[Eric Klassen]

A way to do this with off-site virtual file management, but not automated:

Create a Zoom meeting from an off-set computer.
The on-set computer that’s connected to the camera will join that meeting.
The on-set computer shares out its desktop, then the off-set computer will see view options in zoom to request control.
From the on-set computer, click ‘Grant’
The off-set computer can now control the on-set computer’s files, and move them to the cloud.

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Eric Klassen
CableLabs
Executive Producer
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[Eric Klassen]

ANSWERD:

I’ve learned current MP4 does support HDR:
As long as you have an editing suite or transcoder using current HEVC/H.265, then the MP4 will support HDR. By default, the mpeg HDR standard is now built into it.

– Eric

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Eric Klassen
CableLabs
Executive Producer
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[Eric Klassen]

Thanks Mike,
I’m not seeing a specific codec support for either HDR10 or PQ, do you know if HDR is supported in the latest MP4 standard?

– Eric

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Executive Producer
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Chris,
The reason we got the Onkyo TX-NR3030 was for a 7.2.4 Atmos system that plays from our Blue-Ray, it’s a great system. It also plays standard surround, I’m not sure if the DVDs we’ve played had 7.1 or 5.1, but it’s definitely surround and the system has always handled what ever it received.

We’re connected by HDMI from the MacPro into the Onkyo, and by HDMI into a video switcher that sends the signal to a 4K theater, ultimately turning a large 4K tv into another monitor for the MacPro. We need to play a 4K ProRes 422 Quicktime file with 5.1 sound in the theater…we’ve got it all worked out except for this surround issue.

– Eric

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Eric Klassen
CableLabs
Associate Media Engineer
Advanced Video Lab
4K : HDR : WCS : HFR : VR : AI
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Joseph thanks,
The NLE is being delivered for work in Resolve on their side. The issue is that the media needs to be nested in order for an animated wipe to work properly that’s being generated with Resolve’s keyframing. If the media is not nested, the animation doesn’t work properly.

How about this:
What if I copied this whole project, then deleted everything but this timeline’s media, and sent the whole project over? If that would work, how do I copy the whole project and what do I need to know? I’m pretty sure this can be done, but I’ve never done it before.

Thanks,
– Eric

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Eric Klassen
CableLabs
Associate Media Engineer
Advanced Video Lab
4K : HDR : WCS : HFR : VR : AI
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[Eric Klassen]

Marc, thanks. I agree, it would be easier to do it that way in the case of a single wipe across, but I need to wipe across and back again, which I didn’t clarify. To get this to work with the Edge Wipe, as far as I can tell, it requires cutting the shot in half and applying two Edge Wipes, and I can’t find a way to reverse the wipe (see attached). I’d do anything to get away from Resolve’s keyframes, but I think this ends up being the same amount of work for compositing and it could lead to headaches down the road if I need to go back and make any changes to the shot as a whole.

– Eric

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[Eric Klassen]

To work around this problem, instead of generating a Solid, I made another copy of the media with the animation to put on V2, dropped the levels to zero to create an all black layer, and shifted it’s X position to 1.500, which offset the black layer to give a fine black line underneath V3.

– Eric

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[Eric Klassen]

Toby thanks,

This seems to work but I’m running into a weird issue:
I can copy the keyframing/alpha over to the black solid, but the timing is off on the keyframes. It’s like the Solid is at a different frame rate or something, causing the animation to go about 25% the speed of the original. I have to extend the solid in editing to see all the keyframes (see screenshots). If you look closely at the keyframes and timecode in the keyframe panel, you’ll see the difference in the first and last screenshots.

Any idea of how to fix this? The framerate is the same on all the clips, maybe it’s something with the Solid Color generator I’m not aware of…?

Thanks,
Eric

Eric Klassen

[Eric Klassen]

Marc, the RAW files needed to be retained on this project. The project was getting sent over to another company for testing on prototype Wide Color Space monitors. As a control measure, we needed to know nothing was affecting the raw info. I understand we can maintain all raw color info now with ProRes4444XQ, and your solution would work in this case.

– Eric

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[Eric Klassen]

Sometimes the solution is so obvious it gets missed:

Save the .psd as a .png, duh.
The .png retains the alpha without the .psd outlining issue.

It helps to use the same frame size as the Resolve project and correctly position the watermark in PS. I noticed Resolve did not give me enough anchor point control to position correctly. Plus to watermark for multiple projects, it helps to not have to re-position everytime.

– Eric

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