Read Me

Color Finesse™ 1.5.4 Read Me25 January 2005This readme file contains last minute information about Color Finesse 1.5.4, as well as a summary of changes made since the last release.DocumentationThe Color Finesse User's Guide is provided in Adobe Acrobat® (PDF) format.You will need version 4.0 or later of the Acrobat Reader to read the documentation. The latest Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from </>.Installation and SetupThere is an installer to ensure that everything gets put into the right spot. You will need a serial number to install the software; without a serial number, the software will run in demo mode, which will place red lines across the rendered frames. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Color Finesse, use your current serial number.Technical SupportAll technical support and installation questions should be directed to Adobe Technical Support. More information on support options is available at </support>.Known Problems and Restrictions•The Windows version does not support previews via Echo Fire.•The version of Color Finesse included with Adobe After Effects 6.5 will not work in other versions or other host applications.System Requirements (Macintosh)•G4 or G5 processor.•Mac OS X 10.2 or later.•QuickTime® 5.0 or later.•Adobe After Effects 6.5 or later.•Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater.•If you are using Echo Fire in conjunction with Color Finesse, you must have Echo Fire™ 2.0.3 or later.System Requirements (Windows)•Pentium III or better processor with SSE instruction set.•Windows 2000 or Windows XP.•QuickTime 5.0 or later.•Adobe After Effects 6.5 or later.•Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater.RedistributionColor Finesse is copyrighted © 1998-2005 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, Echo Fire, LiveFire, Video Finesse and Synthetic Aperture are trademarks of Synthetic Aperture. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.Changes in 1.5.4•Correct an overbright clipping issue when used with CineForm Prospect HD (Windows only). Changes in 1.5.3•Correct issue that caused a "plug-in not found" error when running under the command line renderer, aerender, on both Mac and Windows. On the Mac, this could also be reported as "improper version of Color Finesse".•Eliminate issue with frames being rendered improperly after a Purge All was done. In particular, this fixes a rendering problem that showed up under GridIron X-Factor. This affected only Windows systems.•Eliminate rare crash under Windows after After Effects has been in use for a long time, the project is very large, and memory has gotten full.•Correct problem on multi-processor systems (Windows and Mac) where large frame sizes could cause partially rendered frames and crashes during rendering. Whether or not this problem occurreddepended on many factors, including processor speed, total system memory, frame size, and what other applications were running.•Add support under Windows for CineForm Prospect HD with YUV video processing under Premiere Pro.Changes in 1.5.2•Handle case in Premiere Pro where we were getting report that effect was not active.•Add helpful message if user clicks Premiere Pro's Setup icon or After Effects' Options text instead of the Color Finesse Setup button.•Make text in Windows installer clearer about what directory is being chosen.Changes in 1.5.1•Correct problem that occurred if a Purge All was done under Windows when Color Finesse was applied.•Display error message if QuickTime is not installed and Color Finesse is applied to clip.•Fix problem that could cause "After Effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! LayerH cannot be NULL" message.•Prevent Windows version of UI from getting "stuck" inside the levels controls.Changes in 1.5•Correct problem with loading saved settings file from version 1.0, where the Secondary preview settings were set wrong.•Correct possible white clipping with curves and gamma controls.•Correct problem with settings keyframes when moving After Effects projects using Color Finesse between Mac/Win platforms.•Correct waveform monitor graticule alignment in PAL/16-235 mode.•Make minor performance enhancements.Changes in 1.1.1•Correct issues with Final Cut Pro 4.1. In particular, ensure that the correct frame is displayed within Color Finesse, that FCP's Viewer is properly updated, and that FCP doesn't mix settings between different applications of Color Finesse.•Correct problem with gamma setting in Output Levels control where it was being ignored.•Make minor performance enhancements.•Eliminate possible hang when certain MIDI devices are detected.Changes in 1.1•Added ability to zoom and pan on preview image.•Added secondary monitor support.•Added additional preview modes in Secondary controls.•Added preview of out-of-gamut colors in Limiter.•Added gain/gamma/pedestal adjustments to Secondary controls.•Correct problem with FCP not updating previews.•Correct problem with FCP showing incorrect frame.Changes in 1.0.8•Correct problem in FCP support under OS 9, where FCP would report that it couldn't find the plug-in. Changes in 1.0.7•Add OS X support for Apple Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle Systems Commotion, and discreet Combustion. •Correct a problem that could cause an "insufficient memory" error when invoking the Color Finesse UI with HD and film frame sizes on some systems.•Correct a problem that could prevent proper keyframing in After Effects under certain (rare)circumstances.•Correct a problem that could cause a crash when the Color Finesse UI is starting up.Changes in 1.0.6•Update to work with Echo Fire 2.1 for OS X. (Color Finesse already worked with Echo Fire 2.1 under OS 8/9.)•Correct a problem that could cause keyframing to crash After Effects 5.5 when used under OS X. •Correct minor cosmetic issues under OS X 10.2 Jaguar.Changes in 1.0.5•Minor installer changes for better compatibility with OS X 10.2.Changes in 1.0.4•Add Color Finesse presets for film stocks and other effects.•Resolved problem where source window would display incorrectly if source image changed between calls to UI.•Fixed possible crash if Gallery alias resolved to file of unsupported type, which could happen when dragging prefs file to another system.•Changing the limit method popup now enables the Limiter tab.•Make sure the Levels histogram displays are always updated when necessary.•Change OS X frame handling so we can work around an OS X memory limitation (!) when handling large (Cineon) film frames.•Fix problem where changing HSL control luma level tabs would incorrectly change color match method popup.Changes in 1.0.3•Color Finesse now works under OS X with Adobe After Effects 5.5.•Updated to work with CarbonLib 1.5.•Fixed a problem with Echo Fire video previews on the Aurora Igniter and Media 100 not beingupdated.•Fixed memory leak in Final Cut Pro plug-in.•Improved Echo Fire video output device switching when working with Final Cut Pro.•Fixed minor cosmetic errors in Gallery display.Changes in 1.0.2•Correct a problem where masks or scaling applied to a layer using Color Finesse could causedistorted render results.•Using After Effects' standard Options button instead of Color Finesse's Setup button wouldsometimes not retain settings.•Improve Color Finesse UI startup speed when there are a lot of images in the Reference Gallery. •If you tried to load settings, but then changed your mind and clicked Cancel, all settings would be reset to default.•Correct issue with color samplers suddenly stopping working.•Eliminate spurious "not enough memory" error message that appeared when there really was no problem at all.Changes in 1.0.1•Prevent annoying "Echo Fire components missing" warning message if you don't have Echo Fire installed.Changes in 1.0Initial version.Synthetic ApertureVoice: 949 493-3444Fax: 949 203-2108Email: sales@Support: support@Web: © 2005 - Synthetic Aperture。