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Anonymous
June 2, 2021
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Dynamic link between AR and Premiere-please help!!!

  • June 2, 2021
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So frustrated with dynamic link

I edited a lot of footage in Premiere and then did the dynamic link and added some special effects in after effects. Now I’m back in Premiere and I just had to do one more thing. But the issue is that the green screen is showing now in the dynamic link footage on the timeline and none of the effects that I did in premiere are showing. What can I do? Is there a way for me to just use the special effects layers from after effects and add them to Premiere?

Basically I added fire and smoke to AE. But none of the effects I did in premiere are showing now that I brought it back into premiere. The green screen was showing on AE too. If there is a way to just copy the fire and smoke a fax and put it into after effects please let me know if it’s possible. Otherwise the multiple hours I spent was a waste 😞

 

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Kyle Hamrick
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Kyle HamrickCommunity Expert
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June 2, 2021

Your question is a little hard to follow, but maybe I've been smoking too many faxes. 😉

 

You might be misunderstanding exactly how dynamic link works. It sounds like you've pushed a clip (or clips) from Pr into AE. Depending on how you do this (yes, there's more than one way), you're correct that you may not see Premiere effects within After Effects.

 

After working in AE, to see that result in Pr, you can't just ... look at your original Pr clip again. You would have to import that After Effects composition into Premiere. 

 

Check out these couple articles, and see if they help clarify things. You haven't lost your work, you may just need to rethink your workflow a bit.

 

https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/premiere-pro-after-effects

 

https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/copy-from-premiere-to-after-effects

 

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    Anonymous
    June 2, 2021

    Lol thank you! Yeah unfortunately I didn't proofread until after I posted and it wouldn't let me change it lol

    I'm familiar with Photoshop. Is there a way for me to basically take only the layers that have the fire and smoke in after effects and export them with no background, so that I can just overlay it on Premiere? I don't need the footage at all from after effects, only the fire and smoke effects


    In Photoshop it would basically be taking some layers and using it like a PNG file so that it was a clear background. All of this is so confusing so I don't really know what to do.

     

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    Anonymous
    June 2, 2021

    Quick answer:  In After Effects, add your Composition to the Render Queue (Composition > Add to Render Queue), set the Output Module template to "Best Settings" and the Render Settings template to "Lossless with Alpha", then render.  Import the resulting movie file into Premiere Pro and superimpose it over the other clip(s).

     

    Slightly better (file size will be less huge):  Add your Composition to Adobe Media Encoder (Composition > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue), set the Format to "QuickTime" and the Preset to "Apple ProRes4444 with alpha", then start the Queue.  Import the resulting movie file into Premiere Pro and superimpose it over the other clip(s).

    Another option:  Save the After Effects project so that it's current and the import it into Premiere Pro.  When the Dynamic Link dialog box appears, choose the Composition for import.  Superimpose the Comp over the other clip(s) as you would if it were a video file.


    Thank you! When I do this, do I just click on the eye to hide the comp part with the person on the green screen footage? I really just need the effects so I can just put them on the person with the green screen footage in Premiere if that's possible

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    Anonymous
    June 2, 2021

    Smoke effects not smoke a fax lol

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