Adobe Kuler is a great resource for color themes that is perfectly integrated in all Adobe CS4 software - except for After Effects. But this has changed now. In this tutorial, Mathias Möhl shows how you can use his brand-new script "Chameleon - The Adobe Kuler Color Theme Browser" to work with Kuler color themes in After Effects. Apply a new color theme with just one click and all colors of your composition update automatically.
Requirements
- Chameleon You can download the script here.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Rahul October 5th
Cool..
( )Ben Morgan October 5th
haven’t watched the tut yet, but I’m glad to see Kuler getting a mention. It’s such an awesome tool, something that all of us should have in our arsenal.
( )ka October 5th
realy nice plugin + tut
( )mike October 5th
Very Cool, Thank You
( )illd October 5th
Very nifty solution and well explained tutorial. I think this will be handy in situations with a close deadline. But it won`t win a design price with its automatic colour distribution
. Iit´s really great that its possible to import more than one schemes – great timesaver, thank you Mathias.
( )Eran Stern October 5th
Mathias, This is a fantastic tool – good work and very clever thinking of the various possibilities, I salute you
( )Sal October 5th
Mathias,
Thank you very much for a wonderful plugin and for this marvelous tutorial. You are an excellent teacher. I can not believe how much I learned from this one tutorial. I love how you combined two tuts and created practically a whole color correction application.
Again Thank you
( )Satya Meka October 5th
Great! Now I can submit mine too…ha ha
( )Mathias Möhl October 5th
Yes, I am really courious and looking forward to it!
( )John Dickinson October 5th
Nice work Mathias, this will be very useful. Best wishes, John Dickinson
( )Chris Martin October 5th
Way to go Mathias! Very clever…
( )Carlo October 5th
Thanks Mathias.
( )This have been a missing feature in AE for so long!
Love the shuffle buttons.
Will October 5th
This sounds like something I’ve been looking for…for ages! Sure would come in handy in many a project.
( )Craig October 5th
Very, VERY useful.
Thank you!
( )Massfocus October 5th
This is just Brilliant work! ! ! ! ….
( )ckRED October 5th
Fantastic! I used to relate to a Kuler color scheme in AE but I always had to do manual color picking and save each layout to get back to it in case I changed to another color theme, this will totally change workflow!! Thanks Mathias, awesome!
( )LD October 6th
Very cool. So much better than taking the long way around like I used to!
( )Thanks!!!
Vikash Verma October 6th
Well i am still learning…… But thx……..
( )Jan October 6th
sweet! thanks a lot, thats gonna save a lot of time!
( )wesamnet October 6th
good work
( )peter lerche October 6th
super sache ! auf so ein “plugin” hab ich gewartet. gute idee. (aber dachte bisher immer kuler würde sich wie colour sprechen?”
( )grüße und mehr von solchen scripts !
IANH - BR October 6th
interesting…
( )heezo October 6th
Funny. I always pronounced it “color”, not “cooler”
( )Klas October 6th
Great stuff!!
I always use kuler…this will really make the workflow easier.
Thanks Mathias for a brilliant script and a great tutorial.
//Klas
( )Tom Ellingsen October 6th
Man, this will be freakishly helpful for motion graphics. Thanks a lot, Mathias! You da MAN!
( )Ross October 6th
I have been waiting for this, Thank you!… Does this work with CS3
( )Mathias Möhl October 7th
Yes, it works with CS3/CS4 and both Win/MacOS.
( )Sparrow October 7th
Great stuff for image modifications and editing… for purists like me, this is a very good opportunity to learn things. Thanks.
( )Loay Emad October 8th
It’s amazing but I thought from the beginning that it’s a free Script but It’s actually not.
( )anyways, Thanks
Mathias Möhl October 9th
If is “pay what you want”. If you want to pay nothing, change the price to 0$. So it is free. Anyway, if youo like it and want to invite me to a beer, change the price to the price of a beer and not to 0$
( )Nate October 8th
i loaded it, gave it the right folder, followed instructions and then opened Ae. How do I get the Kuler window to open in Ae? I have the desktop Kuler open I just need the Kuler in Ae to appear somehow. thanks
( )Adam Everett Miller October 8th
Did you actually run the script?
( )Mathias Möhl October 9th
If the script is in the script is in the scriptUI panels folder, you can open the script window over the window menue (in the last entries of the window menue)
( )Edshoe October 11th
Very useful in motion graphics and any artiste dealing with it has to have this great tool!
( )Michael Kemper October 14th
This is a great use of kuler! Always happy to see others creating new fun stuff with that app. Thanks!
( )crumpy October 14th
Thanks, Mathias. Another really useful script for the tool box. I was a little bummed that we can’t open the Kuler extension in AE like you can in other CS4 products. So this remedies half the problem. Thanks.
( )Edward October 18th
This seems to be efficient and time-saving,as well as very nifty and being upto tasks. Having Kuler will definitely give a boost to my work!
( )CG tutorials November 17th
I am a big fan of all your tutorials and everything. It has helped me a lot so far, and I plan to take up Film Editing and Special Effects as a career. Well, great work man!
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