Chapter 4. Optimize the Pipeline
Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.
–George Bernard Shaw
This chapter examines how image data flows through an After Effects project in detail. That may not sound gripping until you find you are able to work faster and solve thorny problems as a result.
At times, you must be the digital compositor version of a master chef—someone who knows what has to be finished before something else can be started, and what can be prepped and considered “done” before it’s time to serve the final result. At other times, you find yourself thinking more like a programmer, able to isolate ...
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