Lanczos Scaling in NUKE yields accurate down scale results. 4k -> 2k image still sharp.

AE could sure use something comparable as it’s native scaling produces some mixed results.

Anyone out there crack this nut? Have an alternative method?

Four year later and AE still does not support a very common typically STmap workflow for professionals.

Here is a very basic approached this kind person “Liz” helped try to sort out. God bless you. Great job, For any AE compositors that has stumbled on this thread trying to find answers. Although this is still plagued with issues I wanted to…

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We have an AE template that contains a helpful folder structure in the project window. Sometimes these GFX Folders, or elements folders have not been populated yet with media but are ready for imports.

There must be a way to remove unused footage/media without deleting your empty folder structure. There is a function called “remove unused…

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For those who are familiar with C4D, there is a brilliant “take” system. This enables users to toggle between multiple setups inside a main project file.

For example, in AE, if a user wanted to toggle a composition between the comp setup/output and the RGBmatte setup/output. ( no alpha, just RBG mattes)

2 different states live in one project…

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This did work for me. Thank you for the suggestion. Curious if other folks do something different. Do you ever monitor skin tones this way?

It has been years since I have worked with DPXs.

I am restoring some 70s footage that was scanned to DPX in LOG cineon color space.

In resolve, I have been working in a node-based color management, I use an input node and output node to manage color.

My first input node typically is based on the camera systems, Arri, Red, Canon, and so on.

Howev…

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Thanks so much for your reply and help.

I need a hand with monitoring the final output of the isolated skin tones when I highlight a small area to check skin tones. When I isolate that area with a small mask and then click on the highlight, the vectorscope is now seeing the log skin tone and not helping me determine what adjustments to make to…

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Had a Color question about skin tones and the order of operations. I have been reading and watching info on vectorscopes as I begin learning more and more about Resolve Color operations. I can’t seem to find how to do this one thing, which usually means I am looking for something no one else wants…lol. but here I go.

I am in Studio 18 and…

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Thanks Filip

This is really specific to projects that contain imported projects with duplicate folder structures inside the project panel.

I use the same template folder structure inside AE to organize all my comp folders. References, sourceFootage, preComps, solids, LUTs, etc.

If I am working inside the AE project file for shot 105. Sometimes, I may import…

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Wanted to check in with the world, see if AE has figured out how to resolve reading frame numbers with EXRs.

Thousands of images sequence later, non of these seqs starting on frame 0. Yet every comp by default is set to frame 0 rather than reading the meda data. However, DPX works, jpg, png, you can bring them in and the comp is set to those…

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Dan, you are a wizard.

Can I say how much I appreciate your time helping me and I know others who have inquired about this, helping them too as they read this thread.

Can I pay you or buy something from you?

A Monetary Expression for AE expressions!

Thank you so much. You are brilliant.

Have a great week!

Dan, this worked perfect,

You are so amazing, thanks you so much.

I feel terrible to ask you to help modify this wonderful expression to be even more specific. If Possible?

In your expression you identify marker 01 and marker 02.

This is perfect I can make this work. But I was going to get greedy here?

Instead of d + m.key (2) .time Is there…

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Hi Dan, thanks for your help.

So this second one is soo close, it is able to display the frame range marker 01 – marker 02 as a window burn as hopped. Yea.

However, it overrides what the composition’s start frame is. For example if Comp B start frame is 900 -1200. The frame range that is displayed with this expression is 0-300. It sees the…

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What if I set a marker for in and a marker for out. Could and expression determine the frame range between two points?

Or a solid that is a duration, I can drag the solid or Null and the frame range will update to how long this guide layer is and update the window burn. This may be easier than clicking into the text later and manually changing it.

I have a generic 500 frame comp. However I have a specific frame range or “work area” for specific shots. I want to do a text overlay that labels the frame range based on the work area of that specific comp. The text layer that will say frame 10-200 lives in comp A and the frame range ‘work area” which is set to 10-200 actually will be based…

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Howdy,

A majority of the expression I use are all sitting on a word doc or I google them each time.

Anyone know if AE has a dockable dialog box that can store all your expressions, or notes? Kinda like Expression toolbox, but seems that that and Quiver are not longer available? At-least from what I can tell?

So you just go to “window” “Expression…

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That worked perfect. Thanks for helping me with this expression. Much appreciated.

Hello,

I am hoping someone can help me with a source text property expression.

And thanks for reading this and your help is much appreciated.

I have a scenario where I am wanting to have two separate text layers link to each other. However there is a catch…

So currently I have the text layer in comp B linked to the master Text layer in comp A…

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