CC Simple Wire Removal Tool

[skellyfilms3942]

When I try to apply the effect to a composition, the whole composition turns to black. And if it doesn't turn the whole comp black, it will turn it upside down, backwards and purple. Why?

Running a MacPro 3,1

CS6

quad core 2.8 x 2

6 gig Ram

video card is a ati radeon hd2600 xt

OS 10.6.8

AE setting are default

[alexdejesus]

E-mail: support@cycorefx.com

Phone: +46-(0)18-50 90 40

Fax: +46-(0)18-444 40 41

I emailed late afternoon and got an answer the following morning. Great support

[mikekang]

Having the same issue. Currently using the plug-in from my 5.5 folder as a workaround.

Windows 7 (all updates current)

Nvidia GTX 570 (current drivers)

AE CS6 11.0.2.12

[Todd_Kopriva]

We're looking into this.

[ncpfilmmaker]

Has a fix, patch, or workaround been created or located as of yet? I've just purchased the CS6 Production Premium Suite and am sorely disapointed to see that I cannot remove hot pixels from my Canon footage as previously believed.

[PaddPro]

Got some phone pole wires to get rid of. Searched around, found recs for CC Simple Wire R. Looked for help. Everybody said "hey, it's easy". OK, load up footage, drop effect thereupon. Lo and behold! Totally black everywhere on timeline. OK, it's easy. I must be...missing something. Then found this thread to which I contribute the following:

Win 7 all updates

AE 11.0.2.12

NVIDIA gtx 670 (current driver)

1. If I drop the CC SWR onto timeline, whole composition first appears to turn black; scrubbing the timeline shows black until stop scrubbing at which point upside down, backwards, and purple appear.

2. Following Brandon Freeman's idea of using 5.5 ver of plug-in yields same result (step 3. not verified as this was all done with CS6 plug-in restored (always reloading AE after each change to the plug-in)/

3. And finally, there seems to be some kind of pair pattern of the black/purple depending on where you start (black or purple), which removal style you force to purple by scrubbing... here are a few results

Disp hor	black
Disp	black
Frame	black
Fade	purple
Frame	purple
Fade	purple
Displace	black
Disp hor	black
Disp hor	purple
Disp	black
Frame	black
Fade	purple

In other words, start with the first four combo, then, with Frame selected as removal style, force the purple by scrubbing. Other removal styles behave as shown. Ditto for Disp Hor.

[JakeHuddleston]

Any bug fix/solution for this problem yet? 

[PaddPro]

A bit more info. While I couldn't seem to solve the problem moving 5.5 plug-in to 6, I found that by running the older 5.5 version I could use cc simple wire removal without the black/purple problems showing up in AE. However, taking the successful 5.5 comp into either Premier Pro 6 or Media Encoder 6, brings a problem of purplish overcast. Quite surprised at this; in order to get this plug-in to successfulily work, it is necessary to totally return to 5.5. BTW, simple wire removal is both simple and, in this instance, quite successful (as long as we stick to 5.5!!)

[cs6isunstable]

Hey guys. Just curious if this is a planned fix. Long time user of CS5.5 at work. Signed up for creative cloud and it's been just awful.

Apologies for the screen name. I tried all the other screen names I use, which I can't believe would have been taken, none worked. This one took. Funny.

cheers

[magnificent_Dolphin0D45]

Is there a fix now for Win 64? I'm having serious deadline trouble here!

[koa@juno.com]

I contacted Cycore via email

E-mail: support@cycorefx.com

They got back to me within a couple business hours and sent me a BETA version of Simple Wire Remove plug in. I installed it and it works fine for hot pixel fix.

Just locate the existing one in your system and copy and paste in the new version. ( I located the Cycore folder with a simple search on my C: drive )

Windows 7, 64 bit

[mrwitte]

I did the same thing.  Cycore very helpfully and quickly got back to me with the beta plugin, which worked well for wire removal.

However, if the correlation I'm seeing actually indicates causation, it also appears to have screwed up the clone stamp tool, as well as keyframe function in renders (but not RAM previews, oddly).  These issues occurred on both my work Mac and my home PC and I spent a bit of time this last week trying to figure out what was wrong.

Simply deleting the plugin from the folder didn't fix things so I did a full AE reinstall at home (I'll be doing the same at work tomorrow morning), which brought me back to normal export function again.  Just letting you know that it looks like they may still have some work to do before the plugin is ready for prime time (they told me it was beta!) and that your mileage may vary.

[Jedihopper]

I have the same issue with the black screen, should it not be easy just to get an working version of the simplewireremoval.aex file? or an small update to download.

[alexdejesus]

Very easy. Just email support@cycorefx.com They should send you a beta version with instructions on how to install it. Basically just replace your current .aex file with the new one and restart the program.

[mrwitte]

Just be certain to do a system backup before putting the beta plugin in the folder - unless you're OK with potentially reinstalling After Effects.

[alexdejesus]

Always good advice to backup, but being just a plugin, all I did was go into the proper AE folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\Plug-ins\Effects\CycoreFXHD put the original file "SimpleWireRemove" on my desktop (don't delete it) and pasted the new file in its place.

[mrwitte]

Exactly what I did.  So good luck to you!

[Jedihopper]

I got the file from the support, I just named the old aex to .old and copied the new one into the folder and now it works. Really fast support

[TheIMR]

I also got the older file from support - they responded within the hour.  Thanks Cycore!  All is well now.

[Todd_Kopriva]

We've gotten a new and fixed version of this effect into the next version of After Effects, too, as indicated in the notable bug fixes at the end of this page:

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/04/whats-new-changed-after-effects-next.html

[TheMachineRoom]

SOLVED!

Had the same issue... tried all of the above but then when the "purple" issue was mentioned I recalled a while ago Premiere had a "purple" render issue..and the solution was to apply a "crop" filter to your footage... so I tried to apply a Square Mask to my AE footage and VIOLA! Filter works all is well.

Hope this help another beady-eyed midnight working artist like myself somehere...

[mookwe]

There is another solution, If you are having CS5.

Just copy and past the effect from the CS5 to the CS6 folder. Worked for me.

[Todd_Kopriva]

We'll be fixing this in a bug-fix update for After Effects CS6 soon.

[Todd_Kopriva · Accepted solution]

Adobe After Effects CS6 (11.0.3) has been released. This update fixes many crashes and other bugs, including this issue with the CC Simple Wire Removal effect.

Details: http://adobe.ly/AE_CS6_1103

Also, this fix is in After Effects CC (12.0).