DPX workflow help

[Brian D. Goff]

I have a Avid edit ready to go to grading. The grading company would like to have the DPX files in folder representing "reels" and the dpx file named in a way coresponding to the scorce timecode of the edit.

So it would look something like this:

folder name "A001"

DPX file names (coresponding to sorce timecode) 090000.dpx

is this posible?

thanks

 

[I Bloom]

You can't do this from Redcine as far as I know, because a reel number cannot be used in a file specification as the name of directory. You would need to do this from Redline.

 

[Brian D. Goff]

You can't do this from Redcine as far as I know, because a reel number cannot be used in a file specification as the name of directory. You would need to do this from Redline.

Still don't seem to get what I need

The on-lining company want all the clips from the same "reel" to be in one folder. each dpx/tif frame having a frame number that is based on the clip source timecode (so a 00:00:01:00 clip time-code would be 0000025.tif)
When using the standard "EVENT#Z/#F#S.E" in crimson I get a frame like this:
Z000001-A001_C001_0629AQ_Sequenz 2_telecine.0006091.tif

I tried diferant settings, but no success

the number in the rendered tif I get "...0006091.tif" does not match the sorce timecode of the clip, not even the timeline timecode (what does it match?) - what am I missing? Also, each clip on the same reel gets it's own folder - I would like all clips from the same reel to be in the same folder.

Thanks

 

[Dan Hudgins]

frame numbers?

frame numbers?

Still don't seem to get what I need

Sounds a little like what I am using, I will tell you what I do it may help?

In my system the first frame for each shot is always frame zero, or smpte time 01:00:00:00 since that alows for some run-up before the slate close if you want that, if you start with SMPTE 00:00:00:00 you cannot have frames before the slate close, at any rate the first frame for each shot is mostly 00000000.TIF and SMPTE 01:00:01:00 would be 00000024.TIF for 24fps footage somewhat like in your example.

To get the RED ONE footage into each shot folder (I call Reels the 22minute blocks of shots that make a 35mm movie reel for projection) the trim points in REDCINE are adjusted so that the slate close "clap frame" is the first frame in the shot to export, the filename string in REDCINE is changed to "00#6.E" to get 8 digit filenames, and the output path is manually changed to the shot folder, i.e. S0123 etc. used by my system's project folder, but you would just enter the right folder name to export to, manually.

That would work if your clapboard has SMPTE code 00:00:00:00 for the close frame, if there is another number, then you would need to set the start frame count to save to the same number. I have not had to adjust those numbers, I think, REDCINE seems to start numbering from 0 on the first trim frame. My programs have file re-numbering commands to deal with issues with the numbers being wrong, or if you need to pull-up a set of frames by re-numbering them. I'm not sure if I needed to re-number on the last stuff I imported...

I don't think it is a big problem, at worst you would need to export each shot and adjust the starting frame numbers to match the time code, if you need absolute time code numbers.

 

[Hans-Georg Daun]

Brian,

Sent you a PM.

Cheers,
Hans

 

[Abd Samad Hassan]

Brian,

Had same problem sending to Da Vinci.

In Crimson, if you turn off the Cowboy Intermediate and change the REDLine specification to EVENT#Z/#F.E, it should give you something like this:
A001_C001_0629AQ.dpx number.dpx

Also had the same timecode problem you're having. Solved this by activating "Use Edgecode" in Crimson.

We then sent it off to the Da Vinci. So far, working fine.

Regards,
Sam

 

[MichaelP]

Monkey Frame Extract can do the FOLDER = REEL if needed and the most recent version supports Avid FilmScribe directly. MC can also track a DPX filename list - when creating ALE from REDCINE using the XSL it automatically adds a the filename plus timecode as absolute frames in the DPX column for tracking.

Michael