<p>After Effects is definitely the right tool to use rather than Vegas for motion tracking / drawing on moving footage. <a href="https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/demon_face_warp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here is a classic tutorial</a> that you can watch to get a sense for how to achieve face tracking &amp; replacement.</p>

<p>Vegas is much better suited for editing. After Effects can often struggle to achieve real-time playback over extended periods of time and doesn't have the tools built in the same way as a NLE like Vegas, Premiere, or Avid.</p>

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<p>I want to animate "drawings" on people's faces like " X "'s and other lines and I am aware, as far as I know, that in sony vegas that is done via individual frames.</p>

<p>Is there another way? Does AE do it more easily?</p>

<p>As a general question which software is best used for editing or should a combination of software be used e.g Sony Vegas for final cut edits and then AE for post and graphic editing?</p>

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Sony Vegas VS After Effects for graphic / Keyframe editing
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# Sony Vegas VS After Effects for graphic / Keyframe editing

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-23)

I want to animate "drawings" on people's faces like " X "'s and other lines and I am aware, as far as I know, that in sony vegas that is done via individual frames.

Is there another way? Does AE do it more easily?

As a general question which software is best used for editing or should a combination of software be used e.g Sony Vegas for final cut edits and then AE for post and graphic editing?

**Tags:** after-effects, vegas-pro, motion-graphics


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-11. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

After Effects is definitely the right tool to use rather than Vegas for motion tracking / drawing on moving footage. [Here is a classic tutorial](https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/demon_face_warp/) that you can watch to get a sense for how to achieve face tracking & replacement.

Vegas is much better suited for editing. After Effects can often struggle to achieve real-time playback over extended periods of time and doesn't have the tools built in the same way as a NLE like Vegas, Premiere, or Avid.


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