Return-Path: Received: from mail-ee0-f49.google.com ([74.125.83.49] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5249954 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:29:53 +0200 Received: by mail-ee0-f49.google.com with SMTP id d41so2087879eek.8 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:30:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=FvM/oFgihcwBvQWWgTXlBlrkDeUxv3roNypejvVq1j4=; b=IhfHBpIN7imXfbsthCJwu59Z3xRGXkeqEAheSMrHVP8TOl7i382tZI2i5vC36Muwpb upKxoByXHMynAg3dNK/CUuoYf9w18fNyUSqnlM622r09QECMekomX4CYBPtFKGR19gwq wqmg3Kti0FNV86ZGBfH2m6vRp242sWAuGYp54AFAAc8rpc9mccgtlNvJNE0CLaCfJZse NeRPo5krxSNt+dppBQV9dqMbHVar/i6kCTkZFhzjnsrVEDun13+U/xrLvyv3JMS/qfNY Q+owvq0RPhUed7FL+DPsJ92K28vs7Fb4N7WvAGaW+BbLxCXlm/clO29baUSM4gUu5CRY UXFw== X-Received: by 10.15.42.140 with SMTP id u12mr6329246eev.54.1381523437124; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:30:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.65.1 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:30:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jayse Hansen Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:30:17 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0160c9c8b8200c04e87cfd1b --089e0160c9c8b8200c04e87cfd1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ditto - love the way frischluft works for fine adjustments - that's my biggest beef with the current curves. Needs more precision -------------------------------- Jayse Hansen Film UI GeekOut www.jayse.tv jayse@jayse.tv 702-321-3449 On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Frank Wylie wrote: > Todd, > > I'd just negotiate the purchase of Frishluft Curves and put it in the AE > package as default! ;) > > http://www.frischluft.com/**curves/ > > Seriously, I used this plugin extensively in color grading about 6 digital > restorations and it's a lifesaver in dealing with weird, discontinuous > gamut problems and for exact color matching problems. > > It has a wonderful, customizable interface with hugely expandable curves > to make very fine grained adjustments. > > Even has a histogram overlay. > > Can't say enough good things about the plugin... > > Frank Wylie > Library of Congress > Timer/grader > > Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. > > > > On 10/11/2013 3:22 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote: > >> re-awakening a dormant thread: >> >> If we were to spend time improving the Curves effect, what would be the >> changes that you'd want to see? Be as specific as possible, and list things >> in your priority order. Anything in the Curves effect is fair game for this >> conversation, including user interface, performance (as noted by Chris >> below), and additional features. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.**tv] >>> On Behalf Of >>> Chris Zwar >>> Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:50 >>> To: After Effects Mail List >>> Subject: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was surprised by something a work colleague encountered this week. I >>> didn't see the project, but I believe it was quite long, with many >>> layers of >>> video in it. >>> When he initially went to render it it looked like being a 48 hour >>> render (this >>> is after the render has been going for several hours). This was too >>> long, and >>> he guessed that the many instances of the curves plugin were slowing >>> everything down. He stopped the render and went through the project and >>> replaced all the curves plugins with levels instead, to get the same >>> effect. >>> Then the entire project rendered in about 2 hours. >>> That's a massive difference in speed - this is AE v5, so not something >>> affected >>> by cache. >>> I can understand that curves may be slightly slower to render than >>> levels - >>> but I would never have expected such a massive difference. And my >>> colleague is something of an AE guru and said he had experienced this >>> before, and that he's always found curves to be a slow plugin to render. >>> I'd >>> never really noticed... >>> Any thoughts? >>> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> >> > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --089e0160c9c8b8200c04e87cfd1b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ditto - love the way frischluft works for fine adjustments= - that's my biggest beef with the current curves. Needs more precision=

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Jayse Hansen
Film UI GeekOut
<= a href=3D"http://www.jayse.tv" target=3D"_blank">www.jayse.tv
702-321-3449



On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Frank W= ylie <sfwylie@woh.rr.com> wrote:
Todd,

I'd just negotiate the purchase of Frishluft Curves and put it in the A= E package as default! =A0;)

http://www.= frischluft.com/curves/

Seriously, I used this plugin extensively in color grading about 6 digital = restorations and it's a lifesaver in dealing with weird, discontinuous = gamut problems and for exact color matching problems.

It has a wonderful, customizable interface with hugely expandable curves to= make very fine grained adjustments.

Even has a histogram overlay.

Can't say enough good things about the plugin...

Frank Wylie
Library of Congress
Timer/grader

Disclaimer: =A0My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.=



On 10/11/2013 3:22 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote:
re-awakening a dormant thread:

If we were to spend time improving the Curves effect, what would be the cha= nges that you'd want to see? Be as specific as possible, and list thing= s in your priority order. Anything in the Curves effect is fair game for th= is conversation, including user interface, performance (as noted by Chris b= elow), and additional features.


-----Original Message-----
From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Chris Zwar
Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:50
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times

Hi all,

I was surprised by something a work colleague encountered this week. =A0I didn't see the project, but I believe it was quite long, with many laye= rs of
video in it.
When he initially went to render it it looked like being a 48 hour render (= this
is after the render has been going for several hours). =A0This was too long= , and
he guessed that the many instances of the curves plugin were slowing
everything down. =A0He stopped the render and went through the project and<= br> replaced all the curves plugins with levels instead, to get the same effect= .
Then the entire project rendered in about 2 hours.
That's a massive difference in speed - this is AE v5, so not something = affected
by cache.
I can understand that curves may be slightly slower to render than levels -=
but I would never have expected such a massive difference. =A0And my
colleague is something of an AE guru and said he had experienced this
before, and that he's always found curves to be a slow plugin to render= . =A0I'd
never really noticed...
Any thoughts?

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