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Contents 1 The Stats 2 Purchase Color Finesse 3 Note 4 Download Demo and Manual 5 Description 6 Release History 7 Render Farm Information

The Stats

• Developer: Synthetic Aperture
• Version: 2.1.7
• Platforms: Windows 2000,XP, Vista(64-bit), Mac OS X
• Host Applications: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Apple Final Cut Pro
• 32-bit float point color space
• Compatibility with After Effects CS3 and Mac Universal Binary

Purchase Color Finesse

• Color Finesse
• Echo Fire/Color Finesse Bundle

Note

"What is the difference between the version that ships with AE and the one that can be bought separately."

From Bob Currier of Synthetic Aperture:

"The LE-to-LE $149 upgrade is aimed at people who have After Effects 6.5 or 7.0 and are looking to move from Color Finesse 1.5 to 2.1.

The LE upgrade version is the same as what comes with AE CS3.

Of course, we also have the LE-to-PI upgrade, which takes you from the bundled version of Color Finesse to the PI version which can be used in non-AE host applications (i.e., FCP, Premiere, etc.)

Download Demo and Manual

• Demo (WIN)
• Demo (MAC)

Description

Color Finesse brings all the high-end color correction and enhancement capabilities you've ever wanted right into After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Color Finesse offers high-end color correction and enhancement tools previously available only in dedicated, high-end color correction systems.

Floating Point Color Space Unlike other color correction tools, Color Finesse isn't limited to 8-bits per color channel. In fact, it's not limited to 10- or even 16-bits per color. Color Finesse uses a 32-bit floating-point representation for each color channel, for a total of 96 bits per pixel.

By using floating point, Color Finesse is able to encode colors with great resolution, while at the same time maintaining tremendous latitude. And rounding error--the source of much of the "banding" you've seen--is virtually eliminated. Even extreme adjustments don't cause clipping of out-of-range highlights and shadows.

Above and Beyond Built-in Color Correction Most video editing software now has its own built-in color correction, but it's often limited in capability, accuracy, and performance. Often you'll need to combine several color correction filters to perform even simple correction. Each filter you add increases rounding error and image degradation. Color Finesse does all its color correction operations without needing to constantly convert formats and round, reducing errors and creating a pristine image.

Color Finesse offers more correction tools--including secondary color correction and curves--than is found in most built-in correctors.

Three-point color correction is a powerful tool, but not when you're stuck with fixed definitions of what a highlight, midtone, and shadow is. Those definitions need to change from scene to scene, so Color Finesse gives you a simple tool to let you decide on the definitions, making three-point correction more intuitive and more effective.

And Color Finesse is a true 32-bit floating point color corrector, not just "floating point capable" and not in only a few correction tools.

Release History

• v2.1.4 (released December 12, 2006.
  • Universal plug-in for use with Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 on Intel-based

Macintosh systems.

• • Universal standalone SD/HD+ version for Intel-based Mac systems.
  • Additional support for floating-point pixels under Premiere Pro 2.0.
  • Corrections to preview gamma under certain combinations of host application versions and preview card driver versions.
  • Corrections to a number of issues when running under Combustion 4.
  • The Limiter now defaults to NTSC/PAL depending on the Video System preference setting.
  • Other minor fixes and optimizations.
  • The new 2.1.4 installers are available now on the Synthetic Aperture web site. There is no charge to upgrade from Color Finesse 2.1.x to 2.1.4.

Note: LE plug-in versions work only within Adobe After Effects 6.5/7.0. PI plug-in versions work in all supported host applications.

• v2.1 (released April 19, 2006) - This new version updates the Adobe After Effects-, Premiere Pro- and Apple Final Cut Pro-compatible plug-in with an enhanced interface and improved performance. In addition to the standard Color Finesse color correction user interface,the new version includes a simplified interface which is directly accessible in the host application. Other new features include the scrubbing of clips within the Color Finesse interface, realtime preview playback, import and export of color correction settings via the ASC CDL, the ability to store up to eight QuickGrades which can be recalled with a single keystroke, and over 500 color presets, including film looks and emulation of lighting gels. It features a reduced memory footprint and adds direct support for video previewing.

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