I was given by Phyxware a licence to try Phyx Color. Here is the review
- installation
- This is the first time that I use an FxFactory plugin. FxFactory is a host to a lot of plugins, that are available to Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Motion.
One has to download Fxfactory. Installing is easy, FxFactory is ready
- I then launch /Applications/FxFactory
- Bad surprise : the software is trying to call home, without asking first. The Attempt is blocked by LittleSnitch
- Although I've never used fxFactory before, I find my way at once : the interface is very intuitive.
I can see the list of the available plugins, and I click "register" to enter my licence for Phyx Color
- Note : every image can be shown in full resolution by clicking on them
- Bad surprise : the software is trying to call home, without asking first. The Attempt is blocked by LittleSnitch
- This is the first time that I use an FxFactory plugin. FxFactory is a host to a lot of plugins, that are available to Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Motion.
- usage in After Effects
- I launch After Effects. Second bad surprise : fxFactory is again trying to call home. Nevermind : fxFactory is responsible for this, not Phyxware
- In After Effects, I use my BlackMagick 3D Video Card and send the video signal to the Blackmagick Ultrascope. The screen captures come frome the Ultrascope : this allows to show the result and its analysis at the same time
- I try glowdark
- I liek a lot its effect on a very (over) contrasted shot : the blacks are much softer
- Before :
- After :
- I try SelectiveSat
- It works simply, but efficiently
- Before :
- After :
- I try ShiftSuppress on a test-pattern
- Before :
- Taking all the red off :
- Taking all the red and the green off, only the blue is left :
- Observations : one can see on the Ultrascope that Colorshift is very precise, because the intervention on a channel does not change anything to the other channels
- Before :
- Other observations :
- work in 16 bits in After Effects, which I do appreciate : some color corrections plugins in AE work only in 8 bits
- provide simple desaturation (ShiftSuppress) and gamma-tweaking (Bleach) settings that can be animated