics stay sharp as they are scaled up. This import method allows
you to use the root layer or object of your SWF files as a smoothly rendered element in After
Effects, allowing the best
capabilities of each tool to work together.
More Help topics
“ Rendering and exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player ” on page 705
Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
Adobe Premiere® Pro is designed to capture, import, and edit movies. After Effects is designed to create motion
graphics, apply visual effects, composite visual elements, perform color correction, and perform other post-production
tasks for movies.
You can easily exchange projects, compositions, sequences, tracks, and layers between After Effects and Adobe
Premiere Pro:
• You can import an Adobe Premiere Pro project into After Effects. You can also import Adobe Premiere® 6.0 and
6.5 projects into After Effects. (See “
Import an Adobe Premiere Pro project ” on page 86.)
• You can export an After Effects project as an Adobe Premiere Pro project. (See “ Export an After Effects project to
Adobe Premiere Pro ” on page 715.)
• You can copy and paste layers and tracks between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro. (See “ Copy between After
Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro ” on page 87.)
If you have Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium or Master Collection, you can also do the following:
• Start Adobe Premiere Pro from within After Effects and capture footage for use in After Effects. (See “ Use Adobe
Premiere Pro for capture (Production Premium and Master Collection only) ” on page 87.)
• Use Adobe Dynamic Link to work with After Effects compositions in Adobe Premiere Pro without first rendering
them. A dynamically linked composition appears as a clip in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Use Adobe Dynamic Link to work with Adobe Premiere Pro sequences in After Effects without first rendering
them. A dynamically linked sequence appears as a footage item in After Effects.
• Start After Effects from within Premiere Pro and create a new composition with settings that match the settings of
your Premiere Pro project.
• Select a set of clips in Adobe Premiere Pro and convert them to a composition in After Effects.
For information on using Dynamic Link with After Effects and Premiere Pro, see “ Dynamic Link and After Effects ”
on page 44 and the relevant sections of Adobe Premiere Pro Help.
For video tutorials about working with After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro using Dynamic Link, go to the Adobe
website:
• www.adobe.com/go/vid0250