Commotion vs AF
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- pr2
So is Commotion like AF? Are there advanteges to Commotion?
- jjwalker0
commotion is not like afterfx .... commotion is really only used for rotoscoping ... and not much else
- pr2-1
Below is a paragraph i got from DV.com:
"Although Adobe After Effects remains the single most popular application in motion picture postproduction, its motion tracker leaves something to be desired for big-screen work. Pinnacle Systems Commotion has tracking and motion stabilization features that rival the big workstations'. Like many people in this industry, I consider Commotion to be the number-one plug-in for After Effects. Designed primarily as an image editing tool, Commotion allows users to paint, clone, and rotospline interactively in a production-tested, realtime environment. Elements and layers created in Commotion composite seamlessly in After Effects."
So does it have some kind of nice tracking mask?
- unknown0
jj walker.. does your breath smell like shit.. becuase feces come out when u speak..
commotion and AFX are kinda the same.. except comm. has more uncompressed video options... and is and be used to edit a commercial from beginning to end..
there you go...
- unknown0
but then again AE. has a lovely relationship with adobe products.. commotion can be kind of bitch with illustrator files.
but is not just used for rotoscoping..
combustion does that better.
- pr2-1
d9, so can ypu recoment a plug-in or something with nice tracking mask?
- unknown0
what program are using.. AE has a track point feature..
- jjwalker0
wire removal, masking, basic crap is what commotion is used for in the industry when they can't afford flint/henry/flame ... i don't consider it to be similiar to after fx .... but then again my breath smells like shit
- pr2-1
Tech guy at my school who supposely knows AF told me that i can't just create a mask in one frame -- say around a person walking -- and that mask would follow throgh the clip...? Is there a way to have the amsk follwoning the person without drwawing it hand by hand?
- unknown0
no u cant.. u have to animate the mask by hand.. unless you shot the footage on a green screen.. then u can key it out...
and jj just becuase YOU dont consider it so.. doesnt it make it so.. sorry to be the one to tell you...
and with shake running like heaven on X.. commotion will be getting a run for its worth...