Re: This is what I meant by AE integration

[Jason S]

Node based workflows has the advantage of easily having the outputs of effect streams as sources very easily (visually), giving more space for complexity while remaning managable & understandable. Whereas timeline based such as AE (with stacked effects) it's easier to have longer with compositions with a number of effects shots as single projects while keeping an overview and control of the whole. Smoke (and DS) harness the best of both worlds. But as far a I know, both AE & Fusion are excellent. On 06/04/2013 9:11 AM, Christopher wrote: Despite fusion flaws would you still vouch for Fusion or should I stick with AE, unless another compositor in mind, excluding NUKE ? :) Christopher Paul Griswold Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:30 AM Fusion is great with Softimage & it's 3D environment is fantastic.  Getting things back and forth isn't as easy as I'd like, though.  You can export your scenes as FBX, but Fusion won't/doesn't see camera animation in FBX files from XSI for some reason.  So you have to export your camera as a dotXSI, and then import it into Fusion - then you get your geometry & your animated camera. Fusion doesn't support Sub-D's, though, so any subdivided object comes in un-subdivided.   The new C4D-AE pipeline only interests me for motion graphics.  I think AE is a real pain to work with for serious compositing.   -Paul Christopher Friday, April 05, 2013 11:11 PM Nuke pipeline to expensive for me.  The only thing I hate with AE is the slew of plug-ins, that is the plus Nuke has, it's all mostly within the software.  Fusion is another alternative, considering the plugins for AE, maybe I should go the fusion route. Christopher Jason S Friday, April 05, 2013 10:33 PM If you work with Nuke, also be SURE to check-out  T.I.M. XSI 2 Nuke (!) Imports objects (planes or more complex object along with UVs), cameras, all with anims (not sure about deforms) flawlessly! Must have in a XSi Nuke Pipeline Paul Griswold Friday, April 05, 2013 8:53 PM I brought up a little while ago that I really wish Softimage had better AE integration & the announcement of the Adobe/Maxon agreement. This is what I was talking about: http://www.itsartmag.com/features/cineware-live-3d-pipeline-in-after-effect/#.UV9xH9ysh8E Watch the videos & you'll see what I mean. I don't think Softimage necessarily needs that level of integration, but right now there is zero official support, so something would be better than what we've got now. -PG