Exporting in Cineform Codec

[Russell M Johnston]

Running into some issues lately. I try to keep my workflow .r3d from start to finish though lately, I have been wanting to start exporting some of my clips for uploading on stock sites. I work on a windows desktop so ProRes isn't going to happen so I after some reading I thought i would give CineForm a chance seems to be a great codec which can do 10 bit and 12 bit exports. Though when I start to export it, it looks like like photo I have uploaded. Any reason for this?

I also just to try download Davinci Resolve to see how it would handle the export and it does it just fine no issues what so ever. I am thinking about switching software here soon but for other reasons. Right now I just want to fix this issue.

 

[Tom S]

I did some tests exporting Uncompressed, DNxHR HQ, Cineform, and H.264. I am thinking about doing a post about them. The Cineform codec was washed out. The DNxHR (pro-res) equivalent on Mac looked great. I think the Cineform codec is probably excellent, but many people run into issues. You'll have to do some research to get some suggestions on how to fix the Cineform codec.

 

[Russell M Johnston]

After playing around a bit more I found it only really happens on clips that I am using IPP2 on. Normal Red Gamma 4 clips that come right off my camera are fine and render out great. Will do more testing for sure in the coming weeks on this but also in the talks of moving to Resolve for all our editing and post work.

 

[Misha Engel]

These links might help a bit

https://gopro.github.io/cineform-sdk/
https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=73834
http://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/20180426-942419/DaVinci_Resolve_15_Supported_Codec_List.pdf