CafaFX?

[Chapman Photograph]

This is basicly a question for the CafaFX people but any one is welcome to answer. I bought After Effects a few months ago and I'm slowly getting the hang of it. My question is this, after looking at the CafaFX Reel at their website I was wondering how much of it was done in AE? Or can be done in AE? Are you able to do CG with AE?

[Whelkn]

IF your talking about CafeFX having worked there for a few months They primarily use Fusion with a touch of shake and combustion didnt see afterfx around at all.

[hype]

Yeah, CafeFX is mainly a Fusion place. But AE has probably been used on more feature films than all the other compositing packages put together, since it can do everything. Some sources...

http://blog.flowseeker.com/?p=20
http://www.vfxhq.com/overflow/vanhelsinginterview.mov
http://prolost.blogspot.com/search/label/Adobe%20After%20Effects
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/events/nab2007/webcast/ (part 2 of 2)

[redwavestudios]

AFX... I stopped using it in 1998.
Fusion, Nuke, Shake - there's no competition. Really.

For minor work, if AFX won't crash or freeze, why not.
I would only launch AFX to use some plug-in, since not all plug-ins are supported in Fusion (not %100 compatible).

[Yossarian!]

I'm with you Hype. AE gets a bad rap around here a lot of the time, but its saved me from a few major headaches on a bunch of shots. Its not as simple as Nodes=Good, Layers=Bad folks. In a client-driven session its all I like to use for quick feedback. And only then will I farm out the roto, keying and tracking to Shake.