Color Finesse 2.1.

9 LE for Adobe After Effects CS4

Release Notes
23 March 2008

This file contains last minute information about Color Finesse

2.1.9, as well as a summary of changes made since the last
release.

Documentation

The Color Finesse 2 Plug-in Users Guide is provided as an

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file which is installed along with the
software in the Plug-ins folder.

You will need version 5.0 or later of the Acrobat Reader to

open the documentation file. That latest Acrobat Reader can
be downloaded from <http://www.adobe.com>.

Installation and Setup

The software will be installed when you install After Effects.

The first time you apply Color Finesse to a layer you will be
asked for your Color Finesse serial number. Enter the number,
register the software, and you will not be asked for the serial
number again. If no serial number is entered, all rendered
frames will contain red lines and you will be asked for the
serial number each time you use the Color Finesse plug-in.
Registration of Color Finesse is done by each user.

Technical Support

All technical support and installation questions should be

directed to Adobe Technical Support. More information on
support options is available at
<http://www.adobe.com/support>.

Known Problems and Restrictions

 • Zoomed movie does not give zoomed Rapid Preview
(114319).

System Requirements (Macintosh)

• Intel processor-based Macintosh.
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
• Adobe After Effects CS4.
• Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater.

System Requirements (Windows)

• Pentium III or better processor with SSE instruction set.
For AMD processors, that means an Athlon XP or later.
• Windows XP SP2 or Vista.
• Adobe After Effects CS4.
• QuickTime 7.0 or later.
• Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater.

Redistribution

Color Finesse is copyrighted © 1998-2007 by Synthetic

Aperture and is governed by the software license agreement
that you agreed to as part of the installation process. Under no
circumstances can this software be redistributed physically or
electronically without specific written permission.

Color Finesse is a registered trademark, and Echo Fire,

LiveFire, Video Finesse and Synthetic Aperture are trademarks
of Synthetic Aperture. All other trademarks are property of
their respective owners.

Changes in 2.1.9

• Corrected issue where footage containing alpha channels

could cause white areas to appear within Color Finesse UI.
• Fixed situation where the Color Finesse UI would initially
show a black frame, requiring a move to another frame and
 back to display properly.

Changes in 2.1.8

• Corrected issue with using Blackmagic Intensity and

Intensity Pro cards for external previewing. The preview
image appeared skewed in 720p modes and would crash in
1080i.
• Eliminated spurious "Color Finesse does not recognize that
image format" error messages when starting the Color
Finesse UI on Windows.

Changes in 2.1.7

• Corrected issue when being applied by Automatic Duck's

Pro Import AE.
• UI now displays correctly under 64-bit Windows XP and
Vista.
• Fixed problem loading Photoshop .acv files into the Curves
control on Intel based systems.
• Updated ASC CDL support to conform to version 1.01 of the
spec.

Changes in 2.1.6

• Corrected issue with saving presets while running in demo

(red line) mode.
• Corrected issue with AE CS3's multiprocessing support
where some frames were not being properly processed.
• Corrected issue with alpha channel being ignored in 32-bit
float projects.

Changes in 2.1.5

• Added support for Ethernet interface to Colorociter.

• Corrected issue with improper gamma on the external
preview monitor when using Blackmagic cards on the Mac.
 This added a new checkbox option to the Preview
preferences pane.
• Corrected issue of over-eager optimization which
prevented Color Finesse from running on Mac systems
using early G4 processors (PowerPC 7400/7410) and
slowed other G4 processors (PowerPC 7450).
• Corrected brightness of vectorscope to match that of
waveform monitor at all UI saturation settings (328393).

Changes in 2.1.4

• The Color Finesse 2 is now a universal application, running

natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs.
• Color sampling now works as expected in single View
mode.
• Save Reference Image menu item now works correctly
under Windows (300040).
• The Levels histograms were incorrect or missing under
Windows (300055). Also, the black slider could not be
adjusted back to zero after it was moved (300057).
• A spurious tint or hue shift could occur under some
circumstances under Windows when sharing a project
between Premiere and After Effects (213758, 300058).

Changes in 2.1.3

• Not released.

Changes in 2.1.2

• The saving of correction settings and curves is now fixed.

(Windows)
• The eyedropper tool now works properly on a zoomed
preview. (Windows)
• Folder names in the Gallery can now be edited without
hotkeys interfering with the task. (Windows)
• Saving a reference image now works correctly in the plug-
 in. (Mac, Windows)
• You can now have both Color Finesse 1.x and 2.1 applied
to the same clip. (Mac, Windows)
• Dynamic linking in Adobe Studio no longer gives spurious
messages. (Windows)
• Rapid Preview on the Secondary Preview Monitor now
displays correctly. (Windows)
• Undo/Redo after loading a preset from the Gallery
functions as expected. (Mac, Windows)
• You no longer get a spurious error message when
selecting a preset in the Gallery. (Windows)

Changes in 2.1.1

• Demo mode could cause unpredictable hue shifts on

Windows. This did not occur once the software was
installed with a serial number. (Windows)
• The "Master" controls were missing in the RGB/Master
settings tab. (Mac, Windows)

Changes in 2.1

• Simplified correction user interface within the host

application.
• Ability to scrub within clips.
• Video preview without the need for Echo Fire.
• Support for Colorociter Colorist's Workstation control
surface.
• One and two-up preview modes.
• Saved presets that can be recalled with a keystroke.
• Preview lookup tables from Photoshop, Discreet, and
Quantel LUT files.
• Adjustable UI brightness and saturation.
• Ability to reset individual controls to default.
• Hierarchical folders within the Reference Gallery for easier
organization.
• Presets are available via the Reference Gallery.
 • Arbitrary map (.amp) files from Photoshop, and other
LUT files may be loaded directly into the curves.
• User interface saturation is now adjustable in preferences.
• A preference is available to enable the Limiter by default.

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