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FCP Color Grading/Final Conform Concepts
Hello,
I have tried to understand and gather what I can from previous threads, but I still feel a bit in the dark about the color grading and picture mastering workflow process of finishing a project.
I am currently in this process and am trying to correctly get my project to the post house doing the color grading/correction. The house is also going to finish on DCP for me and provide me with a conformed QT for me to lay to HDCam myself here locally. Although I cut the entire project and know FCP very well, I have never walked a project through a proper color/image finish at a post house.
The project is 23.98, 1080 DVCProHD, and the original .p2 files are gone, we only have original HD QTs for dailies. The project is to be graded on a MYSTIKA.
My questions are:
1. In getting the correct materials to the house, what do I do about takes that exist in the cut as stabilized, affected, or using composite effects? Obviously they cannot on-line conform from the dailies in these situations – do I export them rendered from the film as ‘new’ QTs to treat as dailies (although there will be no handles)? The post house told me I could try to render and get .dpx/.tga sequences, but I have never done that and don’t believe I have that capability.2. How does the final conform handle my dissolves and transitions so they are the exact same? Is a correct conformed on-line even possible w/o TC?
3. There is no functioning TC on the video dailies because of equipment malfunction during production – how will this affect their use of my EDL – is it pretty much worthless?
Essentially, any answers or more information about the conform/delivering process would be great – as I said this is my first time dealing with professional color grading/conforming so I apologize for any idiot questions/confusions…
Thank You,
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NEVERMIND everybody – spoke with post-supervisor today and now I understand.
Thanks
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but we like to know, can you help us?
thank you!
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