[Installing the Composite Brush Plug-in]
Adobe official install instructions:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/plug-ins.html
To install on Windows:
Take the file: CompositeBrush.aex
Drag it into : Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <version>\Support Files\Plug-ins
To install on Mac:
Take the file:CompositeBrush.plugin
Drag it into: Applications/Adobe After Effects <version>/Plug-ins
Restart After Effects.
Find the plugin under Effects/Vranos/Composite Brush
[Installing the presets script]
Adobe official installation instructions:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/scripts.html
Aescripts script installation instructions.
https://aescripts.com/knowledgebase/index/view/faq/how-to-install-and-run-scripts/
To install on Windows:
Take the file: CompositeBrush_Presets.jsxbin
Drag it into: Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects <version>\Support Files\Scripts\Script UI Panels
To install on Mac:
Take the file: CompositeBrush_Presets.jsxbin
Drag it into: Applications/Adobe After Effects <version>/Scripts/Script UI Panels
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26_10_2018 1.0.0
Initial Release
09_11_2018 - 1.1.0
Increased precision by default. This should make your key more accurate by default without having to think about it. The disadvantage is the Plug-in will store more stroke points by default, and decrease render speed with many strokes. After some consideration, we decided the higher precision was the lesser of two evils, because most people would rather just get an accurate key easily, and as they get more comfortable with the Plug-in, learn how to optimize results later.
Improved selections in Linear workflows.
Set decimal level precision for blurring a selection. Before it was constrained to 1 pixel, 2 pixels, 3 pixels, etc... Now you can blur by 1.0 pixels, 1.1 pixels, 1.2 pixels, etc...
26_11_2018 1.2.0
Added "Previous Effects" Transfer mode. This makes it so the effects before Composite Brush are matted within your selection.
Added "Replace Alpha" Transfer mode. This transfer mode ignores the alpha channel before it, and creates an alpha channel from the current selection. The intention is to allow the user to animate a key over time.
Removed "Alpha Minimax" and replaced with "Matte Choke".
11.01.2019 - 1.3.0
[New features]
- Hair (v1.3) selection style.
- Matte Invert checkbox.
- Restore RGB transfer mode.
- Restore RGBA transfer mode.
[Improvements]
- Expanding the range of Matte Choker to be [-1000 .. 1000].