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Coming from After Effects, Vegas, Premiere Pro or Resolve
Lumit is layer-based, in the manner of After Effects, with a few additions to help those coming from Vegas, Premiere Pro or Resolve, such as the Sequence layer, which is where cutting and speed ramping happen. Most of what you already know can be transferred.
On its first run Lumit asks which of the three you are coming from, under Editing style. Each answer sets a few preferences, all of them ordinary rows in Settings afterwards.
After Effects to Lumit
Section titled “After Effects to Lumit”| After Effects | Lumit |
|---|---|
| Time remapping | Retime, edited in the value graph of the graph editor |
| Track matte | Matte, chosen from a dropdown on the layer |
| Pre-compose | Precompose; the result is a comp layer |
| CTI (current time indicator) | Playhead |
| Time stretch | Stretch |
| Null object | Null layer |
Keyframes use the same maths as After Effects. Hold and linear are both there, as is bezier with speed and influence.
If you aren’t used to all of Lumit’s keybinds, an After Effects keymap preset ships in Settings, which you can access via Edit ▸ Settings ▸ Shortcuts. Choosing After Effects under Editing style on the first run, with Use the After Effects shortcuts ticked, loads it.
Whole projects come across too. File ▸ Import ▸ After Effects project…, and a report will appear telling you what was carried across with or without adjustments. Common third-party effects become the maker’s own OFX plugin when it is installed. See Importing.
Expressions written for After Effects run as written, and animation presets (.ffx) are
imported from Settings ▸ General ▸ After Effects presets. See
Expressions.
Vegas to Lumit
Section titled “Vegas to Lumit”| Vegas | Lumit |
|---|---|
| Event | Clip, on a track of the Cut timeline |
| Track | A track of the Cut timeline, which is a Sequence layer |
| Velocity envelope | The speed line across a clip. See Speed ramps, coming from Vegas |
| Playback rate | Speed ▸ Speed… on a clip’s right-click menu |
| Cursor | Playhead |
| Split | S with the Vegas shortcuts, or the razor tool |
| Event FX | A clip’s fx button and its own effects |
| Pan/Crop | A clip’s Pan/Crop button: a Crop and a Transform on the clip |
| Group, Ungroup | Group and Ungroup, G and U with the Vegas shortcuts |
| Auto ripple | Auto ripple, on the Cut timeline |
| Automatic crossfades | Auto crossfade, on the Cut timeline |
| Quantize to frames | Quantise, on the Cut timeline |
Choosing Vegas on the first run opens the Cut workspace, makes video arrive as a Sequence layer and opens the Retime graph to speed. It also turns on Vegas’s clip drags and Auto crossfade. Only change default Retime graph leaves video arriving as footage layers. Use the Vegas shortcuts is ticked to begin with, and loads the Vegas preset from Settings ▸ Shortcuts.
Premiere Pro or Resolve to Lumit
Section titled “Premiere Pro or Resolve to Lumit”| Premiere Pro, Resolve | Lumit |
|---|---|
| Sequence, timeline | Composition |
| Track | Sequence layer; picture on one, sound on another |
| Clip | Clip, inside a Sequence layer |
| Bin | Folder, in the Project panel |
| Source monitor | The Viewer’s source view, with In and Out marks |
| Linked audio and video | Linked clips: a picture clip and its sound clip move as one |
| Ripple, roll, slip, slide | The same four edits, on the Cut timeline |
Choosing Premiere Pro or Resolve on the first run makes footage arrive on Sequence layers and opens Lumit in the Cut workspace: the Project panel, the Viewer with its source view, and the Cut timeline. See Cutting.
The next step is your first composition.