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Show all posts by userYour basic troubleshooting forum for all things FCP Legacy (FCP 7 and below.) And general discussion on topics that do not fit in the other forums.
Not registered? Click HERE to register now Re: Clip Name Burn-in - 16 years agoI can't say at this time, as we are still in development. Unfortunately the decision is not mine to make. The company may wish to keep these proprietary. That being said, while this was certainly not easy, it has not been all that difficult. We found that PHP 5 has very handy XML manipulation capabilities.by Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Clip Name Burn-in - 16 years agoSince I first made this post, we have written several XML tools specifically designed to deal with animatic production. We have developed tools to: Automatically create a FCP sequence from a Storyboard jpeg series. Artist/Director notes meta data transfer as clip comments to FCP complete with audio file links and slug timing from our XML based asset managment system. Burn File Names (orby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years agoNot if the codec does not exist for windows. Try dropping the DVCPROHD codec in there and se if it works.by Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: XML parsing: Determining Keycode In Frame - 17 years agoHave you taken this part of the XML into account in your math? <clipitem id="125-2 "> <name>125-2</name> <duration>2716</duration> <rate> <ntsc>TRUE</ntsc> <timebase>30</timebase> </rate> <in>622</in> <out>2401</out> <start>863</stby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years agoChuck Spaulding Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert I would like to hear more about your > experience with the Sheer Video Codec. Do a search and you'll find my posts. I will be posting more info later as Andreas, the developer, has made many improvements since I last posted. > Apple is an odd company but the idea that one > company willby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: ProRes 422? - 17 years agoAs most of you know, I have been touting the benefits of the SheerVideo codec that we use in our tapeless animation workflow for some time now. We are currently in production on our 3rd feature length animation project and a series for ABC Family all produced, edited and delivered entirely in lossless SheerVideo 10b 4:2:2 1920X1080p. We have 6 HD FCP systems editing simultaneously in this formatby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: exporting XML with non-drop timecode - 17 years agoThe way FCP XML handles timecode, it is up to the reader app to handle the calculations for drop/nondrop, 30/29.97 fps, 24/23.976 fps etc. If you export a one clip sequence and open the XML with Text Edit, you can see the tags that relate to timecode. For example, a basic timecode rate tag of 30 has an additional tag of NTSC, which tells the reader app that the rate is 29.97. The same is true forby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Clip Name Burn-in - 17 years agoFX Script won't do it. Been down that road. There is no "Clip Name" variable. We have more that 1,000 clips so manual is not going to happen either. I thought about QuickKeys to copy and paste the Clip Name into the Reel Name, but I haven't used it for years and don't currently own a copy. What about Automator? Does it talk to FCP? So I think XML is the way to go. It should not be thby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Clip Name Burn-in - 17 years agoThanks for all the input. Unfortunately none of these solutions do what I need. Because we work in renered QT movies, not captures form tape, there is no logging info for the clips other than the clip name which is derived from the file name. All of these solutions use the logging data and not the clip/file name.by Robert Weaver - Café LA Clip Name Burn-in - 17 years agoAnybody know of a plug-in to burn clip names into the video?by Robert Weaver - Café LA Full-rez Graphics in Sequence? - 17 years agoIs there a way to drop graphics into a sequence so they do not scale to the sequence rez but come in at thier native resolution? It seems that there is, but I can't remember how to do it. Thanks in advance!by Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Hellboy Premiers in SheerVideo on Cartoon Network - 17 years ago> That is clear...I never mentioned any names and I > am not "bashing" anyone...just playing Devil's > Advocate just like I always do when considering a > purchase (which is what I am expected to do in my > position = evaluate). I hope it works out for > you... My sincere apologies to Joey if anyone felt that my "bashing" comment was directed at him.by Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Hellboy Premiers in SheerVideo on Cartoon Network - 17 years agografixjoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That probably means that their After Effects > Production Facility is in Korea... Correct. Most animation is actually done in Korea or Japan these days. It makes it somewhat challenging since I (Film Roman) does not have direct control over the rendering. One of the great things about SheerVideo for this is how iby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Hellboy Premiers in SheerVideo on Cartoon Network - 17 years agoThanks for your help Michael. I want to be clear that I will not engage in any Andreas bashing. He has been a valuable member of the digital video community for years. I have nothing but admiration for both the man and his work. If he is having personal problems, then my heart goes out to him. Having been a small developer myself, I know that support is a two way street. I hope to demonstrateby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Hellboy Premiers in SheerVideo on Cartoon Network - 17 years agoThe codec can be downloaded or free at www.bitjazz.com As for inefficient; perhaps. But without the codec installed, how could you know? As for longevity, certainly your concerns are valid. It is a huge problem for all digital assets. We can read books that are hundreds of years old. The estimates of digital data in loss general due to format changes are enormous. I myself have a room fullby Robert Weaver - Café LA Hellboy Premiers in SheerVideo on Cartoon Network - 17 years ago"Hellboy Sword of Storms" premiers this Saturday on Carton network at 9:30pm. This animated feature was post produced tapelessly in Final Cut Pro with a Kona 3 card using the lossles SheerVideo 8 bit YUV codec. Final color scenes were rendered in Korea from After Effects to 1920 X 1080p 23.98 SheerVideo QuickTime movies and delivered to Film Roman via FotoKem?s Global Data Deliveryby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: FCP 5.1.2 IS OUT! - 17 years agofarufon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you Ben King. > > Found other components that cause 5.1.2 to crash. > Generally speaking check for older versions ie: > SheerVideo HD Pro.component version 2.4.7.5 will > crash the app at startup. I have the this SheerVideo codec installed on my Mac Book and FCP 5.1.2 runs fine. The coby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: SheerVideo - Progress? - 17 years agoGreat to hear you got a hold of him. I hope I hear from him as well.by Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: SheerVideo - Progress? - 17 years agoTrue. But from the looks of it, it's been abandon by it's author. What a shame. A truly remarkable codec.by Robert Weaver - Café LA SheerVideo - Progress? - 17 years agoI thought I would give an update to my progress with the use of the SheerVideo codec in our animation projects. I have solved or have reasonable workarounds for almost every problem I originally ran into. The rendering problem I thought was related to the Kona card was not. It turns out that here are subtle setting in the SheerVideo codec that FCP odes not flag as being different from one aby Robert Weaver - Café LA Helboy HD Animated Feature Seeks Editor - 17 years agoWe are losing our current editor due to a prior commitment, and need to select a replacement within the next two weeks. Applicants must be familiar with the unique needs of editing animation, be willing to work with our current editor during a short transition period, and work within a tight post schedule. Please email resumes to: Robert Weaver Director of Post Production IDT Entertainment /Filmby Robert Weaver - Jobs Re: SheerVideo Frustration - 17 years agoInteresting insight. I will give it a try. Thanks Robby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: SheerVideo Frustration - 17 years agoBitJazz wrote: > Robert, > > Which Sheer codec are you using? The generic Sheer codec has > too many different inputs and outputs for Final Cut Pro to > understand, so you have to use one of the specific Sheer codecs > with FCP. It sounds like you probably want to use Sheer > Y'CbCr 10bv 4:2:2[:4]. I have tried several, but have gotten the best overall results with Y'Cbby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: SheerVideo Frustration - 17 years agoThanks for the input. There is certainlty no reson to use Sheer if your sources are in a native fomat to begin with. Ther reason I would use Sheer in an Avid for animation is to have an uncomressed original RGB source to be able to link back to for filmout. Sheer files are typically even smaller than RLE encoded TGAs or TIFFs. Plus, as I've stated, they play almost anywhere. With the DPX plugiby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: SheerVideo Frustration - 17 years agoShane Ross wrote: > HVX archiving should remain as it is now. Keep the original > MXF files (Contents folder and LASTCLIP.txt file). Those work > natively with newer Avids, but QT files imported into FCP > don't. > > For P2 footage I would be against using the Sheer codec. Could you elaborate? The SheerVideo QT file that I brought into Our Avid Adrenalins worked flawlesslyby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Sheer Frustration - 17 years agoSheerVideo's potential in animation production is remarkable for a number of reasons: Color space conversion: Almost all animation is produced in RGB colospace and SheerVideo handles the conversion to HD-YUV colorspace flawlessly, which is why it looks so much better than Apple's codec. Lossless: Apart from the color space conversion, the decompressed frames are pixel for pixel perfect to theby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: Sheer Frustration - 17 years ago"Ignorance not Wisdom a path to" - Robert Weaverby Robert Weaver - Café LA SheerVideo Frustration - 17 years agoI have been investigating the SheerVideo codec for use in professional animation production. I have to say the this is a truly amazing codec. It has cut the size of the data I have transfered from studios overseas in half, cut the render times, and I get lossless 1920X1080 QT movies that will play off my internal HD with no video hardware. Remarkable. I have however run into a glitch that may maby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: HD offline codec disscussion - 17 years agoNick Meyers wrote: > "Even after rendering it chokes at edit points and > dissolves/fades." > > that's a diffferent issue. > once rendered, it's rendered to whatever codec, framesize your > sequnce settings are > it your; choking on that, well you might need to chose new > settings, > or your drives aren't fast enough. > True, but there seeby Robert Weaver - Café LA Re: HD offline codec disscussion - 17 years agoGraeme Nattress wrote: > HDCAM is 8bit highly compressed, not full raster, so it's > 1440x1080. D5 is lighter on the compression, has 10bit I think, > and is full raster - much nicer. Also, HDCAM SR is 10bit full > raster, very lightly compressed. > > Greame > It will be HDCAM SR, just to clarify. Robby Robert Weaver - Café LA |
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