Russell Lasson
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Since only true 24 is part of the spec, 25fps MIGHT have issues on SOME servers and systems. There are a lot of different servers/systems out there and to be safe, I would go with true 24. But you could keep it at 25fps and just see if someone has an issue with it. But depending on when you find out about the issue, it might be too late for you to try to fix it and ship out a new file to them.
Again, I’d stick with trying to be as close to DCI as you can get.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
David,
There are many ways of creating a DCP, but just exporting a JPEG2000 image sequence from the QT conversion menu in FCP isn’t really helpful. As Joseph mentioned, there are several programs that can help. It will take some trial an error and testing on a DCI server (at a theater) before you’ll be sure what you’ve created actually works. Or you can find someone to create the DCP for you.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Looks like you have to delete the 10.0 version (or just drag it to the trash) and then the App Store will let you download and install 10.0.1.
I had the same issue and it looks like this fix is going to work.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
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Thanks. Found the little wrench to open project settings.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
The FSI monitor is great and FSI is a great company. I’m not super happy with the black levels, but it’s LCD so what can you do? If you’re grading for broadcast, there’s actually a pretty good argument to use that you should grade on a LCD because that’s how it’s largely going to be seen. FSI will also calibrate the monitor for you for free as much as you want for the life of the monitor. Just send it back and they’ll calibrate it and ship it back to you. I’ve talked with several monitor companies and I really like FSI as a company. After all, you’re not just buying a monitor, you’re investing in a company to be your partner.
The PVM OLED screen is amazing! Black was true black. In a black room with no ambient light, when a white title is shown on a black field, there is no evidence of any screen edge. It’s incredible. My understanding is that the PVM might not be as color faithful as the BVM as they use the same panel, but use the best of the line for the BVM and add more color management features in the BVM. Also, the PVM isn’t available yet because of the crisis in Japan. So you’d be buying a monitor and buying into a technology that is brand new. You don’t know what the issues could be. It could be great or it could be full of frustrating problems.
Honestly, the JVCs aren’t great. The viewing angles are incredibly disappointing. Even with one person sitting in front of it, it’s hard to know what viewing angle is right.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
If you do this be sure to take the DCP to a theater to test it. Just looking at the DCP on a 8-bit computer monitor to evaluate banding is pointless.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Quvis is out of business. Qube Master Export works, but you should be willing to learn about DCP workflows and settings. You can get in trouble if you don’t do your homework.
Or have someone create one. (Like us:)
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
You can use QUBE Master Export to do it, but you should really do your research so that you understand the settings. One tricky thing about Compressor is that you have to bring in the audio as a 5.1 file to it and use the attach video button to create a 5.1 DCP.
The other HUGE problem is that your file is 29.97. This will create a DCP that isn’t compliant with DCI projectors and servers. It has to be true 24 fps (not even 23.976. I’ve told the guys at QUBE that they shouldn’t let people do that and I know that they’re working on getting it more user friendly.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
I know it’s probably too late now, but I would suggest using 23.976 as the master. It makes things more compatible with NTSC broadcast. I create a lot of DCPs and the conversion from 23.976 to 24 is easy to deal with. But burning a 24fps blu-ray or dvd instead of a 23.976 fps version can cause problems.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
I thought that I tried control+D, but it seems that my patience with the software is low right now that I hit command+Q so quickly afterwards that I didn’t see the duration window show up. Go figure.
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net