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This allows the post-production and rendering process to work in parallel, creating a highly optimized workflow that saves a great amount of time.
Setting the project
To match the Maxwell Render quality and color configuration, you must set the color settings of the After Effects project with the following values:
- Depth: 32 bits per channel.
- Working space: Color space used in the Tone Mapping section in Maxwell Render (sRGB IEC61966-2.1 by default).
- Linearize working space: On.
Plug-in modules
The plug-in comes with two components: the MXI Reader and the MXI Extractor.
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- Render channel
- Light channels (if Multilight was enabled).
- Alpha channel
- Object ID channel
- Material ID channel
- Shadow channel
- Motion channel
- Roughness channel
- Z-buffer channel
- Fresnel channel
- Normals channel
- Position channel
Creating comps from an MXI footage
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Multilight comp. Note that the light buffers are blended in “linear dodge” mode
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In Windows, when we create comps from a single MXI (not a footage) using “File --> Create Maxwell MXI Comps”, a dialog will appear asking for the duration of the comp in seconds. |