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  • Framelink – how’s it done?

    Posted by Rupert Watson on August 2, 2005 at 10:57 pm

    Can soneone point me in the direction of the doc I need to read to understand all I can do, and how I can do it, with Framelink? I like to think I am not totally dim, but I haven’t figured it out by just fiddling yet. I know what it does in principal. I am after instructions for how to make a QT look like DPX files in practice. Is there a KB entry or a pdf that spells it out on BlackMagic’s very pretty web site?

    Rupert Watson replied 20 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Rupert Watson

    August 7, 2005 at 9:59 pm

    Nobody using the Framelink function, then? Ah well.

  • Kristian Lam

    August 7, 2005 at 11:49 pm

    Hi Rupert,

    Simply drag your QT movie file onto the FrameLink application icon. This will mount a disk image on your desktop that has the DPX files.

    To create a QT movie from a series of DPXs, double-click on the FrameLink application and fill in the preferences about the type of movie you’re creating and an empty disk image will show up on the desktop with a QT movie of the same filename. Just copy the DPX files into the disk image and the QT movie will update itself.

    Kristian Lam
    Blackmagic Design

  • Rupert Watson

    August 8, 2005 at 8:14 am

    Kristian

    Thanks for taking the time to post.

    Is this on the web site? I looked through the manual and the read me and you explanation was the shortest and the clearest 😉

  • Luca De luca

    August 8, 2005 at 9:27 am

    hi all
    I’ m very interested on 2k workflow. The results in final cut are very amazing … but there is still a trouble … do someone knows if will be supported the embedded timecode
    in dpx files … It will be great for 2k conforming in fcp …

  • Rupert Watson

    August 8, 2005 at 5:33 pm

    OK that works great.

    Is there any way to determine where it pops the disk image with the DPX files in?

    On the Mac I downloaded Sharepoints 3.5.3 and can use that to make the Framelink disk image an SMB and AFP share even on an OS X client. It is very clever.

    Any plans to support timecode?

  • Rupert Watson

    August 9, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    Right – next question.

    Can you put an audio file somewhere to make the QT from the dpx files have audio?? 🙂

    If not, consider that a feature request!

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