Datasheet
Color Finesse™
• Perform high-end telecine-style color corrections within Aer Effects using Color Finesse from
Synthetic Aperture.
Shadows/Highlights effect
• Automate color correction over time while preserving the shadows and highlights within the frames using the
new Photoshop style Shadows/Highlights effect.
Automatic adjustments
• Enhance the contrast of footage over time with the new Photoshop style Auto Color, Auto Contrast, and Auto
Levels controls.
Curves controls
• Adjust the tonal range of an image with complete control—for example, decrease blues in the shadows and
increase them in bright areas. Also import curve settings from Photoshop.
Hue/Saturation controls
• Adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness of individual color components on a layer. Adjust up to six separate
user-defined hue ranges.
Keying and matte tools
Color Key
• Quickly eliminate all the pixels on a layer that are similar to a color you’ve specified. For example, cut out a
green screen background in one step by specifying that color.
Color Range
• Use the Color Range key to eliminate a blue screen or green screen that’s unevenly lit or contains varying shades
of blue or green. Also key out other colors that you specify.
Luma Key
• Use the Luma Key to eliminate areas based on their luminance or brightness—for example, knock out
contrasting dark and bright areas, such as black text on a yellow background.
Track mattes
• Turn any grayscale image, movie, or animated text or graphic into an alpha or luma track matte to control what’s
visible on another layer.
Rendering and output
Render Queue
• Use the powerful Render Queue to simultaneously render at multiple resolutions and file formats, or to
batch-render files. Also create templates to apply common render settings.
Advanced 3D Renderer
• Render 3D compositions that include intersecting layers at the highest possible quality.
Field rendering
• Control field-rendering order for jitter-free playback on PAL and NTSC video systems.
FireWire video output
• Preview your compositions on NTSC and PAL video monitors whether you’re using a Windows or a
Mac OS X system.
Output frame rates and resolutions
• Specify output frame rates and resolutions (up to 30,000x30,000 pixels) to meet all international film and
broadcast standards, including Cineon, HDTV, and more.
Pixel Aspect Ratios
• Compensate for non-square pixels in DV, D1, and other video formats using the Pixel Aspect Ratio settings.