CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 26 – Color ManagementAnother selection of “hidden gems” (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 26 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects.
We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from… |
Color Subsampling, or What is 4:4:4 or 4:2:2??In the video space, there’s always a lot of talk about these number ratios - 4:4:4, or 4:2:2, or 4:1:1, but what exactly do they mean? Recently, someone argued with me that it was better to convert every video clip from my Canon Rebel T2i DSLR camera into a 4:4:4 intermediate codec before editing; that this would make the color magically “better” and that editing natively was somehow bad. They were wrong, and I’m… |
Scene vs. Display Referred ProfilesA subtle but important change to color management in After Effects CS4.
Color management has been improved in After Effects CS4 to now recognize and compensate for the differences between “scene-referred” and “display-referred” color profiles. The short explanation is “Don’t worry… |
Make It Go Away!Undoing the PAR and color management enhancements in After Effects CS4.
After Effects CS4 has introduced two subtle but important changes in the way it deals with many common video formats: 1) There are new PARs (Pixel Aspect Ratios) for NTSC and PAL standard definition 4:3 and 16:9 content. (Actually, they’re… |
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