Ben Rojas
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Yep, that QT has whatever look you gave it in REDCINE (or Storm) or whatever look the DP gave it. Maybe they just want it for reference, which then the ProRes Proxy would be fine. DPX, I can understand because an extremely high-res still that retains a lot of the color spetrum; thus allowing for good CC’ing. QT, on the other hand has a more limited color spectrum… Not to mention the whole Gamma shifting issue. Then agian Arri Alexa’s Log-C quicktimes are amazing and color correct extremely well. Speaking of Alexa, I believe Storm’s next update will let us work Arri files. Storm is really a strong product and for the price, it’s a steal.
Good look w/your film! I’m actually sitting working on a film as well… Lol, makes for such a fun Saturday night ;o)
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Now you are venturing into uncharted territory my friend as I have not had to deal w/speed changes in Storm. Normally I send a clean XML to Storm so I can tweak any prior grading that was done. When I’m done, all I need is the metadata (.RMD) as I then conform that same XML in Smoke to finish w/the R3D’s. If I needed to re-grade a clip w/speed adjustments, I’d just grade that clip, re-export the ProRes Proxy and replace the file in FCP. None of this helps your situation as you need finals out of Storm. It’s a shame that “Resolve Lite” isn’t out yet because you may be able to conform the thing yourself and just hand them the Resolve project ready to go! What’s your time frame like? Resolve Lite, which will be free, comes out this month.
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What was the original footage acquired at; 23.976, 24, 29.97, 30? If you edited in 29.97 and acquired at 23.976, you may run into an issue. I’m sure with some tinkering you can resolve it in Storm, but you can just do back to FCP, create a new sequence at the correct frame rate, copy and paste into that one and re-export the EDL.
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Interesting… they’re not using the R3D’s, which means they’ll be using camera look or your grade -if you graded them… So they’re using a “baked” DPX, which makes no sense if they’re using a non-linear color corrector (ie. Resolve, Lustre, Scratch, etc.), which would be cake. Now, if they’re going old-school thru a Davinci 2K or something, then it makes more sense as they’re probably feeding it with a Clipster or something of the like. If so, they better be giving you a killer deal!
Alright sorry, had to analyze the situation ’cause it’s perplexing man ;o) OK, so you can conform w/an XML easly in Storm. DL it and you’ll have 15 days to try it out w/no limitation. I love it and it’s worth the 400 bucks. Storm will put your piece back together w/little effort and you can export whatever you want. Spit out DPX’s and line up the QT in the queue and your good to go. You can also use REDCINE-X, but it’s a little more cumbersome.
Good luck,
Ben Rojas
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Agreed! They’ve got a lot to do in a short time… Let’s see if they’ve got the stones to do what needs to be done. First and foremost, they need to open up and play nice with others… Hey Discreet and Quantel did it! If nothing else, it’ll be fun to read all the armchair quarterbacking for the next 12 months ;o)
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