Floating in 32-bit Space (where no one can hear you scream)

Update: I've added a bunch of links contributed by Ben Grossman.

Sure, you might have been able to use 32-bit/HDR/float in After Effects 6.5 by using Stu Maschwitz's plugin eLin, but if you're anything like me, you never got around to it.

It wasn't until the 32-bit mode in the AE 7.0 beta that I finally took the plunge and "saw the light."

Here are a few starting points that explain the workflow in AE 7.0 Pro:

• CreativeCow.net tutorial: HDR Imagery and 32 BPC


• TotalTraining's GuruLounge: 32-bit image processing


• Adobe Resource Center: Work with natural light in HDR
  


• fxguide's podcast interview with Stu Maschwitz


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 1


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 1.5


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 2


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 3


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 4


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 5


• Stu Maschwitz: Linear Color Workflow in AE 7, part 6


• Dave Simons from the AE team: HDR Demo at MGLA meeting


• Steve Kilisky and Dave Simons from the AE team interviewed on fxguide's podcast


• High-speed Conversion of Floating Point Images to 8-bit


• XSI Wiki: Gamma, Linear Color Space and HDR


• Frequently Asked Questions about Gamma (PDF)


• Gamma-Correct Rendering


• Linear Workflow in 3DSMax and VRay


• Stu Maschwitz: Color correction in linear vs. gamma corrected space


• XSI Blog: Gamma, Linear Color Space and HDR, Part I


• Tips & Techniques for HDR inside Cinema 4D


• Paul Debevec, inventor of HDRI

These tutorial movies for the (now unnecessary) eLin plugin will also give you an aha-thaaaat's-what-it's-good-for moment even though they discuss a lot of LUT layers that are no longer used since that functionality is now handled by AE internally.

- Jonas