343 Using Dynamic Link with After Effects Adobe After Effects is the tool of choice for editors who want to produce exciting
and innovative motion graphics, visual effects, and animated text for film, video,
DVD, and the Web.
Adobe After Effects users tend to fall into two distinct camps: motion-graphics
artists and animated-text artists. Some production houses specialize in one or the
other. After Effects can do so much that it will be hard to wrap your brain around
all of it. You are likely to use only a subset of its creative prospects.
Surveying After Effects features After Effects has numerous options:
t Text creation and animation tools : Create animated text with unprecedented
ease. After Effects offers dozens of groundbreaking text animation presets.
Simply drag them to your text to see them in action.
t Leading-edge visual effects : More than 150 effects and compositing features
enhance your images well beyond the capabilities of Adobe Premiere Pro.
t Vector paint tools : Use built-in vector paint tools based on Adobe Photoshop
technology to perform touch-up and rotoscoping tasks.
t Comprehensive masking tools : Easily design, edit, and work with masks using
flexible autotracing options.
t Tight Adobe integration : Copy and paste assets, compositions, or sequences
between Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. Preserve layers and
other attributes when you import Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator files.
The Adobe Dynamic Link feature (remember, available only in Adobe Creative
Suite Production Premium) means you will not need to render an Adobe After
Effects composition before moving it between Adobe After Effects and Adobe
Premiere Pro or Encore.
t Motion Tracker : This option accurately, quickly, and automatically maps the
motion of an element and lets you add an effect to follow that action.
