How to use Redshift Depth Mattes in After Effects

[@fatjay9402]

can you make a Video how you did the whole project ?... looks kind of good

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks. I'm not sure what we're at liberty to share as far as the whole project is concerned. But I'll keep that in mind.

[@makfarik]

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[@joefondu]

Your videos deserve more views - great production quality!

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks a lot!

[@matthewsienzant8035]

That's awesome to see the behind the scenes! Andrew over at Yellow Lab shared some of this final video to see, and I was very intrigued by which render engines were done on the 3D. Thanks for confirming it was Redshift!

[@Workbenchtv]

Oh? Nice. Where was that I missed it. :) And yep, all RS.

[@matthewsienzant8035]

@@Workbenchtv just a Dropbox link. Don't think it's live yet.

[@Workbenchtv]

@@matthewsienzant8035 Oh ok, yeah. I thought you meant out in the wild! I mean technically, it's already been out there.

[@BoldBreak]

Really like this!! Great to see the worklfow!!

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks! I wish that weren't the workflow, but it worked. 😂

[@BoldBreak]

@@Workbenchtv I know that feeling!!!

[@eddytheeditor]

Interesting vid. Would love you guys to do a video on how to use Redshift depth mattes in conjuction with motion vectors for RSMB in Ae. I just can't figure out the best way to add both depth of field and motion blur in post!

[@Workbenchtv]

Noted. :)

[@GargoylesAtWork]

Hey Joe, may I have your permission to use a screen capture of your screen in one of my tutorials? I would like to show the small swatch utility that you have open - Fusion doesnt have a built in tool for that. I made one myself that I have been using, and I am gonna give the script to my viewers for free. And I wanted to reference whats available in AE. Please and thank you? (refering to the left bottom of your screen where theres a swatch thingie)

[@Workbenchtv]

I don't mind, but it's not really mine. It's Labels from aescripts.

[@GargoylesAtWork]

@@Workbenchtv Awesome, thank you for letting me know what it is! I will reference them in my video as well.

[@Workbenchtv]

@@GargoylesAtWork Awesome!

[@Enflict]

These things make me want to learn expressions because I always get lost at those parts, but I failed every coding class I ever took.

[@Workbenchtv]

They're supremely useful, especially for situations like this one. Check out the stuff Sergei has put out @ukramedia he's good at making things really clear.

[@Enflict]

Thanks, I'll check that out! Much appreciated.

[@Workbenchtv]

@@Enflict Sergei and his brother are excellent people. I know them personally.

[@saadshah7857]

Interesting!

[@Workbenchtv]

What you'll be more interested to know is that the EXR performance in Resolve was way better, so for the future I might at least process those there if not comp the entire thing in Fusion. I could nearly play it back realtime. I did comp something together in an edit though and my machine slowed down a lot for a Fusion comp I would've thought would be simple in AE but I might've built it in an inefficient manner. That was an experiment for me. I'll have to mess with it more!

[@saadshah7857]

@@Workbenchtv I had no idea you were cheating on AE with Fusion on the side. Aha!

[@Workbenchtv]

@@saadshah7857 Always have an exit strategy.

[@saadshah7857]

@@Workbenchtv haha. What are you using, studio or free 16? I know you have mentioned before that you use the color page in DR sometimes.

[@Workbenchtv]

@@saadshah7857 Resolve Studio 16. I just upgraded. I've almost bought it like 5 times, but I didn't feel like waiting to receive the code. I also didn't realize it was a completely different version. That whole process is very clunky. Other than that, it's great. I've used a few of the extra features already and I'm impressed.