d90 stair step removal AE Project - download link

Matthew Bennett

Matthew Bennett

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Lee's original project in AE 7.0. This one is only halfway done, but shows us the way.

http://www.qmediasolutions.com/guest/CAMERA_TESTS/Step_Fixer_AE_7.zip

My finished project in AE CS3 (sorry not backwards compatible)

http://www.qmediasolutions.com/guest/CAMERA_TESTS/D_MOVIE_Step-Fix_AE_CS3.zip



Thanks Lee!

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Note: This adds some major value to the d90! Enjoy!!
 
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Matthew Bennett said:
http://www.qmediasolutions.com/guest/CAMERA_TESTS/Step_Fixer_AE_7.zip

Thanks Lee!

(room for a future picture of a statue of Lee erected in his honor)
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I will send the photos over for the statue, is naked ok ?

Also people remember this project is just a strip through the middle that I did as a quick test, you need to use this as a guide only - someone should take the time to chop up the whole 1280x720 frame and then put a link here so others can steal it.
 
I just started cutting the rest of the comp ... whew, hard work. I think there is a 7pixel slice in there, just above where you stopped...

I'll post the project when I'm done, but it'll be cs3 only, that's all I'm running right now..

No nudity please, Lee. This is a family forum
 
Hi.

this fix can also remove the compression squares from the d90 footage?

why do we sometimes get footage with compression squares and sometimes not?

thanks
 
WOWOOOOWOWOWOWOW

Man. this fix is WONDERFUL. its just impossible to look at d90 footage again without this fix. I edited a whole sequence in Vegas and tried the fix even with sequences i dont see so much compression squares or stair-steping, and even them looks better now. So this fix is a must. and it simple corrects every bad compression artefacts of the codec (HORIZONTAL LINES, DIAGONAL LINES, ALL FIXED)

Lee is amazing. and Matthew did an amazing job too. both of you will be credited as special thanks in my next short-film, cause without this fix i wasnt able to shot with the d90.

THANKS
 
i am totally addicted to the D90 forum. Wow, good work Lee Wilson and Matthew Bennet.
 
true voodoo magic - works a treat

much thanks to Lee and Matthew!
you rock!

made a final cut template last night to do the same,
but with 3x80 nests it's close to locking up my machine
and what's with 38 hrs to render 1 minute? ... think i'll stick to ae : )

btw - what codec are you folks rendering out of ae with?
 
neka said:
made a final cut template last night to do the same,
but with 3x80 nests it's close to locking up my machine
and what's with 38 hrs to render 1 minute? ... think i'll stick to ae : )
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38 hrs? that's bad but since I don't have AE and I'm a FCP beginner would you mind to share your FCP template at filefactory.com ? So I can learn from it. :dankk2:
 
Daniel Aragão said:
Hi.

this fix can also remove the compression squares from the d90 footage?

why do we sometimes get footage with compression squares and sometimes not?

thanks
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Ha, no, Lee's method only removes the effect of the 9 pixel binning/stair stepping.

To get rid of the compression/jpeg blotchy artifacts, you can attempt to add a little noise/grain to the image, which has the effect of covering up banding. Or you can export individual frame sequences to photoshop, and apply a filter which removes jpeg compression artifacts... etc.
 
I am getting a "not a valid win32 application" error, and can not open it. Any ideas? I have never had a problem opening Mac AE files before.
 
Matt Grunau said:
I am getting a "not a valid win32 application" error, and can not open it. Any ideas? I have never had a problem opening Mac AE files before.
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Are you using Cs3? Sorry that question is the limit of my troubleshooting abilities..

I was just working with the LEE PROTOCOL (possible name) on some footage of a newspaper, faces, etc... works great,, this really opens up the possibility for me showing d90 in actual 720p HD and feeling good about it.
Some stuff looked nice with a little grain and a hi-con black and white look applied.

The only thing the LEE PROTOCOL failed on (just a little, mind you) on was some Japanese footage of planes landing at an airport... I'm thinking maybe that was a different or pre-production model, maybe the binning was slightly different or something..
 
I had trouble opening it in windows too. If I open it from the file then my ae crashes out, so open ae then use ae to open file..it then complains that you aint got the right fonts etc then works.
 
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