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---== Lenscare V1.5.5 for After Effects ==---
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Installation:
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1) Quit Host

	Before installation please quit After Effects, Premiere and Media Encoder



2) Install files

	MacOS:
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	The package installer will install all Lenscare files to:

		/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/frischluft
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	Windows:
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	Copy all files to:

		Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore
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	The plugins will now show up in the Effect menu under the name of Frischluft.



3) Install Key File

	On purchase you'd get a key file. This unlocks the plugins from demo mode.
	Place it into the same folder the plugins sit in. Right next to the .plugin (mac)
	or .aex (windows) files.

	Do not rename the keyfile. If it has a name different than 'Lenscare_ae.key'
	plugins will not find it and stay in demo mode.





Support:
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	Contact me about anything at: support (at) frischluft.com



Change log:
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V1.5.5:
	Depth of Field:
	- auto range now takes into consideration "infinite" values and excludes them from range.
	  renderer often put a very large constant value in the background to indicate infinity.
	  Auto range no longer uses that value as max range but the second largest.
	- auto range now also sets the display range of black and white point for more convenience
	- fixed crash in precomposed layers. A precomposed layer with
	  dof applied could crash when switching between frames
	- fixed crash in nested compositions. Putting dof on a layer, then putting that in a different
	  composition and putting dof on it as well used to crash AE

	Other:
	- fixed last version only working in MacOS 11.0 and up. Now again supporting MacOS 10.9 and up

V1.5.4:
	- fixed UI greying out of selection parameters
	- fixed caches not invalidating when registering plugin with keyfile

V1.5.3:
	- fixed random crashes in Premiere

V1.5.2:
	- fixed artifacts with custom irises. These were introduced during move to new code base.
	- fixed incorrect custom iris zoom when iris has aspect ratio != 1.
	- fixed depth picker not working correctly when resolution was downsampled
	- fixed selection show modes. They are opaque now as they should be.

V1.5.1:
	Depth of Field:
	- fixed copy&paste crash reintroduced in v1.5

	Out of Focus:
	- fixed greying out of "Outside Image" Parameters when extend is enabled

V1.5:
	Out of Focus:
	- added option to expand image
	- fixed incorrect iris smooth radius which unfortunately results
	  in slightly different blurs to the old version when using high smooth values
	- fixed some incorrect border behaviour on left side
	- fix - refraction used to be wrong on the borders when bg layer was different size
	- sped up background distortion
	- background distortion now kicks in only with slightly larger radius to avoid artifacts on radius = 0

	Depth of Field:
	- fixed bug: "take depth from" luminance used to be just the red channel
	- fixed bug when using custom iris. The radius was influenced by the
	  aspect parameter when it should not have been.
	- fixed custom iris aspect ratio bug
	- fixed crash when using custom iris

	Other:
	- moved to new code base

V1.4.12:
	- fixed crashes in windows
	- fixed outflags problem that causes errors in in older CS Versions. I.E. CC2019

V1.4.11:
	- added support for multi frame rendering (MFR)
	- added support for apple silicon CPU

V1.4.10:
	- MacOS 10.15 Comatibility added by adding certification and notarization

V1.4.9:
	- fixed crash that occured in newer CC vesions, usually when scrubbing parameters.
	- fixed problem in CS5.5 and before where a After Effects error dialog would pop up all the time.

V1.4.8:
	- added native pixel format support for Premiere
	- fixed alternative iris in out of focus being clipped to a max value of 1.0 in 32 bit mode.
	- fixed crash in out of focus in conjunction with alternative iris usage
	- fixed crash that could occur in 16 bit mode color mode

V1.4.7:
	- CS6 support
	- fix for selection where brightness is > 1

V1.4.6:
	- added custom iris to depth of field (beta status)

V1.4.5:
	- changed naming scheme to 'FL Plugin Name' to avoid confusion with existing plugins

V1.4.4:
	- 64Bit Release
	- fixed a bug in Out of Focus where in 32Bit color mode high random noise could
	  show up with high color but very low alpha values.
	- fixed aspect ratio problem with custom iris in Out of Focus

V1.4.3:
	- fixed size problem: when another plugin was applied before Lenscare that changed
						  the layers size Lenscare used only the old size.
	- Depth of Field: fixed some artefacts that occurred depending on a "bad"
					 radius, iris shape and depth buffer combination
	- Depth of Field: fixed potential crash during copy&paste or loading presets
	- Depth of Field: fixed potential crash with many cores in low memory conditions
	- Depth of Field: improved behavior with large and odd core count.
					  3 Core cpus for example will be better used more efficiently now. 
	
V1.4.2:
	- fixed crashes in Digital Fusion 5.x
	- fixed problems with highlights in Depth of Field plugin
	- more minor bug fixes

V1.41:
	- fixed a memory leak in Depth of Field introduced in V1.41

V1.4:
	- IMPORTANT: 	changed radius behavior-
		In older versions the blur radius was relative to the size of the layer applied to.
		Now the size is is always the same regardless of the layers size.
		Thus projects saved with old version will look different.
	- float color support
	- On Macintosh this plugin was build as Macho file type.
	  Thus it will not work in hosts that do not support Macho like After Effects 6.5 and below.
	  But it will work on Intel machine natively if the hosts supports it.
	- improved stability
	- better After Effects 7 sdk support


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Lenscare is a product of frischluft.com
Copyright  2025. All rights reserved.

website: www.frischluft.com
contact:  info (at) frischluft.ocm
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