by NT Productions·Color Grading
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Earns its place in the aescripts library as a straightforward luminance-driven recolouring effect that spans both After Effects and Premiere Pro.
False Colour is an effect from NT Productions that changes the colours of different parts of an image based on luminance. The blending and randomise values are adjustable, and changing them produces many different looks from the same source.
Beyond After Effects, the effect also runs in Premiere Pro. Support spans a wide range of releases of both applications, from CC 2014 up through the 2020, 2021 and 2022 versions. Version 1.1 added M1/ARM support, so it runs on Apple silicon machines.
It sits in the aescripts library as a luminance-based colour effect, and a demo video is available. Because the randomise values can be changed, a single clip can take on a range of colour treatments. Adjustable blending gives you further control over the result.
False Colour is best for artists who want to recolour footage by luminance and generate varied colour looks in After Effects or Premiere Pro.
False Colour is completely free to download and use.
False Colour runs in Adobe Premiere Pro as well as After Effects. On the Premiere side, compatibility covers the 2022, 2021 and 2020 releases along with CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015 and CC 2014. That gives you the same luminance-based recolouring inside Premiere, where you can adjust the blending and randomise values to shift the result. If you split work between the two applications, the effect is available in both, so you are not tied to one host for this particular look.
False Colour added M1/ARM support in version 1.1, released on August 16, 2022, so it runs on Apple silicon machines. Earlier builds predate that support, which means the current version is the one to use on M1 and later Apple hardware. Aside from the platform support, the effect itself changes the colours of different parts of an image based on luminance, with adjustable blending and randomise values. For the latest build and any further platform details, check the developer's page on aescripts.
False Colour supports a wide span of After Effects versions, from CC 2014 through CC 2015, CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018 and CC 2019, up to the 2020, 2021 and 2022 releases. Whether you are on an older CC install or a more recent build, the effect should load. Version 1.1 also added M1/ARM support for Apple silicon. Beyond that range, the same effect is available in Premiere Pro across a matching set of versions, so you can apply the luminance-based recolouring in either application.
False Colour is listed as free here in the catalog. Pricing and licensing can change over time, so for the current terms and to download the effect, head to the developer's page on aescripts. There you will also find the version 1.1 build, which added M1/ARM support, along with the demo video. The effect works in both After Effects and Premiere Pro across a broad range of releases, changing the colours of different parts of an image based on luminance with adjustable blending and randomise values.
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