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Magic Export for Lightroom
ImageMagick is a swell open source package that can do all manor of things to images, including save them in many different file formats. I was asked for a way to save files out of Lightroom into...
View ArticleDDS plug-in for After Effects and Photoshop
I've written a plug-in to read and write the DirectDraw Surface file format in After Effects and Photoshop. DDS files usually store textures because they employ compression formats that can be decoded...
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Magic Export for Lightroom
ImageMagick is a swell open source package that can do all manor of things to images, including save them in many different file formats. I was asked for a way to save files out of Lightroom into...
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AV1 in WebM
AV1 is the current cool kid in the world of video codecs. It boasts coding efficiency that is as high or higher than the previous king, HEVC (H.265), all while being free of patent and licensing...
View ArticleDDS plug-in for After Effects and Photoshop
I've written a plug-in to read and write the DirectDraw Surface file format in After Effects and Photoshop. DDS files usually store textures because they employ compression formats that can be decoded...
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CDL for After Effects
Here's a little AE plug-in for applying CDLs. AE currently provides a plug-in for reading a CDL file, but the settings remain hidden and picking the .cc file is not scriptable. This plug-in comes with...
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DCI Converter
When I released a JPEG 2000 plug-in for Premiere that had an option to perform XYZ color space conversions for DCI, I managed to open a little can of worms. My goal was to match the conversion done in...
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Magic Export for Lightroom
ImageMagick is a swell open source package that can do all manor of things to images, including save them in many different file formats. I was asked for a way to save files out of Lightroom into...
View ArticleDPX Plus
Occasionally I hear an After Effects user asking how they can read a DPX that doesn't conform to AE's expectation of a 10-bit RGB file. The DPX spec allows for 8, 10, 12, or 16-bit images, and also...
View ArticleHow to read an OpenEXR file quickly
Over the past few years I've spent quite a bit of effort figuring out how to read OpenEXR files quickly, particularly files containing many channels. The short answer is that for maximum speed, all the...
View ArticleProEXR 2.6
If you've been keeping your After Effects up to date you're already running ProEXR 2.6, which adds some performance optimizations to the AE plug-ins. Standard scanline multi-channel EXR files receive a...
View ArticleBRAWconverter
BRAWconverter is a command line program for converting Blackmagic RAW files into image sequences. It uses Blackmagic's public SDK to convert the BRAW file to RGB, complete with various color...
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ProEXR 2.5
Today marks the release of Adobe After Effects 2020, which includes ProEXR 2.5. In fact, improved multi-channel performance is one of the highlighted features in this version of AE. Users who had...
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The joys of an antique keyboard
Apple Extended Keyboard (AEK) photo by bujcichThe best tech I’ve bought this year is a keyboard made in 1987.Having sailed past the 40-year mark a few years ago, I’m an older geek. Also, I’m a...
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Apple delivers, mostly
I was wrong! Apple has indeed delivered a cheese grater sequel in the new Mac Pro. It is a tower. With slots. Thank goodness.I didn't expect Apple to deliver everything I wanted in the new Mac Pro,...
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Dreading the new Mac Pro
The unveiling of a new Mac Pro may finally be upon us. In a bout of uncharacteristic frankness and humility, Apple admitted to journalists in April 2017 that it had made a mistake, designing the “trash...
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ProEXR 2.0
Version 2.0 of ProEXR is now available. The major new addition is support for Cryptomatte in After Effects.Cryptomatte is a clever improvement over OpenEXR’s ID channels, which have been supported by...
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Apple peaked in 2011
Anyone looking at my desk today could be forgiven for thinking they had stepped into a time machine. An OLED TV and Nintendo Switch on the other side of the room would reassure them this was indeed...
View ArticleScrew you, Microsoft
This blog has never before veered toward anything that might be considered opinion, but today I am making an exception. With no small amount of chagrin I heard recently that Microsoft had bought...
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RenderGarden
Got a new product sold though Mekajiki: RenderGarden. I suppose the tagline sums it up best: it's not a farm, just a little garden. As opposed to full farm management software like Pixar's Tractor,...
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