• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  DPX laydown

  Posted by Marco Fettolini on August 11, 2009 at 8:54 am

  Hi,

  I have read the posts on DPX and I still have some issues, and I would like some help.

  Basically, I am a self produced short film maker. This makes things hard because:
  – I can’t buy Cineon plugin
  – The company that provided me with the DPX files has closed 🙁
  – I’m doing all by myself…

  Ok now, my mission:
  – Convert DPX files at 2k into something that my DVD studio pro can use.

  What I have:
  – iMac working fine
  – FCS 3, the latest one
  – Adobe After Effects

  Additional thread:
  – the files I have are 1:2.35 format, so if I open the DPX secuence with Outlook for example, when I export it gets squeezed. The only way to maintain proportions I could find is opening a 16:9 project in Motion and import the DPX sequence

  Now, until I was working with FCS 2, I could find an open source codec for DPX files, and could also export from Motion to Mpeg2. Now those files that I had in Mpeg2 were not imported by DVD studio pro.

  I installed FCS 3 in the hope it could work, and now Motion only sees “yellow vired” images, while other applications can still see dpx files. Couldn’t get further because I got asleep!

  I know I’m doing something wrong, but I also know that I have gone fare beyond many others, so I know I will make it sooner or later. Point is, is there an easy way to convert DPX into a good quality DVD that I can send to festivals?

  The 35mm part has already been taken care of, I just need a DVD.
  So, I guess you get the picture, my learning curve is constantly up every day sleeping 5 hours a day…

  thanks in advance.
  ah, here’s my little monster:
  https://blip.tv/file/2442364/

  BTW great forum!!

  Marco
  https://www.marcofettolini.com

  Marco Fettolini replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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• 

  Neil Sadwelkar

  August 11, 2009 at 11:09 am

  If you have FCS 3 you have Apple Color installed. Apple Color can convert DPX or Cineon to Quicktime and scale it to HD or SD.

  Here’s your workflow…

  Open Color
  Set project settings to 720×576* and fps to your original DPX frame rate
  Set the Render file type to Quicktime and ProRes 422HQ
  Set a Project render directory. This is where the converted QTs will go.
  Navigate to the folder containing the DPX sequence
  When the seq shows up select it and click on import
  The DPX seq will come into your Color project
  It will undergo a log-lin conversion automatically, but you can override this.
  Set the size in the Geometry room. You may have to set the scale to match and Aspect to 0.5 if this is 1:2.35

  After all is well, you can go to the Render Queue and add this clip. Then click render

  Now your DPX seq will be converted to Quicktime and it will appear in the folder you marked in the Project render directory. it will be called 1g1.mov or some such thing.

  You can now Quit Color and import that mov to FCP. Add sound and graphics if any. Then make a DVD from that.

  * If you need NTSC you need to set this to 720×486

  If you need a simpler workflow and can spend some money, get GlueTools. This will enable you to open DPX in Quicktime or even FCP and convert it to Quicktime to make a DVD out of. GlueTools is by far the best DPX handling tool on PC or Mac.

  ———————————–
  Neil Sadwelkar
  neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
  twitter: fcpguru
  FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
  Mumbai India
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  Marco Fettolini

  August 11, 2009 at 2:58 pm

  Hi Neil,

  thanks very much for your kind and prompt answer

  Now I’ll have something to try and spend the night on tonight after work!

  Have a nice evening

  bests,

  Marco

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