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progressive IMX realtime
Hi.
I’m working on a project where we have filmed with SONY IMX PAL 16:9 the tapeversion of these cameras and we used the progressive mode. I’m Importing the material as SDI with a Blackmagic videocard. When I work on the timeline the material needs rendering. Is there a way around this? Are there any realtime accellerators to use with FCP to get rid of the rendering time? Have you heard of any quality loss when you convert IMX to SDI in this manner?
Looking forward to hear from you.
Peter -
3 Replies
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Make sure you have an EASY SETUP for Blackmagic SDI > WHAT-EVER-FORMAT-YOU-USE. I’d recommend at least DV50 or better.
It sounds like you have a different input format compared to your sequence settings.
If you go IMX > SDI > Uncompressed 10-bit you will not see any loss. You could also go native IMX but then you need a special IMX-tapedeck.
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Hi Erik
I’ve got a IMX tapedeck but there is no IMX preset for my blackmagic card. I’ll keep looking at the other suggestions as well. Thanks.
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I reckon native IMX can’t be captured in FCP, only edited. I might be wrong, but I think you have to capture the MXF media through a seperate app and then conform it to work in FCP. I don’t know if the Blackmagic card handles it either. AJA just got support for it, again I think, in a recent software update.
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