All of this leads to my rule of thumb: Look at the craftsman, not the tool What can be said of Ae is that it delivers an extraordinary value for money. Render settings setup and Per-Light render layer. It can do a lot of stuff for a very reasonable price, in the right hands it can achieve extraordinary results very quickly. Dope Sheet and Curve Editor that can be easily filter to the active nodes of your choice. Cinema 4D vs Blender.
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