Comments on: Which Adobe After Effects effects do you avoid?

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:27:07 +0000

In the 13 years I’ve been using After Effects I’ve never used Fractal.

By: Yan

Yan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:08:19 +0000

anybody found any used of “Fractal” anybody use?

By: bogiesan

bogiesan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:05:45 +0000

Sorry to keep this OT going, I use Colorama often, probably one out of every ten projects have at least one item that benefits from Colorama.

By: halex

halex — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:41:37 +0000

I really avoid the Zaxwerks plugs…they render tooooo slow in any Hardware…

By: froemer

froemer — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:51:18 +0000

I have to say I don’t like Invigorator. Not to say some good things haven’t come out of it, but something about it just irks me. But I do use it for projects that need text to be updated quickly and easily.

By: Croiga73 aka Igor Majer

Croiga73 aka Igor Majer — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:54:05 +0000

Pedro, thanks for the explanation LOL,
But I was just been sarcastic…

By: automatic_ab

automatic_ab — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:03:48 +0000

I hate to use pre-packaged effects unless absolutely necessary. Example, I love 3D Invig but use it strictly for the seemingly limitless edge styles it provides. I then export .obj files and use those in Maya. I think that in the process of making some effects easier to create, I feel like I’m being spoon fed creativity. I’ve seen so many “reels” on YouTube that consist of someone simply taking a VideoCopilot.net tutorial and simply slapping a new color on it and call it their own. I like to be able to have more control over what I create.

By: Topher Welsh

Topher Welsh — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:22:07 +0000

Thank GOD Maltaannon… FINALLY hahaha… I mean I have always heard Colorama can be really useful… I’m just never in the right place at the right time for it…

I probably just don’t understand its potential like a lot of the effects I don’t use…

By: abe

abe — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:04:15 +0000

Effects are for kids, I strictly use AE for the great solids. , JK. I would have to say Im intimidated by the echo effect. It just kinda boggles me.

By: Pedro F2

Pedro F2 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:26:25 +0000

Igor, things like Block Dissolve and such.

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:06:24 +0000

you ask for it, you’re gonna have it. I’m going to record a tutorial on Colorama, but keep in mind that right now I’m working on MILG5, so I don’t know when I’ll deliver the tutorial.

By: illd

illd — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:17:52 +0000

Coloroma is a big mystical thing to me,too.

By: Croiga73 aka Igor Majer

Croiga73 aka Igor Majer — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:56:24 +0000

What transition effects?! LOL

By: Topher Welsh

Topher Welsh — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:34:08 +0000

This may sound dumb and I have heard of a lot of people using this effect… but I can never find a use for Colorama. I mean, I try, I really try but I just think that me and Colorama… well our chemistry doesn’t really mix.

oh and the transition presets.. those suck too hahaha… way too hokey.

By: Maltaannon

Maltaannon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:07:47 +0000

Grow Bounds. I hate having to many precomps, but when it comes to using Grow Bounds or precomping – I choose precomping. Grow Bounds works, but works slowly and most of the time doesn’t get the job done the way I’d expect.