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reconform options
I’m trying to figure out the best practice for doing a reconform. I’ve exported an self-contained QT from FCP and use an edl for the preconform. I usually work on episodic shows where VFX happen during the color timing process so inevitably I’ll have to merge final VFX into the timing session. I’m trying to avoid re-exporting a new self-contained QT each time I get a batch of shots from VFX. I was hoping I could export a second edl with isolated final vfx and merge it with my first edl.
I’m aware you can import an edl with connected media in the media pool but find that method extremely limiting due to the restrictions of edls. The shows I work on have too many 3rd-party transitions, repositioning, speed changes, smooth cams to effectively finish a show in a timely manner.
Is there a more streamlined way to reconform a project with new versions of shots other than baking into a self-contained QT in order to override original QT?
Patrick Woodard
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4 Replies
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I can think of two options. The first, is to export an image sequence and then just over write the new shots. Just make sure you make events for those shots in the edl, or you will have to reconform in resovle to a new list.
The second think would be to do linked publishes from smoke on mac. That will allow you to replace an entire show in seconds. It also allows you to not take up more space on the disk. Its a very fast workflow.
Nick Hasson
Smoke/Color
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Nick can you go into that a bit more? Seems like a handy workflow. What specifically is Davinci opening? An EDL? A media reference file?
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It’s hard to explain. The easiest way i can think to explain it would be like a quicktime reference movie. Where the quicktime is actually a link to the original files. The way the smoke does it is better because if you delete the source material the reference file would still be ok. You have to delete both in order to get ride of it completely.
We work in DPX. So the smoke puts out a dpx sequence and an edl. That is then brought into resolve and pre conformed. Our smoke and resolve are on a san, sharing the same drives. When we have updates, we just replace the dpx sequence and the resolve updates. Its so fast. We can put out a full 2k feature in about 2 mins and start color. Its that fast because you are not generating new media, just linking to the original media..
Nick Hasson
Smoke/Color
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Very cool.
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