| importing one graphics template and being able to duplicate it a hundred times while maintaining the ability to adjust the original in AE and have it affext all the graphics in premiere was huge. |
you can still have that.
aecap files are live text capsules which are exported and are not (supposed to be) editable by After Effects after the fact*. the advantage for aecap is:
1. with .aecap file format, Live Text Templates can be used without requiring an After Effects license. meaning you only need to have it installed on your machine, even on trial mode.
2. the whole media is in that aecap file. if you have media that is not native Ae layers, you don't have to keep the media file structure.
3. it's one file for the whole template. when you import the file in Premiere, you don't need to navigate through the project in the dynamic link import window and find the composition you want. with aecap, it will give you an option only for the master composition.
*it says in the help files: "After exporting the .aecap file, you cannot edit it in After Effects" but this is not entirely true. you can use file->open in Ae and change the filetype to *.* all files and open the aecap, change it, save it and it will of course update it premiere but I wouldn't recommend it though, the behavior is different from a regular aep file. maybe some other consequences for this hack I am not aware of too.
however with the old templates text could be precomped and they can't now. |
you can still use the live text templates as ae composition in aep file and import them to premiere as regular aep files, navigate to the composition you want, and use that as your graphic layer. text precomps will be respected and the workflow for working in premiere is the same (duplicating to create a unique instance while retaining the animation)
| But I do like the way that when built for the essential graphics workflow you can change more than just the text, you can change font size color etc... I was regularly having to make two or three versions of my templates to accommodate wordier titles. |
I would not get too excited. there is a big weakness to the new motion graphic templates. you should read this carefully: and make sure that they are suitable for your workflow at their current state.
If text could still be in a pre-comp I'd be totally happy with the new workflow. |
it can but it works in a different way. in live text template the text layers can be read by the template (also if they are in a precomp) and only them. in motion graphic templates you link your timeline properties to property controllers in the essential graphics panel. you can link a source text from a precomp to a property controller in the master comp and when you import it to premiere, you will see it in the essential graphics panel.
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