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Resizing 5K Epic in Davinci vs. Redcine
Hello
I have some footage shot on Epic which was just handed to me and originally we were just going to use Redcine to center cut everything and make ProRes4444 1080 files to grade with and use in a compositing / vfx pipeline after my grading in Color. It turns out that some of the shots wont work with center cut because its chopping off the actress on a few shots.
In terms of repositioning and workflow we are trying to avoid have to use the r3d files and Davinci as we just got it and are not that proficient yet for an actual job – we were just hoping to use Redcine & Color to handle things before passing off for compositing but now it seems we might have to use Resolve to do this if Redcine is not viable enough.
I am curious to hear what you pro’s think we should do.
Any help would be appreciated
thank you
AndrewMacPro 4,1 OSX 10.6.8 / FCS3 / CS5
2.26 ghz 8-core / 24GB RAM
Nvidia GT 120/285 combo -
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You might consider using Redcine X to manufacture larger frames than they actually need, thus giving them the option of reframing in the composite without significant quality loss. For instance, make 4K DPX frames for them with full frame sizing and let them crop and resize as needed. That way they’re not dealing with R3D files, and they already have color you’ve set up.
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Hi Mike,
thanks for the response, not a bad idea at all but I think they want to stay with ProRes4444 quicktimes if possible since all the other shots which look fine with center cut will be that format and resolution – can I still do that format with color then but for the trouble shots make them 2k or 4K 4444ProRes in Redcine for grading in Color?MacPro 4,1 OSX 10.6.8 / FCS3 / CS5
2.26 ghz 8-core / 24GB RAM
Nvidia GT 120/285 combo -
I don’t see why not. Color doesn’t change with resolution, your color decisions would be exactly the same regardless of the frame size, and the same color settings would work.
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Hey Mike,
Just to follow up here – if we do not go the route of Redcine can you in brief explain or point me to a standard term explanation of how to crop to 1080 as I want in Resolve with Epic footage? I would be rendering out as 1080 ProRes4444 but as I mentioned some of the shots will get cut off where its important…I want to be prepared to do this crop in both applications.
I have some Epic footage I can do tests with but just thought to ask here first for best practices in Resolve as I am a new user.
thanks
andrewMacPro 4,1 OSX 10.6.8 / FCS3 / CS5
2.26 ghz 8-core / 24GB RAM
Nvidia GT 120/285 combo
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