[James O’malley]

Here I am tracking down a solution and see your situation. Blue bars for me too for the first time in FCP. This is new.

Canon5DM2 DSLR 1920×1080 23.976 originals, slated and synced with loc master audio in PremierePro5.5 (it’s just better than FCP for so many reasons), output to ProRes422 native as sync master…Just for FCP.7 to take without effort; a client format request.

Blue lines at any short fade up as opacity, or video transitions??? Simple lower 3rd titles issues?

I did upgrade to UltraStudio3D new Blackmagic firmware last week…which has been good for HDMI output to HDTV.

My FCP project was from ProRes422 sync import.

Blue Line renders with native formats…Work more realtime in PPro…

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Klaus,
What about renting 3 Sony HDCAM SR decks, all machine controllable, use each deck’s dual stream HDSDI path to record 2 streams of 4:2:2 HD 60i to tape as your master archive, then for your internet elements, you can either capture the 3 dual stream feeds into 3 computers, or possibly rent 6x (AJA or BMD) H.264 converter boxes and convert each 4:2:2 stream into H.264 in real time.

I haven’t done this exact thing before, but it may be a solution for deck control and web ready content prep.

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Kris,
That solved the issue with Premiere…Thank you!

I am transitioning to Premiere and was not using a BM Sequence.
I don’t recall any BMD US3D literature requiring use of a BM sequence for timeline playback.

I find it odd the US3D device will playback fine from a viewer, but won’t playback any accepted formats from a non BMD Sequence.

This is my first Black Magic tool.
I have AJA Kona2, Kona3 and IOLA up until now.

Now, to discover why FCP, which I have used for years, stopped playing video from timeline sequences to the monitor.

Thanks again!

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Klaus,
Why are you not capturing the footage to each of the 6 camera devices you are using? ProRes LT is “Light” by design and so not an ideal master format.

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Whatever tool you use will be fast working with native file types and slow when rendering non-native. Using several programs with different codecs will usually cause pain and image quality loss. Most programs are also slower with image sequences, so for what you are doing, stick with wrapped AVI or MOV. I believe you are better with a MOV file.

Also consider that the movies may have more longevity and image quality archived as a compressed video file instead of coded as an SD Video DVD, which is lousy to look at by today’s standards.

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Kirk,
Why aren’t you recording the full HD, posting it and mastering out to 480p as a deliverable? Use max resolution and range until you output masters. Is your deliverable an edited master?

Even if your deliverable is the source footage as 480p, you would have more information and color range if you captured the signal input as full 1080i then use Media Encoder to export your 480p conversion.

Good luck

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Mike,

Where did you get the footage and where will it be shown? USA, Europe?

That will be key to determining your master framerate, but you dont need to go from 25fps to 23.976 to 29.97…that will unnecessarily compromise your footage. Any 3D animation program will be able to handle the footage at any framerate and full HD.

So consider cutting in 25fps as close to master format as your system will allow, then export to 3D house at 25fps.

They execute project at 25fps and final masters are in any required conversion format.

So for web, why not just export as 25fps…quicktime doesn’t care, only monitors and format specific decks. So, for TV export an NTSC version (with letterbox hopefully) and an HD version for that broadcast format. But even those can be delivered digitally today.

Any questions let me know and good luck.

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net

[James O’malley]

Hi Alan,

Cool post and responses…sorry for the late entrance.

Are you still converting or cutting now?

Are you going to master from Final Cut or a more precise pixel renderer like After Effects or better? Either way, I have some ideas for you.

Please advise if you are still looking for input.

James P. O’Malley
https://www.carnavalpictures.net