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September 19, 2023
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Embossing render bug. My coloured shapes get white and black lines on the sides.

  • September 19, 2023
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Not sure what is causing this issue but I have had this problem for years and always ended up ignoring it. Never found any video or discussion on this topic. Don't really know how to describe the issue either - so bare with me.

 

Please look at the letters above. These are simple shape layers with one colour fill and without any effects. If you look closely you can see a lighter colour on the left and a darker colour on the right. It becomes almost like an embossing of the shapes which is why I chose to call it the "Embossing render bug".

 

I have tried:

  • Bumping up my bit-depth in my colour settings
  • RGB Straight
  • "Remove colour matting" effect
  • Scaling up my compositions to very high resolutions
  • Rendering with After Effects renderer and Media Encoder
  • Many different file formats
  • All sorts of colour/video settings in both After Effects and Media Encoder

 

Nothing has worked for me so far and I would really appreciate a solution. Please let me know if you are experiencing this issue too because I can't find this issue anywhere else and I don't understand how nobody else has this bug.

 

Thanks in advance,

Seba

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Community Expert
September 20, 2023

Open your Info panel. Set the display to Decimal using the three-line icon at the top right corner of the Info panel.

 

Move your selection tool (v) over the colored areas of your images. I find no difference at all in the color values. I suspect you may have a monitor problem. 

 

 

Big SebAuthor
Participant
September 20, 2023

Thanks for your reply Rick. I can't find any unwanted colours either when using your method. I have seen these lines on more than 5 screens so I am pretty sure it is not a monitor problem.

 

This is why I believe it is a render problem. Just so you understand what I'm referring to - I'm talking about the very thin line on the border between the colour and the white background. Literally 1 pixel.