Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:31:02 -0400
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
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Subject: Re: [AE] MB Looks head-scratcher
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Those look like the crosses that are produced but the AE 3D tracker to me=
=E2=80=A6 does any of your AE footage have a track applied=3F =20

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Brian Maffitt


On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:

> Sorry, this is a Pr issue. I'm posting here because I wonder why it's n=
ot an Ae issue. Let me explain.
> =20
> I'm getting these little crosses in zero black areas using Magic Bullet=
 Looks on an Adjustment Layer. =20
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> Here's a screen grab:
> http://jamesphilipcurtis.com/public/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-08%20at%209=
.54.15%20AM.png
> =20
> I'm getting this in Pr 601, MacPro3,1, 10.7.4, Quadro 4000. The footage=
 is ProRes4444 recorded from Arri+Cinedeck
> =20
> =20
> This is some interaction with the Pr Levels effect on each clip, where =
I've taken the linear footage, and expanded the black (and white) levels =
to 0-100.
> =20
> Turning off GPU in Looks prefs gets rid of them, but then rendering tak=
es 10x as long. I pasted my timeline from Pr into Ae. Applied MBL to an A=
djustment Layer, and the problem does not repeat in Ae.
> =20
> I deleted the first instance of MBL in Pr, and applied a fresh Looks se=
tting. The crosses come back, but much tinier, even with no changes made =
in the MBL GUI.
> =20
> I tried trashing Looks prefs, Pr prefs, reboot, reinstalled CUDA and nV=
idia card drivers. This only started recently after using Looks with the =
same setup ever since CS6 came out.
> =20
> I have discovered a workaround, but it's not perfect. If I set each ins=
tance of the (RGB) Black Output Level on the source clips Levels Effect t=
o 1 instead of 0, the crosses go away. =20
> =20
> I surmise this is perhaps a sub-black warning in Looks=3F I'm wondering=
 why I haven't seen it before, and why I don't see it in Ae, even if I fo=
rce the black in the source clip to less than zero, followed by MBL.
> =20
> I believe that Pr doesn't allow sub-black, but Ae does. This may be why=
 I can't repeat this issue in Ae.
> =20
> Thanks,
> Jim C.
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> =20
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> .
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                <div>
                    Those look like the crosses that are produced but the=
 AE 3D tracker to me=E2=80=A6 does any of your AE footage have a track ap=
plied=3F
                </div>
                <div><div><br></div><div>--&nbsp;</div><div>Brian Maffitt=
</div><div><br></div></div>
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                <p style=3D=22color: =23A0A0A8;=22>On Wednesday, August 8=
, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:</p>
                <blockquote type=3D=22cite=22 style=3D=22border-left-styl=
e:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;=22>
                    <span><div><div><div>Sorry, this is a Pr issue.  I'm =
posting here because I wonder why it's not an Ae issue.  Let me explain.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>I'm getting these little crosses in zero black a=
reas using Magic Bullet Looks on an Adjustment Layer.  </div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Here's a screen grab:</div><div><a href=3D=22http://jamesphilipcu=
rtis.com/public/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-08%20at%209.54.15%20AM.png=22>htt=
p://jamesphilipcurtis.com/public/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-08%20at%209.54.1=
5%20AM.png</a></div><div><br></div><div>I'm getting this in Pr 601, MacPr=
o3,1, 10.7.4, Quadro 4000.  The footage is ProRes4444 recorded from Arri+=
Cinedeck</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is some interaction=
 with the Pr Levels effect on each clip, where I've taken the linear foot=
age, and expanded the black (and white) levels to 0-100.</div><div><br></=
div><div>Turning off GPU in Looks prefs gets rid of them, but then render=
ing takes 10x as long.  I pasted my timeline from Pr into Ae.  Applied MB=
L to an Adjustment Layer, and the problem does not repeat in Ae.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>I deleted the first instance of MBL in Pr, and applied a=
 fresh Looks setting.  The crosses come back, but much tinier, even with =
no changes made in the MBL GUI.</div><div><br></div><div>I tried trashing=
 Looks prefs, Pr prefs, reboot, reinstalled CUDA and nVidia card drivers.=
  This only started recently after using Looks with the same setup ever s=
ince CS6 came out.</div><div><br></div><div>I have discovered a workaroun=
d, but it's not perfect.  If I set each instance of the (RGB) Black Outpu=
t Level on the source clips Levels Effect to 1 instead of 0, the crosses =
go away.  </div><div><br></div><div>I surmise this is perhaps a sub-black=
 warning in Looks=3F  I'm wondering why I haven't seen it before, and why=
 I don't see it in Ae, even if I force the black in the source clip to le=
ss than zero, followed by MBL.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe that Pr=
 doesn't allow sub-black, but Ae does.  This may be why I can't repeat th=
is issue in Ae.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jim C.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>.</div><div><br></div><di=
v>+---End of message---+</div><div>To unsubscribe send any message to &lt=
;<a href=3D=22mailto:ae-list-off=40media-motion.tv=22>ae-list-off=40media=
-motion.tv</a>&gt;</div></div></div></span>
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