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I'm finally finding some time to experiment with the various built-in FX and filters. In reading the manual and experimenting it seems there is a lot of power hidden in these that is not clear to many new users. Sometimes the names are pretty generic, other times there are many complicated parameters. One thing I've always missed in Mistika was some form of Frequency Separation to even out skin. Resolve has a new Blur/Sharpen effect that is divided into three bands. In reading the manual and playing with the Enhance filter, it seems Mistika too has that already built-in. You just have to stack multiple Enhance filters and setup the RadL/RadH accordingly. Is that a co…

[RELEASE] Mistika Boutique 8.10 is now available! Hi everyone! The latest version of Mistika Boutique is now available offering its users upgraded HDR workflows, expanded hardware and RAW formats support, exciting new features and many other enhancements and stability improvements made throughout the software. As usual, all the upgrades added to Mistika Boutique are available to all active users at no extra cost as a part of SGO Loyalty Rewards Program. In this video, you'll find explained in more detail what is new in this version New Features: The latest ARRI, Sony, Canon and RED SDK supported. Improvements: The FX Filte…

I'm using the Vector Paint/Clone tool to remove some skin blemishes. Works quite well, including the tracking if there is a small number of blemishes, and can save the trip through VFX software. One question: I have one blemish where the person's hand is moving in front of it part of the clip (occlusion). So I used the clone brush, tracked the blemish and copied the track which applies the clone to every frame. What's the best way of suppressing the clone brush for select frames? In my case the clip has 46 frames, and I want the clone be seen in frame 9-46, but not 0-8. I tried selectively removing these keyframes, without luck. Looks like the opacity can only b…

Just looking for a way to stop the composer from trying to show an image, so I can get some work done and arrange things in the timeline. I'm working with really large resolution, so every time I move the cursor or change any parameter, I'm waiting 20-40 seconds before I can do anything again. Is there something comparable to Nuke's Pause update feature? Right now, I move the red cursor off of the footage and I can do that, but then getting it back to where I want also takes a while. Any help would be appreciated as I can't find anything like this in the manual. I'm probably just not familiar with the language or terms that Mistika uses.

Tried to figure this out the last 20min, and can't spot it. Maybe someone knows? I imported some RED Dragon footage (4608x2160). I setup the project settings to that same resolution. The clip loads and plays fine, but for some reason it's coming into Mistika at half-resolution. Also on the display it plays in the center of the monitor with black framing equal to half the resolution. Here's what the clip attributes say, and here's the 'rescaled message' in the visual editor. Of course I can use a framing effect to adjust it, but I'm concerned that the clip somehow got loaded wrong and the framing effect will stretch a rescaled image instead of native resolution. …

Would it be possible to get a short tutorial / example on how to use Mocha Pro. I tried a remove yesterday, and while Mocha Pro did it's job, I couldn't get the results back into Mistika. I know it's supported, but I must be doing something wrong. I first tried it on some 4K footage, to remove a small tattoo on person's arm. It was only 15 frames. I added the footage and the Mocha effect, it loaded fine, did the remove, closed Mocha and selected 'Render=yes' and 'Module=remove' and the UI becomes very unresponsive. Monitoring system activity it's not clear if it's rendering in the background or not. Eventually I got some partial output on on some frames. Th…

I've been trying to get a conform to work from Premiere, and so far it's been failing pretty miserably. I get *some* of the files to link, but there's a series of cutaway shots in the edit that didn't link at all... We've been trying a few options, but one question is which XML format should I ask the editor to use? Is there only one option in Premiere? 3A3F3A_PU.xml 3A_PU.edl 3A3F3A_PU.aaf Evil_Dead_Escape_Room.xml

Hi guys Is there a way of enabling disabling stabilize in Boutique after i've run a stabilize? I want to basically see what the stabilize is doing to the image. Like and A/B before after. Cheers Loren

There was a previous discussion about improving the license tool to avoid the hiccups during the monthly renewal and when using Mistika on laptops why may change network settings. I'd like to add one more request to that list - remote floating licenses, or at least little sibling licenses. The scenario: My main grading system is in my office. However, since my office is a tad far from many of my clients, I started putting together a second laptop based system which I can take to client's offices for supervised sessions. Because I don't have network connectivity to my office when I'm at a client, under the current licensing setup I need to maintain two full licen…

I was playing around with the Tangent Mapper for some custom mappings. I think I read in another thread that SGO is considering a new layout. The one thing that bugs me about the default layout is that for the keyer it's hard to setup the initial values. Specifically with Lum/Sat defaulting to a narrow band and being on separate pages it's too slow to dial in a key. At the same time I love how Mistika uses the track balls in different context to speed things up, like window size and position. So here is my new Tangent mapping for keyer inputs on the trackballs, extending on the existing Hue Angle. Now it's super fast to setup a new key: Left Trackball: …

Mistika Boutique 8.8.2 is now available! Hi Mistika Boutique Community! Here you'll find the release notes of this new version. As usual, all the exciting new features and upgrades added to Mistika Boutique are available to all Boutique active users at no extra cost New Features: Video Board autodetection. Added VLOG-L Mode Panasonic in Unicolor effect. Support for Sony X-OCN codec. Support for Neat Video version 5. Fixes: 2235 Change Request: Grade Effect has been renamed as Gradient. 2250 VR Stitch Effect is now faster when more than 32 inputs are used. 2277 Fixed XML co…

I haven't been able to get my Tangent Wave 2 to work with Mistika Boutique... is there a config step that I might have missed? I followed the instructions in the document I found, launching the Tangent application and adding Mistika there. The app seems to be detecting Mistika, but the panel isn't connecting. It connects to Scratch without a hitch, so at least I know that the physical connections are good. Thans!

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has come across a tutorial on how to track and clone (paint) in Mistika? I'd like to do some object and logo removal. Thanks, Craig

Hello. Two questions: - Is the a way of applying a Divide operation between two inputs? Can not find it in the Comp3D node. - Is it possible two get the GLSL node to take two inputs? I can see I can connect several inputs in the node graph, but can not find an example of how to specify these in the internal code. Cheers! A

HI there, I'm after any advice on a way to be able to pull a difference key on Mistika. I can use the channels effect to isolate differences but there seems to be no way (that I have found yet) to actually be able to pull a useable difference matte from a clean plate? Any advice or workarounds appreciated. Thanks.

Working on another complex grade. Ran into an issue with template groups. They work really well if you keep your viewing focus on the template instance (top most eval tree layer) and then move your focus up/down to adjust certain elements. In this case I have a key further down in the eval tree, and that part of the tree doesn't feed into the output (it's meant as a separate key branch to only generate keys). Thus I cannot see the key matte in highlight mode. I would have to double click on the keyer layer to set both viewing and control focus there. That works in a regular eval tree, but if that part of the tree is part of a template group it only shows the pla…

Hi Mistika Boutique users! :) Due to numerous requests to extend the Special Launch Promotion and to celebrate the launch of Mistika Masterclass training sessions, we have decided to introduce a new offer – a 50% discount on Professional Immersive Edition of Mistika Boutique, our recently released full-finishing solution for Windows and macOS. BUY NOW! This new limited-time offer is only for Mistika Boutique Professional Immersive Edition Monthly and Annual Subscriptions and also for the 30-day and 1-year single-use licenses. Valid for orders placed by 31 May 2019 with the special price for a subscription being maintained as …

How do you go about integrating Boutique with Lightspace CMS? In the Lightspace guide it points to a 3D Lut tab in the mConfig utility, but I don't see such a tab. Is there a different way to do this in Boutique? Thanks!

I spent some time replicating a recent beauty grade I did in Resolve in Mistika to make sure I understand the corresponding tools. Along the I learned a lot of details, but also came across a few things I'm missing. Several of these may exist, and I may just know exactly where they're hiding. Anyway, attached is the node graph from Resolve. It's a pretty typical graph that is replicated on each clip and then adjusted as needed. It largely divides the grade into two branches, one for background and one for skin which merge at the end. And also, all skin keys are sourced from the original balance node to avoid any cascading effects. I did manage to create a …

Hi there, Does the beta test officially end soon as I am getting the license expiry notification in 5 days? Are we allowed to play with Boutique for longer?

Hi everybody! We are delighted to announce that Mistika Boutique 8.8.1 is now officially available! Here you'll find the release notes of this version. As usual, all the new upgrades are free of charge for all existing Mistika Boutique Users as a part of SGO's Loyalty Rewards Program. What is new in Mistika Boutique 8.8.1: Integration of Panasonic Varicam LT library. ACES updated to the latest version 1.1. Enhanced output of UHD and 4K formats. The latest version of AJA driver 15.x and firmware have to be installed for proper functionality. Cineform format support improved. Fixes: 2143 Impr…

I already filed this as a ticket, but since everyone is on holiday, if someone here knows the answer that would be much appreciated. The project at hand is RED 5K RAW transcoded to ProRes 4444. I do need to work on color and some VFX and then render back out at 5K for the editor. Since my video out is only UHD, I setup the project as 5K master format and UHD video resolution. On startup Mistika gives a horizontal resolution mismatch, which is fine. I then added a display filter with a framing node that does as 5K->UHD adjustment. That works great for working on the project, and I was able to do color and all the other things. But once I drew a window in …

Yesterday I was creating the final file for film I had previously graded. I needed to render my existing graded output with both a stereo and a surround track that was finished in ProTools. I thought I would get a feel for Mistika in terms of finishing software. I successfully imported all the materials and went to the audio router panel and mapped all the channels. But from playing with it and reading the manual it doesn't appear that Mistika has the necessary infrastructure to understand track types and the meta data for individual channels inside tracks. I can map all 8 channels, but not separate them into two tracks and append the channel order in each track. …

Had a bit of a rough start on my first client project with Mistika, had to go back to Resolve for now. Hoping I can figure this out though. There seems to be an issue with when the display/output refreshes. I've had a few instances where after loading a clip from the media manager and starting to grade on the panel, the screen wouldn't refresh and reflect any changes until I would step one frame left or right. A tad annoying but manageable. But then I hit a bigger problem. This particular job (beauty demonstration video) requires a background replacement to a specific Pantone color. So I created a big swatch in Photoshop and saved it, brought it on a separate tr…