Combustion and After Effects

[mdillender]

I prefer Combustion on the PC because I like the ability to have a timeline and Node based view.


Other apps I use and integrate it with are:

1. Cinema4d 9.5 (exports comps to both AE and Combustion)
2. Lightwave 8.5 (doesn't matter either way, no direct integration)
3. Premiere Pro 7

You'll never know until you try working with both for any given amount of time. As the purchase of an app is very personal, I find that utilizing a demo for at least 2 hours, gives me the ability to determine the intuitiveness as well as look at the training available in classroom or video.

So, to answer your question, I like Combustion because of it's nodes and the interface in general.

Martin

[Fantastic Plastic Machine]

There seem to be a lot more plugins for AE, but Combustion looks awesome. Seems to have better Keying and CC tools, too. Unfortunately, Combustion's node view does not exactly make it a node based compositor.

Also, Combustion crahes on me at least 5 times a day, if I have any sort of decent sized comp. Doesn't matter if you save often, though.

I use combustion more, but it wasn't really a conscious decision. I would prefer to use Fusion, Shake or something like that, if I had the chance. I don't know what the price diff for those is though.

[beaker]

There are many threads on this topic already. Please do a search and also try the demos of both.

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