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Subject: Re: [AE] GIF Effect
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 18:26:17 -0400
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The first stop for me would be Colorama... set the input phase to "Hue" =
and the modify popup to "Hue", Add a few more color triangles around the =
edge by clicking (but not modifying) the color wheel, and then turn off =
"interpolate palette". This will give you an excellent posterize effect =
(much better than the one called "Posterize").=20

 Add some noise in a pre-comp (so Colorama picks it up) to simulate =
dither, and adjust the scale accordingly, and it should be a dead ringer =
for a posterized, dithered GIF.

Brian

> Yes, but the prerender layers and/or batch processing a series of =
frames we were trying to avoid for project simplicity. For example, the =
JPG damage plugin gives a really nice jpg compression feel without =
pre-rendering or batch processing image sequences. Having a plugin that =
creates the look makes for a faster workflow and it allows for easier =
blending of other elements we are combining in the same piece that are =
not effected by the same look.
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> It's not a loss if this type of plugin doesn't exist, we just like to =
keep our pipelines as tight as possible when creating these setups. We =
like building templates versus processes. It works better for our =
system.
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> On May 29, 2013, at 3:03 PM, "scott.aelist" <scott.aelist@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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>> Could you simply render at 256 colors in your render settings?
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