A RGB-Contrast-Plugin at DVinfo.net

Dominik Seibold · September 15th, 2008, 04:39 PM

I just wrote a plugin for FCP, which changes contrast and gamma similar to Photoshops contrast-feature. A s- and e-curve are utilized for getting a smooth film-like look.
You can download it here:
http://www.dominik.ws/DominiksContrast.fxplug.zip
Just extract that zip-file to your ~/Library/Plug-Ins/FxPlug folder. If that folder doesn't exist, create it.

Dominik Seibold · September 16th, 2008, 06:25 AM

Btw, the function used for gamma basically is an exponential-function, and the one for contrast is the logistic function. The formulas can be seen here:
http://www.dominik.ws/dc/formulas.pdf

Some examples, what kind of perfect high-contrast you can get with my plugin in a few seconds without any clipping or saturation-anomalies because of yuv-processing:
http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e1.mov
http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e2.mov

I wrote this plugin, because there are no rgb-curves or anything comparable in FCP, but I missed it a lot and couldn't find any alternative.

I hope you people soon realize, that this is the plugin you always have been waiting for. ;)

Martin Chab · September 16th, 2008, 11:29 AM

i will try it and get back with comments.

Thanks a lot for sharing this!!!!

Dominik Seibold · September 16th, 2008, 01:17 PM

Here are some more examples:
http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e3.mov
http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e4.mov

Andy Mees · September 16th, 2008, 05:52 PM

Thanks Dominik

Dick Campbell · September 17th, 2008, 10:03 AM

very nice, especially the timelapse clouds. altho, I really liked the look of the "before" water in e3, which was lost after the effect was applied. thanks for givng this out.

Martin Chab · September 17th, 2008, 10:41 AM

sorry for the stupid question but, how i install it?
thanks a lot

Dominik Seibold · September 17th, 2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Chab

sorry for the stupid question but, how i install it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominik Seibold

http://www.dominik.ws/DominiksContrast.fxplug.zip
Just extract that zip-file to your ~/Library/Plug-Ins/FxPlug folder. If that folder doesn't exist, create it.

~ is your home-directory. It should also work in the global Library-dir.

Martin Chab · September 17th, 2008, 02:37 PM

You are the man Dominik!!!!!
Great plugin!!!
I´ve been playing around with it and very soon i realized the beauty of it. Gives a lot of control and can make very extreme tweaking without loosing any detail.
Thanks a lot. Please continue making this kind of great plugs!!!!

Scott Brickert · September 18th, 2008, 08:01 PM

Nice work, Dominik, THANKS.

If you get another moment of genius, I miss the 6-way color tool available as a 3rd party plug-in for Vegas... :)

If you make a way to accept contributions, let us know.

Dominik Seibold · September 18th, 2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Brickert

I miss the 6-way color tool available as a 3rd party plug-in for Vegas... :)

Neither I use Vegas nor I know any 3rd party plugins for it. Can you explaing, what's that plugin (exactly) doing?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Brickert

If you make a way to accept contributions, let us know.

I don't think you can contribute time. ;)

Wayne Dupuis · September 19th, 2008, 12:36 PM

This plug will not install in FCP 4.5 and above on a Leopard machine.
oooorrrrrr will it?

Dominik Seibold · September 19th, 2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne Dupuis

This plug will not install in FCP 4.5 and above on a Leopard machine.
oooorrrrrr will it?

I don't know. Definitely it works with FCP 6. (I use the fxplug-sdk 1.2.3.)

Shaun Roemich · September 19th, 2008, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne Dupuis

This plug will not install in FCP 4.5 and above on a Leopard machine.
oooorrrrrr will it?

I'm pretty sure FxPlug support starts with FCP6.

Andy Mees · September 19th, 2008, 07:52 PM

it starts in FCP 5.1 but newer versions of the SDK expose newer functions that are only supported in the later versions of FCP

September 15th, 2008, 04:39 PM	#1
Dominik Seibold Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nuremberg, Germany Posts: 285	A RGB-Contrast-Plugin I just wrote a plugin for FCP, which changes contrast and gamma similar to Photoshops contrast-feature. A s- and e-curve are utilized for getting a smooth film-like look. You can download it here: http://www.dominik.ws/DominiksContrast.fxplug.zip Just extract that zip-file to your ~/Library/Plug-Ins/FxPlug folder. If that folder doesn't exist, create it. Last edited by Dominik Seibold; September 15th, 2008 at 05:11 PM.

September 18th, 2008, 08:01 PM	#10
Scott Brickert Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Crested Butte, CO Posts: 576	Nice work, Dominik, THANKS. If you get another moment of genius, I miss the 6-way color tool available as a 3rd party plug-in for Vegas... :) If you make a way to accept contributions, let us know. __________________ Scott Shot-By-Scott

September 19th, 2008, 12:36 PM	#12
Wayne Dupuis Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 29	?? Looks great "" This plug will not install in FCP 4.5 and above on a Leopard machine. oooorrrrrr will it?

September 16th, 2008, 06:25 AM	#2
Dominik Seibold Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nuremberg, Germany Posts: 285	Btw, the function used for gamma basically is an exponential-function, and the one for contrast is the logistic function. The formulas can be seen here: http://www.dominik.ws/dc/formulas.pdf Some examples, what kind of perfect high-contrast you can get with my plugin in a few seconds without any clipping or saturation-anomalies because of yuv-processing: http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e1.mov http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e2.mov I wrote this plugin, because there are no rgb-curves or anything comparable in FCP, but I missed it a lot and couldn't find any alternative. I hope you people soon realize, that this is the plugin you always have been waiting for. ;)

September 16th, 2008, 11:29 AM	#3
Martin Chab Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malmo Sweden Posts: 103	i will try it and get back with comments. Thanks a lot for sharing this!!!!

September 16th, 2008, 01:17 PM	#4
Dominik Seibold Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nuremberg, Germany Posts: 285	Here are some more examples: http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e3.mov http://www.dominik.ws/dc/e4.mov

September 16th, 2008, 05:52 PM	#5
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	Thanks Dominik

September 17th, 2008, 10:03 AM	#6
Dick Campbell Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 117	very nice, especially the timelapse clouds. altho, I really liked the look of the "before" water in e3, which was lost after the effect was applied. thanks for givng this out.

September 17th, 2008, 10:41 AM	#7
Martin Chab Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malmo Sweden Posts: 103	sorry for the stupid question but, how i install it? thanks a lot

September 17th, 2008, 02:37 PM	#9
Martin Chab Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malmo Sweden Posts: 103	You are the man Dominik!!!!! Great plugin!!! I´ve been playing around with it and very soon i realized the beauty of it. Gives a lot of control and can make very extreme tweaking without loosing any detail. Thanks a lot. Please continue making this kind of great plugs!!!!

September 19th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#15
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	it starts in FCP 5.1 but newer versions of the SDK expose newer functions that are only supported in the later versions of FCP