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Ultimatte Plugins for Adobe Premiere
4/15/97
Ultimattes Adobe Premiere Plug-Ins: These 3 plug-ins are demo versions of the plug-ins that are included in our 'Ultimatte for Windows 95/NT' product. They will run in Adobe Premiere 4.0 or higher. You install the plug-ins by dragging them into Adobe Premieres plug-ins folder. The next time you launch Premiere 'Ultimatte' and 'Screen Correction' will appear in the Transitions window. 'Grain Killer' will appear in the Filters menu.
The 'Ultimatte' plug-in is the core plug-in within the plug-in set. It is the blue/green screen image compositing plug-in. However, the 'Screen Correction' plug-in which helps eliminate uneven lighting and anamolies in the blue screen and 'Grain Killer' which helps eliminate grain/electronic noise in the blue screen area are both important parts of this package. These other two plug-ins are part of what seperates us from the other "keying" tools on the market.
We have provided sample images to help demo the plug-ins, but we encourage you to experiment using your own images. To demo the 'Ultimatte' plug-in, place the foreground 1 image on Track A. Place the background image on Track B. Drag the 'Ultimatte Demo' transition from the transition window and place it on the transition track. Double click the transition, then press the Custom Settings button. The 'Ultimatte' dialog box will be displayed. Use the Eye Dropper tool to select an area of the blue backing. The Backing Color button will become enabled. Press the Backing Color button. You can now use the pull down menu in the top right corner to change the view between the Foreground, Matte, Background, and Composite images. Pressing on the HELP button in the top left corner will display help about the currently displayed menu.
This demo has a completely operational user interface, however the rendering portion has been disabled so you will only be able to view your results from within the dialog boxes preview window. The 'Screen Correction' plug-in has also been implemented as a transition and has the same look and feel as the 'Ultimatte' plug-in. To demo this plug-in, follow the same steps listed above except use the screen correction image instead of the background image.
The 'Grain Killer' plug-in is a filter, not a transition. It is a filtering process that only operates on the foreground image. To invoke the 'Grain Killer Demo' plug-in, select the foreground 1 image. Use the Clip/Filters menu to display the filters dialog box. Select the 'Grain Killer Demo' filter. The 'Grain Killer' dialog box will be displayed. If you have already used the 'Ultimatte' and 'Screen Correction' plug-ins, then this interface will look and feel very familiar. Use the Eye Dropper tool to select a backing color, the Backing Color button will become enabled. Press the Backing Color button. Change the control menu from the Black Matte menu to the Filter Area menu. Use the view menu to view the Filter Area. In this view, the blue screen area should be white, but it probably is not, and the foreground objects should be black. Use the Eye Dropper tool to select areas that should be white, because they represent the blue screen, but are black. Press the Screen Values button. Continue to do this until all areas that should be white are white. Now view the Filtered Foreground. Use the Wipe tool to wipe between the Foreground and the Filtered Foreground to see the impact of 'Grain Killer'. If you like what you see and are interested in purchasing 'Ultimatte for Windows 95/NT', contact Ultimatte at:
