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Holger Banse

Hi there - it´s a great tool, but I urgently need this to run on a mac - pleeease:-)

Best regards, H. B.

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Holger Banse said:

Hi there - it´s a great tool, but I urgently need this to run on a mac - pleeease:-)

Best regards, H. B.

Hey Holger,

thanks for your feedback! We are working on a mac implementation. It's a bit complicated since our framework relies on CUDA, which is not supported by Apple atm. Please follow this page to get notified about updates

TAKAYUKI KOBAYASHI

Hello.

I used the Trial version.

I want to apply the blur style only to the eyes.

Will it be such a specification in the future?

And if I check "Effect on transparent", nothing changes.

Is this because it's a Trial version?

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Hey, you can (1.) switch the mode from "Face" to "Eyes" and scale the detections a bit, this will draw a blurred circle on the eyes. Since its a circle it will cover a bit more area than just the eyes. If you need a blurred rectangle, you could use (2.) Style "Rectangle", "Draw effect on transparent" and drive an Camera Blur effect with its output. Effect on transparent is indeed not possible in trial mode and therefore solution 2. only possible with a valid key.

Quincy Logan

Please make a version that Auto-Blurs License Plates!!!! That would be incredibly handy! ...Thank you for making awesome software!

John Tesoriero

The trial goes in and out of green and red and when it turns green, it looses the tracking

https://i.imgur.com/S6hFz5C.png ;

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Liam Online said:

The trial goes in and out of green and red and when it turns green, it looses the tracking

https://i.imgur.com/S6hFz5C.png ;

This is a limitation of the trial mode and gone once you have a valid license.

Ric Albert

Hi

Is it possible to get a null or x/y coords from the plugin, so I can track something onto it?

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Ric Albert said:

Hi

Is it possible to get a null or x/y coords from the plugin, so I can track something onto it?

At the moment the positions are not exposed, but you can use a custom layer to apply your own footage onto the tracked faces.

Steve Mintz

Can you use this to blur out, or pixelate license plates as well?

hajime ichioka

Hello. Thank you for providing useful plugins.

And like Ric Albert, I would really like to be able to output null and x/y coordinates from the plugin.

 It would be an update that would require a new expense. I hope you will consider it.

Lien Schiltz

Very cool plugin!

Is there an option to smoothen the keyframes? It looks very "jumpy" at the moment.

Brian Sanders

What is the best computer set up to use this plugin? I currently this plugin makes my computer redline when applied in premiere pro making playback impossible and edit next to impossible. What is necessary for this plugin to run smooth? Rendering is also slowed to insane level suggesting it would take 23 hours to render a 3 min clip with this effect  on, often crashing after an hour. 

Hiro Wayayan

I think this plugin is very nice!

However, I am having a great deal of trouble right now and would appreciate an answer from the developer.

The problem is that when I change the resolution in Premiere or MediaEncorder, the effect of the plugin is not reflected in the output.

For example, when I change the resolution of a 5760x5760px video to 3840x3840.

Is there a workaround for this problem?

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https://aescripts.com/contact/?product_id=1672

Hiro Wayayan said:

I think this plugin is very nice!

However, I am having a great deal of trouble right now and would appreciate an answer from the developer.

The problem is that when I change the resolution in Premiere or MediaEncorder, the effect of the plugin is not reflected in the output.

For example, when I change the resolution of a 5760x5760px video to 3840x3840.

Is there a workaround for this problem?

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Holger Banse said:

Hi there - it´s a great tool, but I urgently need this to run on a mac - pleeease:-)

Best regards, H. B.

Hey Holger,

we just released a new version with mac support!

Justin Galvan

I am trying to use the trial to see if this is a viable tool for some projects. But. When I download and follow the instructions on installation I am given an error of "Blace.plugin" is damaged and can't be opened. I have re-downloaded and still get the same error. Even downloaded off of toolfarm and still get the same thing. I am on Mac. AE is updated, and current OS is Catalina.

Peter Tosh

Hi,

- does this work with premiere/after-effects 2022?

- In the trial I don't see anything for premiere, only after-effects, how do I install the trial for premiere pro? (windows)

- will this work on older macbooks, too? Or only M1?

- is there any edu discount available (for a research/university project)?

Best,

Peter

Laurence Penn

I am testing the trial version for a time sensitive assignment. It worked a couple days ago however now I am trying to open the project and am receiving an error. I also receive an error when attempting to add the Blace effect to a new project. "After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for Blace-1-4-1.aex (48 :: 72). Please advise ASAP. Thank you!

Alex Janssen

After installing the trial version v1.4.1 (as described here: https://docs.blaceplugins.com/installation.html#macos), I get this error message when opening Premiere:

"Blace.plugin" is damaged and can't be opened.

Only after I have deleted the plugin, I can start PP.
I have re-downloaded several times and tried different file extractors.

macOS Big Sur v11.6
Premiere Pro 2021 Version 15.4.2 (Build 3)

Brian Sanders

Blace Not working with Premiere Pro 2022. 

I have been having all kinds of problem with Blace and Premiere Pro 2022 I cant seem to find any resolution. one of the biggest issues I have been having is slow render speeds. and extreme lagging. 

Leo Raibaut

Hi,
I followed the tutorial on the aescripts's youtube channel to blur crowds, which is perfect for my use. But, i need to exclude some people for which we have agreement, so i want to use the exclude mask/track.

Problem is, once i've done my tracking, manually or with ae tools, it works, but when i turn the effect to "use on transparency", the exclude mask doesn't work anymore.

Am I missing something/it's not supposed to be used like that ?

I'm on the last version of After Effects. Blace V.1.4.1 with licence

- Buffer size high
- Face mode
I've tested with other values but it seems to be the same.

Joost van der Hoeven

Alex Janssen said:

After installing the trial version v1.4.1 (as described here: https://docs.blaceplugins.com/installation.html#macos), I get this error message when opening Premiere:

"Blace.plugin" is damaged and can't be opened.

Only after I have deleted the plugin, I can start PP.
I have re-downloaded several times and tried different file extractors.

macOS Big Sur v11.6
Premiere Pro 2021 Version 15.4.2 (Build 3)

Same issue using Monterey 12.2.1 and Pr 22.2 or Pr 15.4.2 

Any update on this?

Joost van der Hoeven

Same goes for Ae 22.2.1 and 18.4.2

Konstantin Gramalla

This plug-in seems to still not work with MacOs. Having the same problem and message as users before me, telling me that the plug-in is damaged and can't be opened. MacOs 12.1, AE and PP 22.2

Ryan Ross

Silly question: Is there a way to detect people's faces, and then de-blur them? Perhaps if the face-detection algorithm of this plugin were paired up with Neural Enhancement Suite's debluring algorithm?

There are a number of situations where enhancing the detail of someone's face / having it pop out could be useful / important.

Jiup Lee

I tried "trial version" on Mac 12.5 (macbook Air M2 2022) After Effect 2022

It says constantly "error"

Tomasz Cechowski

Great plugin! On this basis, do the recognition of license plates in cars and logos. This will make erasing much easier for graphic artists.

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Jiup Lee said:

I tried "trial version" on Mac 12.5 (macbook Air M2 2022) After Effect 2022

It says constantly "error"

Can you please try again. It should work now!

Alex Janssen

The installer now works on MacOS.
The plug-in is great! 
(I tested in PP 2023)

Lloyd Alvarez

If you have a technical or customer support issue, please open a support ticket

Hexe Lexe

Did you think about detect and blur car register license plates options?

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Hexe Lexe said:

Did you think about detect and blur car register license plates options?

Hey Hexe,

unfortunately this is not on our immediate roadmap.

latop peter

Version 1.4.2 does not appear in the list of effects in Premiere 2023 23.4, but it does work in  After Effect 2023 23.4. and Premiere Pro 2023 23.2.
a low-level exception occured in blace (aevideofliter:1)

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latop peter said:

Version 1.4.2 does not appear in the list of effects in Premiere 2023 23.4, but it does work in  After Effect 2023 23.4. and Premiere Pro 2023 23.2.
a low-level exception occured in blace (aevideofliter:1)

Hey Peter, 23.4 seems to be pretty buggy, it does not even start in my case. Have already filled a ticket with Adobe. For now I recommend sticking to 23.3 if possible.

dorian grey

Just downloaded Trial for Mac and it's not even appearing in my plugin list. 

Lloyd Alvarez

dorian grey said:

Just downloaded Trial for Mac and it's not even appearing in my plugin list. 

Make sure you installed it in the same version of After Effects that you are using and restart after installing it. You will find it under the Effect -> Blace Plugins menu.

If you still need assistance, please open a support ticket instead.

Bilal Ashour

Dear Blace Plugins,

I just bought the Blace Ai Face Detection and Blurring Plugin and I love it - the ai detection and auto blur is crazy but the one Usage and why I bought the plugin is not explained anywhere. I need to overlay faces with an image throughout a video like the image on the productpage showes (attached below) I dont find any explanation on how to do it. 

Any help appreciated, Best Bilal

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Bilal Ashour said:

Dear Blace Plugins,

I just bought the Blace Ai Face Detection and Blurring Plugin and I love it - the ai detection and auto blur is crazy but the one Usage and why I bought the plugin is not explained anywhere. I need to overlay faces with an image throughout a video like the image on the productpage showes (attached below) I dont find any explanation on how to do it. 

Any help appreciated, Best Bilal

You set "Style" to "Custom" and then choose a layer in the field below.

David Rodriguez

Dear Blace Plugins,

Love your work on this plugin! I followed your tutorial and it seems to me that excluding faces doesn't work. I am on a M1 Ultra Mac and using vesion AE 23.6.

Let me know if you can help with this. 

Thank you! 

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Hey David,

please open a bug ticket here: https://aescripts.com/contact/?product_id=1672

vlad ryzhkov

Honestly, the work is gorgeous. But on a 87%. I adjust the mask, everything is perfect, the scene where I'm talking to a girl in the dark, there are people walking around, and after a while the mask starts to fly off, the girl's face becomes visible for a split second, and people can see it - it's a joint. Still would like to customize 1 time, and that the binding of the mask to the face was constant, without interruptions. And also annoying that other masks are found in the environment anywhere. Then on the car, then on trees. And in the end the whole scene turns into a flashing something. I didn't like that. I still expected better stability from this plugin for 60 dollars. I would like to see improvements in this direction, thank you.

oh, and this -  I'd also like to click on a face, and have it only have a mask on it, not the entire environment. I shoot content where I meet girl, and I really lack such a plugin.

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vlad ryzhkov said:

Honestly, the work is gorgeous. But on a 87%. I adjust the mask, everything is perfect, the scene where I'm talking to a girl in the dark, there are people walking around, and after a while the mask starts to fly off, the face becomes visible for a split second, and people can see it - it's a joint. Still would like to customize 1 time, and that the binding of the mask to the face was constant, without interruptions. And also annoying that other masks are found in the environment anywhere. Then on the car, then on trees. And in the end the whole scene turns into a flashing something. I didn't like that. I still expected better stability from this plugin for 60 dollars. I would like to see improvements in this direction, thank you.

oh, and this -  I'd also like to click on a face, and have it only have a mask on it, not the entire environment. I shoot content where I meet, and I really lack such a plugin.

Hey Vlad, please open a ticket so we can discuss this specific case. There are several settings which can improve performance: https://docs.blaceplugins.com/blace.html#buffer-size

vlad ryzhkov

Are new versions expected? Maybe a more accurate job? For me, a 3 hour video takes about 2 days to render. Maybe there will be optimization? Or a more accurate detection of faces or can make it so that by clicking you can select a specific face so that only it is blurry? When the video quality is poor and it’s twilight, the mask is detected all over the screen, even with a well-configured application it sometimes flies off the face, and often flashes across the entire screen anywhere. Tell me, will there be any fixes or maybe improvements to the system?

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vlad ryzhkov said:

Are new versions expected? Maybe a more accurate job? For me, a 3 hour video takes about 2 days to render. Maybe there will be optimization? Or a more accurate detection of faces or can make it so that by clicking you can select a specific face so that only it is blurry? When the video quality is poor and it’s twilight, the mask is detected all over the screen, even with a well-configured application it sometimes flies off the face, and often flashes across the entire screen anywhere. Tell me, will there be any fixes or maybe improvements to the system?

Hey Vlad,

at the moment, no bigger improvements are planned. You can open a support ticket and send us some examples of your footage, maybe we can improve the results together: https://aescripts.com/contact/?product_id=1672

Alejandro Carrizales

Will this at any point be available for Final Cut Pro or Davinci? 

If so what would the best best way to use it if I don’t work with premiere or AE? 

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Hey, unfortunately no support is planned at the moment for other hosts.

Juri Di Mauro

Version 1.4.2 does not appear in the list of effects in Premiere 2023 23.2 Mac... why?

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Juri Di Mauro said:

Version 1.4.2 does not appear in the list of effects in Premiere 2023 23.2 Mac... why?

Hey, please open a ticket here: https://aescripts.com/contact/

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Laurence Penn said:

I am testing the trial version for a time sensitive assignment. It worked a couple days ago however now I am trying to open the project and am receiving an error. I also receive an error when attempting to add the Blace effect to a new project. "After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for Blace-1-4-1.aex (48 :: 72). Please advise ASAP. Thank you!

I tried latest Blace for Windows on After Effects 2021.

And i got same error when I start AE2021 on my PC (Windows 10).

After several tests among some different platforms, it turned out as CPU support constraints.

(maybe it requires some specific CPU instructions to run properly)

works well on (newer CPUs) : 

- [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

- [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

- Intel Core(TM) i7-10510U

- AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

can't load the plugin on (older CPUs) : 

- AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban

- [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5650

All test cases were on After Effects 2021 & Windows 10.