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  importing dpx files into after effects and exporting a quicktime

  Posted by Lance Roehrig on July 2, 2009 at 2:04 pm

  I have just finished grading my first feature film and have a 2K DPX master that i need to transcode into a high res quicktime, preferably something like pro res 422 (HQ), ive tried Final cut studio 2 but dont have the hardware (AJA Kona card) or the expensive cineon DPX pro plug in. Ive been told i can do this in after effects CS4.

  I have just started importing reel 1 ( roughly 19 minutes long)and once the drive (3TB raid 1 Lacie) actually opened the files i selected them all and asked to import as footage into a sequence…. that was 2 hours ago, in info box it says adding file then names the .dpx file, so it seems to be doing something.

  Can anyone clarify what i should be doing as i am not proficient with after effects, ive read alot of posts on various forums but nothing that tells me a definitive step by step.

  Any help will be much appreciated.
  Lance

  Lance

  Jim Dodson replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jim Dodson

  July 7, 2009 at 12:28 am

  Did you ever figure this out, Lance?

  The DPX’s should have loaded into project window, then you can drag the image sequence onto the “New Comp” button to create a comp, then render that comp out into any format your heart desires…

  Jim Dodson

  8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX
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  Jim Dodson

  July 7, 2009 at 12:30 am

  PS… If your DPX files are LOG color space, don’t forget to throw the Cineon Converter effect onto your DPX layer if you want to see the true colors in a more conventional QuickTime file format…

  Jim Dodson

  8 Core Intel — Mac – OSX

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