DV Info Net - Illustrator files into Vegas

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Originally Posted by Steven Reid (Post 1749180)

Just a quick check, Renton, since I've lost track of your stable of software: did you ever purchase After Effects? I ask because it's a shame (and incredibly laborious) to have to export 80 images for further manipulation, when you could drop a single 80-layer AI file in After Effects and be off to the races lickety-split.-Steve

Thanks Steve.

I've now got a good stable of software but the version of CS6 I have does not have AE...so I don't have it. I'm feeling somewhat swamped as to how to integrate what I have without having to learn another program.

I don't think it would be too laborious to do what I propose. Not each talk requires every layer so as I'm working each segment there would only be a few layers used. (I put each element into its own layer so it could be used and manipulated independent of all others.)

One 'disappointment' I have is that it appears that I will need to render out my green screen videos with their backgrounds, which means I won't be able to put my graphics between me as the presenter and the background, rather will have to put it over the video track. I'll just have to make sure as I move around, that the graphics are always clear of me. Having four tracks of Green Screen FX (four camera angles) slows up play back so I can't make precise cuts etc, even with my new computer. Or...perhaps I render out most of it, except those parts where I would like the graphic behind me. That would reduce the work the computer has to do. Perhaps I need to do my multicamera track and decide which clips require the graphic behind me and deal with that separately.