[Toni Dove]

I’ll give this a try – thanks
Toni

[Toni Dove]

PS the above post includes using the most recent Blackmagic codec downloadable from the Decklink site.

Thanks
Toni

[Toni Dove]

Thanks Luke –
I am working in NTSC. Let me outline the process to make sure I’ve got it. If I upgrade to FCP 5.02 when I’m ready to render out the final version – I’ll be in FCP 5.02, OSX 10.4.1. I’ll create a Blackmagic sequence in FCP – 720×486, CCIR 601 NTSC (40:27), anamorphic (I shot DVCAM anamorphic native 16:9), field dominance Lower, select Blackmagic 10 bit (or 8), 48hz 16bit stereo sound. Paste my timeline into it with all my DV and Blackmagic bits (from After Effects) and render it out. I should be able to output that to Digibeta – there shouldn’t be interlace issues or a luminance shift.

Is that right?
Thanks so much – how about kittens instead of children?
Toni

[Toni Dove]

I’m unclear about where to find the custom bubble in foam – can you tell me where to look for this?
Thanks
Toni Dove

[Toni Dove]

When I render out of Final Cut 4.5 in a sequence set to Blackmagic 10 bit I’m noticing two problems.
There is a definite luminance shift and wherever there is fast motion I’m getting a striation that looks like some kind of artifact or interlacing issue.
Does anyone recognize these problems and is there a fix?

Thanks –
Toni Dove

[Toni Dove]

Thanks for the info – I will try this and report back.

Best,
Toni Dove

[Toni Dove]

Thanks for your response – Decklink’s revenge for my not having a card will be my need to do kludgy workarounds!. I’m rendering a piece of the timeline now to see if the Blackmagic files will run realtime on my system.
I’ve altered the preferences file in AE 6.5 so that I can get trillions of colors with Blackmagic but I don’t see any settings for that in Final Cut 4.5. Is there any way to get trillions of colors rendering Blacmagic out of Final Cut?

Thanks
Toni Dove

[Toni Dove]

I’m running OSX 10.4.1, FCP 4.5 and AE 6.5
I rummaged through earlier archives and found a reference saying that the shift was a gamma shift from 1.8 to 2.2. (I haven’t tested this to see if it feels right yet)
I have the BlackMagic codec installed on my system (you can download this from the Decklink site – it’s 8 or 10 bit and the files are not as big as Animation files) – if I render to BlackMagic 10 bit I don’t get the shift. I’ve been emailing with the BlackMagic people who think this is a YUV/RGB problem.
I’m working on a feature that was shot on DV – my FCP 4.5 timeline is all DV. If I put BM 10 bit pieces in my timeline and render them DV for preview the BM people said I would lose a generation when I finally rendered everything out to BlackMagic – I don’t have a Decklink uncompressed card so I need to be able to work in DV realtime for editing and finishing. Right now I’m doing everything in DV – compensating with a gamma shift and I will eventually put the whole shebang into a BlackMagic sequence – replace all the AE pieces with BM ones and render the whole dea to BM 10 bitl with filters added (footage with blurs and color corrections will be upsampled by the BM 10 bit render).

I’m emailing the BlackMagic people to find out: if the render previews are discarded and you put everything into a new sequence shouldn’t that solve the problem of resolution loss? Then I could be putting in the Black Magic pieces from AE as I go instead of replacing them later.

So that’s where I am with the problem – it is possible to set your FCP project to render in RGB – FCP seems to recommend YUV for quality. It doesn’t seem possible to set AE to render in YUV. I haven’t tried this as I’m mid project.

Thanks for the replies/moral support
Toni Dove