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Subject: Re: [AE] Workflow - colour grading with dynamic link
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:45:07 -0500
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Sounds like a lot of CPU is going into Dynamic Linking and not =
rendering, no?

You can copy your sequence in Pr, and paste it into a same sized comp in =
Ae (or use the "Replace with Ae Composition" in Pr after selecting all =
your clips), and skip going back to Pr and Dynamic Link.

You can CC in Speed Grade, which has some new enhancements for going =
back and forth to Pr (and improvements on the way.  I have not gotten up =
to speed in SpeedGrade myself yet.).

However=85

If you only need a "simple, fast colour grade," why not do it in Pr?  It =
has scopes and a variety of cc tools that are satisfactory, and CUDA =
accelerated if you have a qualified GPU.  I used to send most of my =
color work to Ae, mostly for the masking of secondaries, but I'm getting =
the hang of it in Pr, especially after I discovered the FREE CI Power =
Window plug for Pr.  You can render at high bit depth in Pr by Sequence =
Settings>Maximum Bit Depth and a similar switch in the Export window. =20=


I generally only link to Ae now when I need a more advanced process like =
sky replacement, extreme contrast fixing by masking, tracking/roto.

I'm looking forward to the new mask tools in Pr, as it sounds like I'll =
have to use Ae less for advanced cc tricks.  Oh, and source side (clip =
based) color settings is very welcome news.


On Apr 23, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:

> Hi,
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> Just wanting some feedback.  I just tried upgrading to After Effects =
CC and using Dynamic Link to export a 20 minute video from Premiere Pro =
into AE.  I colour graded the video using colour finesse.
>=20
> When I went to render in Premiere the estimated render time was 90 =
hours.  WTF?  I tried it a few times.  I left it for a good 30 minutes =
to see if it settled down.  I restarted, rebooted, but it was always =
looking to be about 90 hours.  The only plugin I used was colour =
finesse.  It was a simple, fast colour grade.  Nothing fancy.
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> So I stopped it and rendered it from within AE.  Total render time was =
a bit under 3 hours - this is at 16bit resolution.
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> 90 hours in Premiere, 3 hours in After Effects - what have I done =
wrong?
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>=20
> -Chris
>=20
> PS.  I have never used Premiere Pro before.  I just opened it up, =
selected the entire sequence and did the 'make AE composition' thingy.  =
Worked fine getting it into AE.
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