Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Using Manual page 46

Last updated 12/21/2009
Color
After Effects works internally with colors in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. Though After Effects can convert
CMYK images to RGB, you should do video work in Photoshop in RGB.
If relevant for your final output, it is better to ensure that the colors in your image are broadcast-safe in Photoshop
before you import the image into After Effects. A good way to do this is to assign the appropriate destination color
space—for example, SDTV (Rec. 601)—to the document in Photoshop. After Effects performs color management
according to color profiles embedded in documents, including imported PSD files.
Working with Flash and After Effects
If you use Adobe® Flash® to create video or animation, you can use After Effects to edit and refine the video. For
example, from Flash you can export animations and applications as QuickTime movies or Flash Video (FLV) files. You
can then use After Effects to edit and refine the video.
If you use After Effects to edit and composite video, you can then use Flash to publish that video. You can also export
an After Effects composition as XFL content for further editing in Flash.
Flash and After Effects use separate terms for some concepts that they share in common, including the following:
• A composition in After Effects is like a movie clip in Flash Professional.
• The composition frame in the Composition panel is like the Stage in Flash Professional.
• The Project panel in After Effects is like the Library panel in Flash Professional.
• Project files in After Effects are like FLA files in Flash Professional.
• You render and export a movie from After Effects; you publish a SWF file from Flash Professional.
Additional resources
The following video tutorials provide additional detailed information about using Flash together with After Effects:
• "Importing and exporting XFL files between Flash and After Effects" at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4098_xp.
• "Exporting an After Effects composition to Flash Professional using SWF, F4V/FLV, and XFL" at
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4105_xp.
• "Converting metadata and markers to cue points for use in Flash" at www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4111_xp.
• Michael Coleman, product manager for After Effects, provides a video of a presentation from Adobe MAX on
Adobe TV in which he demonstrates the use of mocha for After Effects, After Effects, and Flash together to
dynamically replace a video at run time in Flash Player:
• Tom Green provides a brief video tutorial on the Layers Magazine website that shows how to use the XFL format
to export an After Effects composition for use in Flash Professional:
xfl-fomrat-from-after-effects-to-flash.html
The following articles provide additional information about using Flash and After Effects together:
• Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld provide an excerpt, "Flash Essentials for After Effects Users", of their book
After Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects on the Peachpit website. In this chapter, Richard and Marcus explain
Flash in terms that an After Effects user can understand.
• Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld also provide "After Effects Essentials for Flash Users", another excerpt
from their book After Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects. In this chapter, Richard and Marcus explain
After Effects in terms that a Flash user can understand.
• Tom Green provides a detailed article titled Integrating Flash CS4 with After Effects CS4 in the Flash Developer
Center: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/integrating_fl_ae.html
http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f15383v1008
http://www.layersmagazine.com/exporting-
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1350895
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1350894
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