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Fluppeteer

12-28-2008, 10:53 PM

What would you recommend for a beginner? WAX or After Effects?

operationivy5656

12-29-2008, 12:22 AM

after effects. even if your a beginner after effects would still be better.

rockdrummer92

01-01-2009, 12:12 AM

ya wax really hard to learn plus after effect is so much better it is so worth the price

speekerphone

01-01-2009, 12:15 AM

Buy Premiere Elements and After Effects.

Because AE alone would be pointless because it can't edit.

JaspearianPictures

01-01-2009, 02:28 AM

I'd have to go After Effects. While I've never used Wax, AE is ultra-intuitive, especially is you're familiar with Photoshop. Plus you can get a good deal with student pricing.

ciwi286

01-01-2009, 08:52 AM

Buy Premiere Elements and After Effects.

Because AE alone would be pointless because it can't edit.

17thletterfilms

01-01-2009, 09:16 AM

After Effects without a doubt.

Fplus

01-01-2009, 09:26 AM

WAX: FREEEEE!!! But not as good as AE
AE: Better than WAX but pretty expensive!
:gary:

NerdWithNoLife

01-01-2009, 09:46 AM

It depends on your budget. If money is a big issue, you could start with a cheap editor like Vegas. But I wouldn't really recommend WAX to the beginner because it has lots of glitches, which can be very distracting. You want an editor that won't give you an error message every few minutes, even if it's Windows Movie Maker.

ciwi286

01-01-2009, 09:50 AM

Vegas doesnt come into it... Wax and AE are compositing softwares.

NerdWithNoLife

01-01-2009, 10:00 AM

You're right about AE - but WAX certainly is an editor, glitchy as it may be. I was responding to the guy who mentioned Premiere and AE. But add them together and it's a big price tag; which is why it may not be best for a beginner.

Fluppeteer

01-01-2009, 10:19 AM

Vegas can be used for basic compositing, all though that's not its primary function.

ciwi286

01-01-2009, 10:39 AM

Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.

From this site: http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

But Ive never used it so I'll trust you.

dancingchickenproductions

01-01-2009, 04:53 PM

I swear by AE.
Even if you're a beginner, after a few days (maxing out) you'll be creating effects like there's no tomorrow! :)

NerdWithNoLife

01-01-2009, 08:15 PM

I swear by AE.
Even if you're a beginner, after a few days (maxing out) you'll be creating effects like there's no tomorrow! :)
And by maxing out I assume you mean waking up from a haze and realizing you haven't eaten anything but a bagel and haven't slept in the past 22 hours? I've been there...