Comments on: CE PixelSampler

By: Ed Octoor

Ed Octoor — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:39:04 +0000

I am SO Embarrassed… and am looking for a ROCK to craw under…

I found my error here….
I browse to my
“Adobe…support Files” and click install… and I get the following error

I should have…..
Browse to my
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS4” and click install, and all was fine…

I am going back to the FlashLight Tutorial even though I wouldn’t be able to publish any of my work using a Demo TrapCons Lux or Shine pluggin because they have this big
RED CROSS… ummm maybe I should create pluggin and flood the internet with free pluggins like you.

Thank you for your tutorials…

By: Ed Octoor

Ed Octoor — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:55:17 +0000

I have OLD programming experience can you please include a Manual method of installing your plugins, as I would work an hour just to be able to do your tutorials.. but if you use your pluggin in your tutorials and if I can not install it… it makes me really really sad.. I find your tutorials very interesting and I like that you talk … and think-out-loud etc… Crtl+home to center.. see I am learning..

I searched for “PresetEffects.xml” and verified that is
was Writeable…:
I installed your installer; I go to properties; to find the actual program exe; I run as admin… I double click on cePixelSampler.polyCE; I browse to my
“Adobe…support Files” and click install… and I get the following error

“Install Failed! Check if your After Effects installation directory is selected correctly and try again.”

So my Tutorial has a red X because I can not afford LUX or SHINE and now the installer doesn’t have manual instructions. Am I crazy, or is it true that I have to pay more for a collection of plugins than I did for the actual Adobe Program, I am starting to loose interest.. really fast.

By: Jerzy Drozda Jr

Jerzy Drozda Jr — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:25:25 +0000

Just like I replied before – I have never experienced this “bug” myself, and I’d like to point out that I was changing workstations 2 times since publishing this tutorial. The point is that I cant even start to imagine how to fix something I haven’t seen.

You can try clicking on the layer, making sure all the the little visual widgets (like masks paths and stuff) are on. Maybe try to create a new Shape layer, then delete it’s content, so that you’re left with an empty layer, and apply the CE PixelSampler to it?

I have no clue. Those are just random guesses. If any of these helps let us know. Thanks.

By: Gabriel Spada

Gabriel Spada — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:36:13 +0000

Congratulations for the site… Your work really helped me a lot.
But now I have a problem, my height and weight square are missing on pixel sampler (as some people already stated this problem here b4), everything works perfectly fine, it’s just a bit annoying that I can’t see exactly what tha hack am I sampling.
Since other people also had this problem and I doubt it is any mistake by maltaannon, my bet it is that any update screwed it since there were no problems b4… If anyone found out a solution I’d be glad to hear it.
By the way, I’m using CS4 on a Mac if it is of any help.

By: SOSA

SOSA — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:44:03 +0000

custom effects are awesome!!! keep them coming!!!thanxs

By: Lorenzone

Lorenzone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:43:57 +0000

Hi Jerzy, I can’t find the XML file, only the ffx and a .polyCE.
Many Thanks for all your tutorials, i’m learning a lot. You disserve a donation on every work done with your presets, and so i will do.

By: ali

ali — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:12:56 +0000

thank

By: HS: Bad chroma key | maltaannon.com

HS: Bad chroma key | maltaannon.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:53 +0000

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By: marilou

marilou — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:08:11 +0000

hello from Paris, we are realy trying all that we can to make you pixel preset works BUT ther is one problem,when i go to: Effects-Keylight-screen color…there is no pick quick tool!!!!
driving me crazyyy, i’m so sad!
Ok so ther is a pickquick tool in Effects-pixelsampler-sample color…and when i link it to keylight sceen color the message is: thisComp.layer(“sansfond01.mov”).effect(“Keylight (1.2)”)(“Screen Colour”)….
thank you ry very much for all that you’ve already done…i hope it’s not to late for you to ansewer!!!
marilou

By: Jerzy

Jerzy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:02:13 +0000

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