cineform with After Effects 7
 

I make HD movie clips from file stacks of either jpegs or Tiffs.

They are output as full 108024p clips aja kona 10bit codec.

I only use AE7 - not premiere. I am windows xp based.

Will working with cineform improve my workflow inside AE7 ?

If so do I have to install premiere before I can install cineform ?

If cineform automatically installs to Premiere does it actually function inside AE ?

Thanks for any clarification anyone can provide.

I'm surprised the cineform site doesn't have an area to ask sales related questions.

Geoff

NEO HD or 2K is the product you need. It works with AE7 and AE CS3 without Premiere Pro installed. Yes, I believe this would enhance your workflow.

Okay,

Thanks David - I'll give it a try.

Just how do I get my folder full of jpegs into after effects in a form that is using Neo ?

Do I have to convert the frame stack into a movie first or can I import and convert the jpegs directly ?

A quick explanation of the workflow I would use with Neo would be really useful

Thanks

Geoff

The way you are using it, NEO will be just a codec, so you will need to convert to frame stack into an AVI. We are planning a frame sequence to AVI conversion utility, but that is a while off.

workflow
 

so the workflow would be.

Import frame stack into AE
Ouput movie using cineform avi codec
Open cineform movie back into AE and start editing ?

Yes, that will work. Even better would be to capture or generate your source frames straight into CineForm, but clearly your project will dictate if that is possible.