[Robertmonaghan]

Not a problem!

I think that frame based workflows are about to be the “new” (old) standard.
I’ve been seeing a very sudden resurgence of interest in DPX. A lot of compression formats
come and go, but Cineon and DPX have been around for almost 15 – 20 years.

Its a well understood and reliable format.

Feel free to drop me a note. Email address is on my website.

bob.

[Robertmonaghan]

Hi Danny..

Another possibility is to have the 16mm film scanned with a film scanner as DPX files, and loading the frames into FCP with my QuickTime components. You can then convert them to any QuickTime format you want, or work with them directly. This will eliminate the need to work with video tapes. (But doesn’t prevent you from exporting to a video tape from FCP..)

you can get the components from http://www.gluetools.com

(Contact me if you need the names of places to get the film scanned.)

bob..

Robert Monaghan
Glue Tools
629 State St. Suite 220
Santa Barbara, CA, US
http://www.gluetools.com

[Robertmonaghan]

Hi Thomas,

There are piles of codecs out there right now. However, the most truely universal method is to save the movies out
as DPX frames. These are the most portable, across several platforms. You also have the ability to do filmouts from HD if you wish.
Most DI houses require the DPX format when doing Color Grading. DPX is also uncompressed, so there is no loss of image
quality. The format also supports several types of metadata to be embeded into the file. Some include directors notes,
video signal and video color information, Reel/Take name info, etc.

Other advantages include Timecode support, plugin availability for Photoshop, AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, Shake, Flame/Inferno etc.,
and sequences that can be broken up across several firewire devices. (DPX saves a frame per file, instead of one big monolithic
file Gigabytes in size.) These files are readable on just about every platform used in production.

The DPX file is typically 8.5 Megs/frame for 1080 sized images. 720p should be 3.7Megs/frame.

Lastly, just about every studio and facility out there knows how to work with DPX files.
It is a widely used format around the world. Generally, you can hand a drive to a facility that you haven’t worked with
before, and they will have no problems reading them.

Bob..

Robert Monaghan
Glue Tools
http://www.gluetools.com
Santa Barbara, CA

[Robertmonaghan]

Hi Sean!

I have written Cineon and DPX QuickTime Components that will allow you to load and save your images as 10bit.
Any QuickTime enabled application that can deal with 16bit pixel buffers, will work with my components.

Shortly, the components will be able to load Alpha channels, as well as Infared Dirt/Scratch channels.

bob..
http://www.gluetools.com