Knoll Unmult: Free CS5-ready Plug-in
By Aharon Rabinowitz
Published on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
By Aharon Rabinowitz
Published on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
If you watched episode 47 of Red Giant TV, aside from being humbled by the amazingness of Tiny Inventions, you may also have caught a notation about Knoll Unmult – a free plug-in for removing black backgrounds and generating mattes. Here is a 3-minute excerpt from the tutorial that explains what it does and how it works:
iPod/iPad-Friendly version on Vimeo.
Since then, we’ve had a lot of requests for a CS5-ready version. So, rather than waiting until it came up in our release schedule, our engineering team got cracking, and pushed it forward – just for you! No joke.
It’s still FREE, and you can get it here.
Have fun!
August 17th, 2010 at 10:25 am
In which case is this different from “Set Matte”-effect or making a Luma-Matte based on it self?
Regards
August 18th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
@Twinkle:
I just downloaded it to test. It is slightly different, to a degree that I think it makes it more than trivial.
Applying unmult on an image, then placing a black solid behind it, makes it appear as the original image did.
December 28th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
thanks
September 19th, 2011 at 2:46 am
Hi Guys.
I can’t get unmult to install on CS5.5. Is there any reason for this? It just doesn’t show up in AE no matter where I try and install it.
November 5th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Hey,
Having the same problem with CS.5 its not showing up in the effects tab any solutions to this.
I put the plugin into /Applications/After effects 5.5/Plugins
November 8th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Fred,
Unmult should be located here: Applications\Adobe After Effects CS5.5\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\
Here are some FAQ’s that should be able to help
Mac:
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/support/faq/product-specific/knoll-light-factory/225/
Windows:
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/support/faq/product-specific/knoll-light-factory/226/
Contact our support team if you need further assistance.
Thank you,
Kaylinn
redgiantsoftware.com
December 26th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
dope