David Smith
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If the Resolve NR does not work for you, there is a 99 dollar plug in for FCP 7, Premiere, After Effects ($99 for each one) that is very impressive called Neat Video.
I played with the Resolve 8 NR for all of 4 minutes so I can’t say which is better but my immediate reaction to Resolve’s NR was that it was not as good as Neat Video – but I could be wrong.
Da Vinci might be saving the powerful noise reduction and grain reduction for their $10,000 software, Revival.
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Just a guess…
Are DPX files LOG only? Maybe you need to do a LIN to LOG adjustment?
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Thanks for the answers!
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Rafael, how do you access those scopes you posted in the screen shot?
Jeremy, The HDP2 you mentioned. Does it work with Blackmagic stuff? Like the decklink and Resolve? Also does it have SDI to Display Port ability?
Also, does it get really hot when working? I just bought the HDLink a few days ago and it worked day 1 with FCP, but no more. It does work with Resolve still. It might be a faulty one and I was thinking of trying a different brand.
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Hey Jay,
Thank you.
So it sounds like rendering in 10 bit in FCP gives you an actual 10 bit export.
I can’t for the life of me think why I get no banding on my 8 bit user interface monitor in the viewer.
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“If we were in the same room I could show you this in about 3.5 seconds”
Could you explain how to check in 35 words? 😛
Are you saying that there is no way to see a 10 bit image? If a Mac won’t output 10 bit than what computer system does?
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I have a i/o Blackmagic Decklink and the monitor for grading is an NEC PA241w – which I’m going to have to take their word for it is 10 bit.
For that monitor I’m not connected DVI I’m connected SDI > Blackmagic HDLink (which they claim is 10 bit) > Display Port.
I’ve head Macs can’t handle 10 bit. I’m setting up my system right now. What I don’t understand is: If a Mac Pro is not 10 bit what are people using to color grade 10 on?
Like I said, I’m setting it up right now, so finding the weak link it what I’m after.
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“[David Smith] “I do have a Quatro 4000/Decklink > SDI > HDlink > 10 bit monitor. It looks the same on that one. ”
That’s not a 10bit signal path unfortunately.”
Which part of it is not 10 bit?
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“Challenge!”
I need to drop the whole 8 bit, 10 bit issue. I’m just saying there is no banding in the viewer. When you drag it to the canvas, there is banding – when you export it and reintroduce it to the viewer there is banding.
My user interface monitor is a 23″ LG IPS236 IPS LED. It is 8 bit. It is connected by DVI. There should be banding. I’m just saying there is none – in the viewer.
But 8 bit has to do with color. This is not color. To be honest I don’t know how B&W banding looks on an 8 bit monitor – maybe there are only 256 shades of gray. All I can say is there is no banding in the viewer. I was as surprised by that as anyone doubting that I can see no banding on an 8 bit monitor.
If I do this: If I have my unbanded gradient in my viewer and add a 3 way color correct video filter… without doing a thing to it. It still looks B&W. Then suddenly there is banding.
I’m still curious if anyone else gets the same results.
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“Please go and check the Sequence>>Settings ”
10 bit uncompressed
“You will not see a correctly displayed 10bit image on your computer monitor. Period”
It is not a 10 bit monitor, that’s not the point. There is no banding whatsoever in the the viewer. There is in the timeline/canvas. When I export the 10 bit uncompressed sequence and put that new clip in the viewer there is banding. I can not export a clip that looks as good as the one in the viewer.
I do have a Quatro 4000/Decklink > SDI > HDlink > 10 bit monitor. It looks the same on that one.
I’ve heard that FCP does this. I’ve just never seen it myself. If anyone can tell me how to do it so I can make a clip that looks like the one in the viewer let me know.
Or, try it yourself. I’d be curious to see what other people get.