Color Management Part 20: HDR Compositing just looks better!
High Dynamic Range compositing, using 32 bit float mode in After Effects, just looks better. It’s that simple, and...
Color Management Part 19: High Dynamic Range – introducing HDR
High Dynamic Range video, or HDR, is the reason this entire series on color management exists. So it’s pretty...
Color Management Part 18: Bit Depth
After Effects has a project-wide bit depth setting, but individual plugins may or may not support all bit depths....
Color Management Part 17: Linear Compositing
Linear compositing can be a tricky subject. Many years ago a few of my colleagues started discussing it. One...
Color Management: OCIO & ACES in AE 2023
After Effects now has OpenColorIO and ACES built in. While that is great news for digital artists, it also...
Color Management Part 16: RAW video files
When compared to the long history of film and television, RAW video formats are relatively new. The concept of...
Color Management Part 15: Logarithmic video files
Logarithmic video files, or log files, are something you’ll encounter sooner or later. Every camera manufacturer has developed their...
After Effects Roundup of December 2022
The big one got even bigger, so if you have a spare 5 hours, check out the School of...
Color Management Part 14: Combining OCIO and After Effects
OpenColorIO is the industry standard color management tool for animation and visual FX. After Effects also has its own,...
After Effects Roundup of November 2022
Appearing this week, not November, were somewhat meager Adobe Video updates: 23.1 and Frame.io RED Camera to Cloud. [After Effects...