Marco Piana
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Yup I did read the article…
The idea is to stay in uncompressed being this the final render in dpx to bring to the cc facility for qantel.
So I do have the glue tools kit on both of our editing machines.
But machine who has fcp 6.0.2, the one who can export dpx 16-bit doesn’t decode the codec sheer 10rgb (which is the codec of the scan, strange eh…).
Actually it does decode it when we click on the fcp browser but when we put it on the timeline it doesn’t decode it anymore…
The funny part of the story is that NO ONE at apple store or apple online tech service for fcp knew any of this… -
Well sorry to shock you but also motion is a 8-bit rgb.
Only shake can render out 10-bit up…
Fcp motion etc are quicktime wrappers…
Only 10 bit yuv (so 4:2:2 which for video is good but poor solution if to go back to film)…
The only idea would be aja (which fake store RGB data through a YUV wrapper, accordingly FCP is able to render them in high precision)…
I’m currently in contact with sheervideo almost in real time…
I just had an idea… -
1)compressor does not process 10-bit rgb if filters are included in the clips on the fcp timeline (I think is due to the fact that fcp has 8-bit filters). Now the question is does that happen also when we talk about “motion” (meaning de-center the frame or retime without blending)?
2) fcp does not decode sheervideo rgb 10-bit clips on the timeline if aja codec are installed in the quicktime library.
It shows nothing: why? I don’t know but it does it… try…
3)Quicktime conversion is ONLY 8 bit because is a 8-bit engine.
otherwise I wouldn’t have all this issues… I discovered it because Bob at gluetools told me that if I exported my movie in dpx using quicktime conversion it was going to be 8 bit even if recorded at 16 bit. I tried at shake tells me that it’s 16 bit but if bob tells me that it’s a fake 8 bit I have tendence to believe to the gluetools builder…So now I’m still at point 1.
Bob is building new version 3 that only works on compressor 3, that should export 16bit… but for the moment we are having a lot of crashes…
Let’s hope because we need to deliver… -
The problem is that I have all cgi in dpx and the non cgi in sheer…
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Anyone out there with some idea?????
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“On my timeline I do have 2 retime on two clips, many upsize and some reframe”….. meaning I have no filters (video filters or color effects) but only “motion” adjustments.
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Yes that’s what I’d need, dpx.
The problem is that gluetools 2.5 cannot export from compressor 2 but only via quicktime conversion.
So my idea was to export in some 10bit rgb format out of compressor 2 and then convert and keep in in dpx.
On my timeline I do have 2 retime on two clips, many upsize and some reframe. I’ve read on the forum that if there is any of those on the timeline compressor will export the whole thing in 8bit. Then they told me that the only way to sort out a 10 bit that include what I have on the timeline would be export a 10-bit aja rgb and then convert it to dpx.
Now due to the fact that the material on the timeline is half dpx (material from the cgi) and half sheer 10-bit rgb (material from the scan) I couldn’t do it. When Aja is present, final cut pro doesn’t decode anymore sheer 10bitrgb…
I had the idea of exporting tiff sequence and then convert it to dpx or blackmagic rgb 10bit but are they gonna be real 10bit or 8bit “outdressed” as 10bit? -
Well, because compressor 2 doesn’t output 10bit rgb but only 8bit and I need a 10bit output 4:4:4. Even if shows 10bit is fake 10bit but 8bit….
Need help….