Return-Path: Received: from mail-ve0-f170.google.com ([209.85.128.170] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5355164 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:04:27 +0100 Received: by mail-ve0-f170.google.com with SMTP id cz12so675285veb.1 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=fW1QtZA4UzqUzkxHDdQzbzqInGrAQBOixxCbpGllZhU=; b=juAJXMbyRh9Sf8Me8YdmU3sUq3cEAhuUCzwGRl5rg/Gj/69sULJ5pBshFHJGJZ9yrM pqIvh16bEl5QLovFTzcD1yB3M7y349+MOzdvR4TyYFZ0WfA/73JgfcQDarG8auykLwFa PTF9N5pu9PyUeQJ3hGzECih+YYR/BfmLU8dlwvkrbwuWrCj+XyfU1g7KFGHWaIU1gl5N kMUd9+edR7yGCgSFbP3ZoHUUZgUoPM38/F3ME8auhTz2lnpHmivvMfH5o7uSE8LbPlZI ySykWp6sLPgWEq6QnnbByKDvXpxsKc9Hj6RgqlhtRJOKVonVRs+5D4syDQljfyZrX321 5wLg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkdfmswnIFg8qqvNxKhLqZvT7+vrjRPL5YhK5R+hhF+7uFCiclo6TD6dV6Rah1NBiCLd5WE X-Received: by 10.58.4.138 with SMTP id k10mr2740857vek.8.1390432111776; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.58.68.138 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Robert Kjettrup Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:08:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Re[2]: [AE] Colorama To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d2dc61b6f4f04f0973444 --047d7b5d2dc61b6f4f04f0973444 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Colorama is quite a powerful tool to remap channels with a gradient and use other channels to drive it... But just like Andrew i really dont like that Colorama uses the default terrible OS colorpicker instead of the much nicer Adobe one. And the not very good UI design of the circle color ramp (sorry Brian), it is so easy to by accident move one point from 0 to some other value, and you cant be sure if you get it back at exact 0, only guessing and hoping by dragging the point back and watch the image, hoping that it wont set on a value that is 0,023. It would have been a much better design with just a liniar gradient. I can see the point in the circular gradient UI when using some of the more exotic gradients that flow through colors, but in most cases i dont see the point other than for looking more fancyful :-) Does Adobe own the source code for these old effects now, or are they just licensed like the bundled CC effects? - Robert 2014/1/22 > I just used Colorama on a project to make a "sawtooth" gradient... > super-simple with Colorama, complicated with any other AE tool. > > Like Andrew, I use Colorama almost every day, but I might be biased. > > Brian > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Andrew Embury" > To: "After Effects Mail List" > Sent: 1/22/2014 5:16:47 PM > Subject: Re: [AE] Colorama > > > Hey Jim, > > Glad you asked! There are several uses that I use Colorama for that I > don't think I could ever go without. > > Things I use Colorama for: > > - Make a matte from footage > - A range selection tool > - Animated colour cycles > - Changing the colour of a gradient quickly and efficiently / removing the > gradients interpolation (no stepping) > - Colour grading > - Adding colour values to different parts of the image based on > (luminance, alpha, hue, etc.) > > Take care! > > - Andrew > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > >> On Jan 21, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Andrew Embury wrote: >> >> > You see, I use Colorama on a near daily basis >> >> >> I'm curious about this. I rarely use Colorama, and it looks like it does >> a lot of things, but I haven't taken the time to explore it much. >> >> What does it do that you find so useful as to use it "on a near daily >> basis?" >> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > --047d7b5d2dc61b6f4f04f0973444 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Colorama is quite a powerful tool to remap channels with a= gradient and use other channels to drive it...=A0
But just like Andrew= i really dont like that Colorama uses the default terrible OS colorpicker = instead of the much nicer Adobe one.=A0

And the not very good UI design of the circle color ram= p (sorry Brian), it is so easy to by accident move one point from 0 to some= other value, and you cant be sure if you get it back at exact 0, only gues= sing and hoping by dragging the point back and watch the image, hoping that= it wont set on a value that is 0,023.=A0

It would have been a much better design with just a lin= iar gradient. I can see the point in the circular gradient UI when using so= me of the more exotic gradients that flow through colors, but in most cases= i dont see the point other than for looking more fancyful :-)

Does Adobe own the source code for these old effects no= w, or are they just licensed like the bundled CC effects?


- Robert=A0



2014/1/22 <brian@totaltraining.com>
I just used Colorama on a project to make a "sawtooth" gradi= ent... super-simple with Colorama, complicated with any other AE tool.
=A0
Like Andrew, I use Colorama almost every day, but I might be biased.
=A0
Brian
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Andrew Embury" <aembury@gmail.com>
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Sent: 1/22/2014 5:16:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] Colorama
=A0
Hey Jim,=20

Glad you asked! There are several uses that I use Colorama for that I = don't think I could ever go without.

Things I use Colorama for:

- Make a matte from footage
- =A0A range selection tool
- Animated colour cycles
- Changing the colour of a gradient quickly and efficiently / removing= the gradients interpolation (no stepping)
- Colour grading
- Adding colour values to different parts of the image based on (lumin= ance, alpha, hue, etc.)

Take care!

- Andrew



On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcu= rtis@me.com> wrote:
On Jan 21, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Andrew Embury <aembury@gmail.com> wrote:

>= ; You see, I use Colorama on a near daily basis


I'm cu= rious about this. =A0I rarely use Colorama, and it looks like it does a lot= of things, but I haven't taken the time to explore it much.

What does it do that you find so useful as to use it "on a near da= ily basis?"



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