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Not registered? Click HERE to register now Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoYes, the keying is to be done in AE... and we would like for that to be in 4444. I'll put chroma key filters on in FCP to do the offline (very rough keying), but then when all the Prores material goes to AE, as well as the cut (whether with EDLs or Autoduck), all filtration will be removed and properly keyed in AE, along with all the compositing. Just trying to figure out this damn pulldown isby alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoOh okay... Well, the whole notion of scaling down and working in 720p came up an hour ago so that is why I am asking, because I'm sure someone has some good insight into this. Where would you insert the pulldown in this instance? Oh, and if I am working at 720p is it still 4444 color?by alquimista - Café LA Re: I'm Looking for Realistic animated 3D Interior/exterior Backgrounds. - 14 years agoPut an add on Craigslist... I did recently, and there are some really talented people looking for cool things to add to their reel. Seriously, I know you'll find someone. Good luck.by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoWell, that's awesome if we can work at the delivery rez... helps out with the renders quite a bit. I think I would insert pulldown when it goes out to tape no? Like... he gives me back the final composited/rendered sequence, I then play it out from FCP onto Digi. (?)by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoOkay... well, I am a little more enlightened, and a little more confused... but anyways, all good. Now, here's another monkey-wrench to throw in to the equation... My AE guy has suggested that he work in 1280x720 rather than the 2048x1152 that currently I have the ProRes 4444 files in. The rationale: If the end result of the video is only DigiBeta (I won't need to spit out an HD tape I havby alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoHaha... yes, the book... for sure! The workflow... What I was meaning, is that I give the AE guy a drive with the 4444 files... and an EDL. He uses the files, connects them with the EDL, does the keying and compositing, and then spits out an uncompressed final master to me... right? Thanks!by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoWhat I meant about the QT Red codec was that the AE guy could use that rather than having to install FCP. I know I need it to ingest. I think it may be best to do this: "Or, do the initial selection in FCP with one of the lower res proxies, do your selection and cut, and send that EDL over to AE. Your AE guy can then proceed as above. " As long as the EDL works well, this should be pby alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoThere is a QT plug in on the RED website... I guess that works instead of needing FCP (Hopefully). Can't I go from Prores4444 to tape Strypes, rather than HQ? We would go right from the AE onto tape?by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoNow I'm tortured b/c he doesn't have Final Cut... only Ae and 4D and all the Compositor bells and whistle programs. Must be some way to get the 4444 codec via QT... or could he send it to me when done (in the codec he used for compositing) and I reconvert things to 4444?by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoYes, that sounds good... and it will keep all of the reel, name. etc info so that it relinks properly I guess... cool.by alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoClay... that sounds pretty simple...great. I tried some tests using a 2048 x 1152 timeline and it was too big for the several keyed vid tracks, hence the RT idea. I guess I then will relink/recreate the cut in a 2048 x 1152 timeline, then play out THAT EDL ... ? Does that make sense? No duck, great! Will defo look into that RED book too. When you transcode, do you set the 'remove puby alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoThis helps a lot! Thanks... It is short form... music video. It will be approx 300 GB of material when converted to ProRes 4444. I am cutting with a G Raid 1 TB Drive, and will back up to a 2TB LaCie. I think I will convert to PR 4444, then media manage that and create an offline RT project (I'll be using up to 10 channels of keyed video). Do the offline edit in RT, then re link to thby alquimista - Café LA Re: RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoOh... one more thing.. The workflow I have intended to use (above) is not set in stone. I was thinking that after doing some research that this would give me the highest quality end-product. Any (And I mean ANY) suggestions and ideas regarding this are greatly appreciated. Thanks!by alquimista - Café LA RED, ProRes 4444, Trillions of Colors... - 14 years agoHi there! I have a project: shot on the RED at 4k, entirely green screen. The plan is to offline in FC Studio 3, then have all of the effects/compositing done in After Effects (using Auto Duck to convert). Then out the tape. Would like to convert all the RED Raw files to Prores for editing.. now here's where the questions start... Should I ingest using the ProRes 4444? Does this givby alquimista - Café LA Re: Lower res than Prores for offline? - 14 years agoThanks guys... Well...what I have done, after a day of testing... Is to use MEDIA MANAGER to convert to whole 'Prores HQ' project to OFFLINE_RT HD . Yes, the files are horribly small (384x216) !! But, I can have 15 clips stacked onto each other with the keys pulled and clips resized, without having to render. Not bad, I guess, I'll just have to get used to the %#$$#% quality of the Offlineby alquimista - Café LA Lower res than Prores for offline? - 14 years agoHi there. I'm editing a project: Shot with RED... Using latest FCP and a MacBook Pro (2.5 GHz, 4 g of ram), 1 TB G Raid drive. So... The project (music video) involves a lot of compositing, as it was all shot green screen. I'm cutting using the Prores HQ codec. I have noticed that as I have several tracks of video over top of one another ( between 8-15), my computer is lagging, anby alquimista - Café LA Best Site/Forum etc for After Effects? - 15 years agoHi there... just wondering what the Best Site/Forum etc is for After Effects? I have been trying to get info on how to make the effect that gives the look that the footage is within film frames, rolling, stuttering etc, used for a music video... in fact here's an example: If no one knows anything about this, could anyone send me to a great After Effects forum? Thanks! Lunaby alquimista - Café LA RAM issue - 15 years agoHi there... I'm using After Effects 6.0 with a MB Pro, 17" 2.5 ... I had 4 Gigs of Ram installed, but when I'm in After Effects it shows only 2 (any ideas?) ... Also, for some reason I crash continually in AE when rendering (using Tinderbox Aged Film), very frustrating. Does anyone know how to set the Ram in After Effects, I can't find it... Please.. Lunaby alquimista - Café LA Re: "film gate" plug-in? - 15 years agoThanks Karl... Yes, this is very frustrating. Oh well, best of luck.by alquimista - Café LA Re: "film gate" plug-in? - 15 years agoHi there... Karl, did you ever have any luck with this? I'm trying to do the same thing... Also that effect on Snoop Dogg's 'My Medicine' video ... help... anyone? Luna Antonioniby alquimista - Café LA Re: Apple--->HDTV direct - 16 years agoIT worked perfectly... thanks for all the tips! And Joey... yes, via the manual I located the DVI port, haha! Cheersby alquimista - Café LA Re: Apple--->HDTV direct - 16 years agoCool! I'll try it (reading manual now to see which port this is), and if the cable came with the computer. Thanks!! Lby alquimista - Café LA Re: OT: Thank you, Michael Horton - 16 years agoWhoa this looks cool Vic! Hey, what did you use to run the video? I hope this isn't off topic, but it's related somewhat... I just finished a music video, edited in Prores 422, and would like to view my FCP timeline on a bigscreen HD tv. Can I go directly out of my 17" MacBook Pro 2.5ghz into the tv? What settings and cables do I need, is this even possible. The project dimensions aby alquimista - Show and Tell Re: Need recommendation: Iomega 500GB - 16 years agoI have a G Raid 1TB external, use it with my MacBook Pro... it has been flawless... editing huge format too (1920x1080 HD) in Prores 422. I Highly recommend it.by alquimista - Café LA Apple--->HDTV direct - 16 years agoHello - I just finished a music video, edited in Prores 422, and would like to view my FCP timeline on a bigscreen HD tv. Can I go directly out of my 17" MacBook Pro 2.5ghz into the tv? What settings and cables do I need, is this even possible. The project dimensions are 1920 x 1080. Thanks! Lunaby alquimista - Café LA Plug in for 'film stuck in a projector' - 16 years agoOkay, this is reaching I know, but... Is there a plug-in (FCP or After Effects) to create that look of stutter, the content moving on the x axis, of film jamming in a projector? Thanks in advance... Lunaby alquimista - Café LA Re: Compressing for Emailing - 16 years agoAn update: I compressed to approx 45MB, and then used both the 'drop.io' and the 'movedigital' and they both work really well. For the io people can just click and watch it flv, looks great. And with the other one people can download and it's really quick. Both great, and easy to use. Thanks!by alquimista - Café LA Re: Compressing for Emailing - 16 years agoI'm trying out this io site right now, will let you know. Thanks for the link!by alquimista - Café LA |
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