Proxy to CineForm conforming (in case you need to)

[Kaku Ito]

My client handed me the offline edit tha the had already worked in the form of FCP XML, then the DP wants to use CineForm to go back and force between online editing and compositing house, then I scratch my head.

But with the help from Hans and idea of my own, I got over this puzzle.

So, the client edited rough cuts to give to compositing people with H proxies (shot mostly in 2k). I received the XML by email and I have the origintal R3D files. Open Clipfinder and open the XML file. Then replace mov. to R3d, go to the desktop and make a new folder, copy/paste the list from clips listed in the Clipfinder, by command-a to select everything in the list, go to Finder and open the folder that you made, then by pasting it would copy R3D files from the list. It acts differently from drap and copy, so be warned.

Now you can go to CineForm ReMaster, open the R3D files you have copied, then convert to your desired format, in our case, 2k, 3k and 4k 444 depending on what the original shooting format was.

CineForm names the clips with three extra digits, that would be a problem to conform in Clipfinder, so start Automator then use the renaming script then choose replace text and type in something like "001." to be replaced by ".".
This will eliminate the extra three digits from all of the clips.

Then go back to Clipfinder, select the FCP XML conforming menu, select the original XML file in case you closed the Clipfinder once, then on the second choice that says "clip location" then choose the folder you have encoded the Cineform flies, and lastly, type in the name and location of the conformed XML file to be saved.

Press Conform!

Then you have a conformed XML file tha you can open in FCP that conformed with CineForm clips!

Most likely, CineForm or Hans will come out with new parameters to eliminate the process of the renaming, or even naming the encoding clips with certain choices, but untill then, this will serve you well.

 

[CraigDavidson]

:construction: How would this work?
1. Export EDL from FCP.
2. Open all the original source, filter based on the EDL. (New feature in final test)
3. Set the output name suffix to "_H". (New feature)
4. Convert.
5. Reconnect to source in FCP.

Most likely, CineForm or Hans will come out with new parameters to eliminate the process of the renaming, or even naming the encoding clips with certain choices, but untill then, this will serve you well.

 

[Kaku Ito]

hahahaha, see, that's what I mentioned on the last part of my post. You guys already working on it.

So I assume this is going to be included in the ReMaster.

 

[CraigDavidson]

Yes. Plus a couple of extra goodies. It should be up later today.

 

[Kaku Ito]

Later today!? I guess I should go to sleep early and check it out in the morning.

 

[Kaku Ito]

Craig,

What is the right video process choice for the sequence in FCP when I'm editing CineForm 444? RGB I suppose? Or high quality YUV rendering okay, too?

 

[CraigDavidson]

If you have "Render all at high quality" selected, FCP requests the same floating point pixel format from the decoder on render. Converting from RGB to YUV looses some information, you may have noticed the YUV files have much lower bit rates than 444. The YUV is 10-bit so is comparable to ProResHQ.

 

[Kaku Ito]

Thanks Craig,

Can you also direct me to instruction of how you can deactivate the license from one machine and move to another for NEO Mac?

Kaku

 

[CraigDavidson]

Kaku,

I sent you a PM..

Craig.