Guillem Ventura
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Compositting is very often done on raw film scans. Once VFXed they grade it.
I never agreed, slight inconsistencies show up after grading while they looked fine on the raw scan.That’s even worst when it comes to R3D!!!
So many ways to “develop” them…
And that’s a job for DPs and color timers, not them.Last week we got shots from Nukelooking Nasty. Standard “RedGamma” + “Redcine” settings in Nuke (they can’t use the 2 version so far) delivered a picture with the black at ard. 20% and the wite roughly at 40%, with dirty magenta highlights, a mess.
(Solution: work “Linear”, as Nuke does internally, but that’s another post.)Hand them a nice picture they can work with, my 2 cents.
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Lion?
It’s been bugging me around, we went back to 10.6.8 (better for Nuke and FCP)Anyway, Sascha… would you recommend a GTX setup if having to work with clients?
I’d hate having to say “the machine doesn’t work”, it sounds so lame.Anyway I’m using 2xQuadro4000 on a MacPro 5,1 and I’m not happy at all!!
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– Multiple formats = No clue, sorry.
– VFX compositting = you’re going to love Resolve’s ability to import as many Mattes as you want.
But the best would be you don’t have to use it:I would grade the BG, hand it to the VFX guys so they won’t comp on raw footage. And they are professional, they should adapt the VFX elements to match the BG! It’s their job, not yours.
But they must do it with the proper image. Compositting with raw footage is very commonly done but much trickier.You can then do minor tweaks using mattes (ask for them to VFX) within Resolve, but trying to comp with it is going back 15 years: no lightspill, edge control and alpha controls as in a real VFX software, I’d forget about it.
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Hi David,
Sorry to say Mattt’s post could sound a bit like a hidden ad 🙂
We’ve all seen a lot of this around this forum.
Anyway I’m sure plenty of us would LOVE to be able to use Resolve on an old MacPro:If new MacPros come to the market I’ll throw my second machine (MacPro 1,1) to the garbage and spend a lot on a new one, while if it could really handle Resolve properly keep it and safe some bucks.
But then I see you say FCP needed GPU… Is your business as new as FCP X or I’ve been missing something?
You had a great idea, Apple left us so behind when it comes to GPU… Let’s change this thread to a “benchmark reference”. Anyone with different setups could throw figures we can contrast?
Sascha, can you throw the numbers your machine gives with the same setup?I’m willing to take the dongle out of the Company to my home and I can also post my results on the latest full-charged iMac and a MacPro 1,1: if you post a link to the Benchmark software…
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FSI doesn’t want representatives in Europe, my trusty dealer tried speaking to them.
That’s the reason I didn’t get a FSI.But now I may be regretting having bought one of the last DreamColors on the Market.
It has a slight color drift on the left side, ehxhibits some banding (which I thought I’d finally get rid of) and being an EOL product I have no support and I’m afraid any problem I have with it will end with the screen thrown to the garbage.I bought three years ago a TV Logic because of one of this “forum guru”. What I learned is not to trust them.
You want to buy a hi-fi set? Go listen to it.
Same applies to grading screens!
Make a (cheap) trip to London and have a REAL look, it may be well worth it.-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.
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Is there any bug to know?
I’m in the middle of grading a feature and wouldn’t really fancy seeing it gets corrupted or something…
Although I’m really missing some of the new features!!
Everyone updated yet? No problems.
Anyway:
¡Thanks BM team!-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.
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Hi,
Posting that link, or at least this nice Sony’s rep, would be great!
-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.
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[Sascha Haber] “SDI is so last decade.”
THAT’S SO RIGHT!
Sorry I yelled…I found a post on RGB capturing thru HDMI.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/124/874300#874467It could be implemented, it’s just a firmware/software decision. Up to Blackmagic.
To tell you the truth I’ve been a hardcore Aja fan for the last 6 years… I thought Decklink was already just-as-good but things like this (having to buy and HDLink when you already purchased a Decklink and the Resolve) are a steal…
Anyway, can I use the SDI-HDMI instead of the HDLink?
-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.
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Thanks Sascha
[Sascha Haber] “That keeps the market for the HDlink alive.”
lol…
It’s somehow ridiculous, taking the internal RGB process to YUV then back to RGB…Would the SDI to HDMI converted do the job? Now for 245€ it’s a bargain (HDLink is twice this price)
-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.
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Thanks Robert, sorry for the late rep!
You are so right about the DVI being only 8-bit.
The only way to output 3G XYZ SDI is with the Decklink 4K, and it would work for XYZ projectors, not the DreamColor, which only takes RGB in.
I am using the HP “Advanced Profiling Solution”, which is everything but advanced, and keeps me wondering where in my devices chain does so much banding come from…
The screen comes ready for DCI P3 standards (60cd/m – 2.6 gamma, white point…)Cheers!
-Guillem @ Blur Producciones, Madrid.