Brightness & Contrast CC VS Brightness & Contrast CS6

[mirzakadic]

Hey folks, I'm having an issue which I cannot solve.

First, let me just say that I'm AE Template creator and I need to have at least CS6 version ready for customers.

I'm currently working on AE CC 2017 and I finished the project and while downgrading to CS6 I noticed an issue. On few layers I have Brightness & Contrast effect which has been changed in CC version of After Effects, and when opening the project in CS6, this layer looks completely different, because Brightness & Contrast has completely different behaviour in CS6 VS CC. I tried to match it with other effects like levels and exposure, but nothing works. (My first thought is that marking legacy will somehow solve the problem, but it doesn't)

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!!

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

Don't use the effect in the first place? I haven't used it a single time in over 15 years of AE usage nor do I ever use it in Photoshop - it's a surefire way to "crappify" your images. Seriously, learn to do your adjustments with levels, curves etc.. That aside you won't be sble to mimic the behavior of C&B with a single effect. You will need a stack of multiple effects to e.g. Define the Gamma threshold used for the calculations, which again comes back to using levels and other channel effects as well.

Mylenium

[mirzakadic]

Hi, thank you for your help. I almost never, ever use Brightness & Contrast, I always use levels for adjustments. In this specific case, I needed this one, and now I just cannot achieve same look with levels.

[Roei Tzoref]

can you upload a reduced project file isolating this issue so I may test it in my system?

[mirzakadic]

Hi again guys, I've managed (after 2-3 hours ) to achieve same look with curves. Lesson learned: Never use brightness & contrast ever again

Thank you guys a lot for your help.