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Subject: Re: [AE] GIF Effect
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:03:40 -0400
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Happy to help!

> Nice Brian, that actually did the trick. Spot on. Thanks!
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> "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"
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> On May 29, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com> =
wrote:
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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
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>> 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.
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>> Brian
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>>> 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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>>> David Torno
>>> Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor
>>> http://www.ghosttownmedia.com
>>> O: 213.739.2290
>>> C: 818.391.6060
>>> ---------------------
>>> http://www.sydefxink.com
>>> http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com
>>> http://mactex.blogspot.com
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>>> "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"
>>> -Charles Field
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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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