.aep file to FCP!?

Yar, the difference between export and render is huge. After you've been using After Effects for a couple of months you'll figure out which function is necessary for various output needs. .

bogiesan

Let me preface this by saying I am not an AE guy, I'm just learning it.

I see in my version of AE 10 (CS5 Master Collection) there are 3 options available for Export (swf, xfl, & Premier). And you can save as an XLM.

One of my students (I teach editing with FCP not AE) had an issue with exports in AE CS5. I did a little research and found that many export options were moved to Render Queue in the newest version of AE.

I couldn't find the exact link I looked at that day but this article mentions similar.

http://www.designertoday.com/Reviews/2010.Reviews/6647/Adobe.CS5.AfterEffects.as px

Towards the end of the article it states. "More changes include rendering and exporting such as removal of QuicktimeTime export from File>Export menu"

The OP seems to be trying to get his AE project into FCP. I thought this might help.

Am I missing something? Please do enlighten me. I'm not challenging, I'm asking.

SoCal wrote:
Towards the end of the article it states. "More changes include rendering and exporting such as removal of QuicktimeTime export from File>Export menu"
The OP seems to be trying to get his AE project into FCP. I thought this might help.

Interesting.
In all the years I've been using AE, I've never even opened the Export options. Not once.
Real AE Men (a group that includes women) -- ummm, Real AE Men render.

bogiesan

In CS5 AE select Compositions>Add to Render Queue. There you can have more export options for FCP editing codecs under Output Module.

.aep is an After Effects project file. Can you open it in the QuickTime player? If you can open it in AE then you can output it to any QuickTike format.