Russell Lasson
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I’m not sure how Resolve does it, but editing with ProRes files then reducing the sequence to one track and kicking out an EDL works really well for us with Scratch. We just copy the EDL and the R3D files to Scratch and it conforms.
So ask the color house how they want to do it. In fact, now that I think about it, you probably should have talked with them first before asking on the Cow, but that’s just me being picky. Sorry.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
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The big difference is between the i7 and the i5. The difference between the 2.66 and the 2.8 isn’t a big deal. Definitely max out the RAM though. I suggest Crucial.com instead of Apple for RAM as it can save quite a bit of money.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
I would suggest adding a black matte on the video track above the clip. Add the wide screen filter to that. Then the matte will add the cropping to the clip below and you can still change the scale of the clip without changing the matte.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Easiest way to burn a blu-ray is to use the Compressor template. Might not be the best quality you can achieve, but I think it’s quite good for being included in FCP. It’s also easy to use. To get better quality than that, you’d have to spend some money. I haven’t figured out how to do a surround mix this way though, just stereo.
As far as the theater goes, they could have just an HD projector for the preshow and advertisements that they’ll use to play your film. They could still be using film for other features.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Nick,
Creating a DCP can technically be done using open source tools, but beware, it can be quite complex and challenging. If you’re looking for a DIY project, I would suggest building a tree fort in the back yard, but if you’re more handy with a computer and open source than with a hammer and nails, then making your own DCP might be right up your alley.
I’ve been creating DCPs professionally for almost three years using Qube Master Pro. If you’re interested in getting a quote from me for a project, let me know. I’m very good with pricing. If you decided to do it on your own, make you’re nice to the guys at your local theater and bring them treats or something as the only way to see if your DCP worked is on a DCI system. You’ll get to know those projectionists quite well:)
As far as Wrapper goes, it looked quite promising for basic projects until QuVis went south. It surprises me a little that there hasn’t been someone to step in to that market space. It is a difficult thing to sell and support at the price I guess.
I know several people who have used Blu-ray in theaters. It looks pretty good, but the bigger challenge is getting the audio set up right with the right levels and surround if you have it. If you’re only doing one screening then Blu-ray is a viable option, but if you’re actually releasing in theaters, then a DCP is much more reliable and theaters prefer it as it can be automated and reduces potential problems.
Let me know if you have some more questions.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
If they have the latest QuickTime loaded, then prores will work. Prores Proxy is quite small and user friendly. You could also use h264, but as Jerry says, it really depends on how they’re going to use it.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Most single drives now days can handle around 100MB/sec. The most FireWire 800 can handle is around 80MB/sec. So having a two drive raid 0 over FireWire 800 won’t make a huge difference. It might help to make the preformance more consistent as the drive fills up though. I think the bigger advantage is having a larger volume instead of having to daisy chain drives. There are also drive enclosures that are a raid 5 over FireWire 800 and that helps protect against having a drive die.
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
You might try applying a deinterlace filter to the Sony footage to be safe. Much better than deinterlacing the whole show.
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Couple of questions:
What is the framerate of your sequence? Is the footage from the hvx in fcp 24 or 29.97 (24 with a 2:3 pulldown)? What framerate is the Sony camera that you used? Is it interlaced 60i or 24 with a pulldown.
Worrying about interlaced material is still very important in hd. If you don’t worry about it, it can cause problems down the road.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
[chris walker] “Unless there is an efficient way to edit as HD and then downgrade to SD as the last step before outputting to DVD.”
On a PowerPC, I would suggest converting your AVCHD footage to DVCPROHD at 1080 HD. I don’t believe the PowerPC computers handle ProRes at 1080 very well so the DVCPROHD codec is probably your best bet.
As far down converting to SD, you can use Compressor, or just put the project in a SD timeline and render it out.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net