![]() You do get bars overlaid with the name of any missing footage, but I’ve never been sure how ‘correct’ they are. AFAIK, neither After Effects nor Finesse has any provision to purposely generate color bars. You didn’t say where your color bars originate. My guess is that it can be implemented in a small chip these days. (Although I did find numerous references in google just now.) Devices to generate precise color bars used to be expensive rack-mounted hardware involving temperature-controlled ovens for the internal reference clock. It is a very-precisely defined standard “owned” by the SMPTE, which is one reason it may be difficult to find. IIRC, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) refers to this test pattern as Engineering Guideline EG1-1990. SMPTE color bars is a television test pattern used where the NTSC video standard is common. Does anyone have a direct link to an offical SMPTE color bar that I can download? I kept thinking there was something wrong with my color bars, but I’ve compared it to other ones I have and it seems correct. Last, I was shocked to see how difficult it is to find an OFFICAL SMPTE color bar on the internet. I have no idea why I am seeing this on my scopes in After Effects! Has anyone else come across this? Here is the exact SMPTE Color bar I am using as my official reference in After Effects: This is where it’s wrong on the scope in Color Finesse 3: ![]() The settings I have for the Color Finesse 3 in the preferences is: Here is the output of the Color Finesse 3 Luma scope for the levels:Ĭolor Finesse 3 SMPTE Color Bars Luma Scope ![]() Out of After Effects, I have run the SMPTE Color Bars through other scopes and they appear correct.Īnd, I seriously have spent a few hours fiddiling with After Effects to figure out why the scope levels are so very off? I have no idea! I’ve given up. I am getting wrong SMPTE Color Bars in the scopes for the After Effect’s Color Finesse 3 Plugin. ![]()
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