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Problem with CC Simple Wire Removal
Hi – I have a dead pixel in some DSLR footage and found a tutorial on fixing it that seems very straightforward. However, I am having trouble getting started – either I’m missing something obvious or there’s a bug.
1. I imported my final edited master into AE (ProRes 422). Put it into a comp.
2. Split the layer so that I am not processing areas that don’t need the fix.3. Now, when I apply CC Simple Wire Removal to a layer, the image inverts vertically, has a blue cast and the screen breaks up into blocks. It looks like a bug to me, and I can’t proceed.
Anyone else seeing this in AE CS6 (11.0.2.11)?? Any thoughts about a workaround?
Mike
Michael Rothenberg
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Very weird. I am getting the same thing here. I tried everything I could think of to correct it but unfortunately, I could not find a solution. If you have just a dead pixel you could mask off a small area around the pixel and key out the pixel and place a copy of the footage behind and bump it over a pixel to fill the whole. Just a thought. I might work depending on your footage.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
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Thank you. That reassures me that I don’t need to reinstall AE or something like that.
So I’m doing that method now – do you happen to know if I can copy both the mask and the new Position coordinates so that I can paste them to other layers in my comp in one step instead of two?
Thanks, Mike
Michael Rothenberg
Peak Productions -
There’s a bug in the current version of the CC Simple Wire Removal effect. The Cycore folks (the people who make that plug-in) are working on it. See this thread:
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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Todd, thank you! I did a search before I posted but I must not have set the date range back far enough.
I will email cycore now and see if I can get a better version of the plug-in.
As an aside, I thought this was the kind of thing the Creative Cloud membership was supposed to address. Hey Adobe, how about a point release of AE?
Mike
Michael Rothenberg
Peak Productions -
How would Adobe’s Creative Cloud membership have anything to do with waiting on a bug fix from Cycore? It baffles the mind…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Well, the plugin is built into AE, not a separate purchase. Part of the “sell” on the Creative Cloud was not having to wait for new releases and improvements, of which I considered this bug fix to be. Sorry you found it baffling.
Michael Rothenberg
Peak Productions -
While the plugin is indeed built in, you’ll find that Cycore Effects is indeed not built in to Adobe:
…so they have to wait on bug fixes. Cycore has a relationship with Adobe dating back to 1995. They are not owned by Adobe. That said, it’s a pretty high-profile relationship, so there may be a fix sooner than you think.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I should have mentioned here, as I did in the Adobe thread Todd referred to, that Cycore’s support was great and emailed me a prior version of the plugin that works perfectly. Others with the same issue should do the same for the time being. Thanks again Todd.
Michael Rothenberg
Peak Productions -
I’m glad to hear that they responded – they’ve been tightly tied to Adobe’s plugin offerings for a long time.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Adobe After Effects CS6 (11.0.3) has been released. This update fixes many crashes and other bugs, including this issue with the CC Simple Wire Removal effect.
Details: https://adobe.ly/AE_CS6_1103
Also, this fix is in After Effects CC (12.0).
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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