Paul Golden
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You may be able to “fix” these files by using an Automator script or A Better Finder Renamer to rename these files in sequence. Just make sure you use the same file name as the first one in the folder.
If it’s just a random frame here or there, the shot may be usable, depending on audio sync (if needed) and the type of motion.
This is the same behavior in After Effects where it needs an unbroken image sequence to “read” as continuous video instead of a random collection of image files.
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I don’t think it matters if the file sizes are slightly different, because even if the frames are RAW, there maybe compression algorithms at play that alter that. You can also create compressed RAW files using the DNG Converter.
My guess is that Photo DNG and Cinema DNG are very similar but that Cinema DNG has different metadata controlling preview etc. Either that, or Davinci Resolve does not know how to interpret Photo DNG sequences.
Are there any other applications that use Cinema DNG for grading or playback? For example, Speedgrade? I saw a link that claims to: https://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad/2012/10/on-cs6-and-cinemadng.html
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Are you using a DSLR raw sequence converted to DNG sequence using Adobe DNG Converter, like I am?
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Hey Joe,
I actually have spent more than 10 minutes with Bridge, having used it for years. I use it for all sorts of image based tasks. It’s vey good with Raw workflow, batch processing and image management. (I’m not so crazy about it as a DAM, preferring Expression/iView Media or Lightroom for photos). My point is that it’s ill suited to working with scads of audio files in a fluid way with Audition. I agree it’s not a dedicated audio editor, which might show wave forms etc, but it does not interface with Audition any better than the Finder when it comes to finding and implementing audio files. At least the Finder can auto play clips as you go through a folder or Spotlight list. Working quickly with audio sound effects is unlike any other image based process as you listen and spot to picture. Using smart collections is fine to do a first pass find, but culling from a list of 100 gun shots means not having to select and then click each one manually to audition and then drag it from one program to another.
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I played around with Bridge for this function and was left underwhelmed.
Bridge is definitely way more geared for image files than audio files. In column view, it has poor metadata functionality which does not allow for sorting/filtering on Bit Rate, Sample Rate or audio metadata.
Doing searches are a pain, because you have to click into the subfolder that might contain the assets rather than do a search on the root level Sound Effects folder.
It can’t autoplay sounds on arrow-up or down and creating a custom bin is a pain.
Because you’re not within the program, like Soundtrack, Logic or FCPX, you either have to have a 2nd monitor to devote to it (a pain for laptop cutter) or you have to juggle views.
The nice thing about the Apple implementation is that you can specify which folders have your effects in them and those are the ones that are indexed. Then it’s really fast to find stuff and spot to picture.
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Thanks Joe… I’ll give it a shot, but I was hoping for something within Audition. The SoundTrack implementation is pretty elegant. (And ProTools has something similar) I suppose I can use the Finder with saved spotlight searches, too. I’ll have a look a look at your article, and maybe I’ll learn something. Normally, I kind of avoid Bridge, but Adobe seems intent on everyone using it…
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If you own Creative Suite CS 6, you can download all 14GB of Adobe’s Sound Effects library for future use:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=auditionloopology
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Hi Rohit
I’m really curious about the difference between DNG and Cinema DNG files. In the Finder, these files appear to be identical and are handled the same in Adobe Camera Raw (as well as Photoshop, After Effects etc.)
The files I’m testing are originally Canon CR2 Raw files from a 5DMk2. I’ve then converted them using Adobe DNG Converter 7.3 to a DNG sequence. There are various options for lossless/lossy, embedding Jpeg previews and which version of ACR the files are compatible with.
When I bring them in, Resolve can see them and play them back, but in the Metadata Clip Details screen, the files are showing as 256 x 171 pixels (hence the blurriness) at 8bit (not 16).
Can you point me to the technical reason why DNG is not compatible/comparable with Cinema DNG and if there’s any method to convert them properly? Is it more involved than header information or is there a more fundamental difference? I’ve been scanning the web for details…
Thx
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The project is a 1080/24p project and BM prefs are set for 1080 as well…
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As far as I know, any masks or tracking will be baked into rendered color corrected ProRes files that are reference through the XML by FCPX. Resolve does not export tracking data or masks on their own.