HELP! Timecode in DPX sequences...

[Jeff Brown]

Chaps,

Having a spot of bother. I am going FCP - Redcine - DPX - Color.

I have a total of 32 shots rendered out as DPX sequences as complete takes. I then have an EDL from an FCP timeline that references these 32 shots in 122 different instances (total duration around 5mins).

I have not been able to do a Crimson conform because of numerous speed changes (almost every clip) and complete takes for the timeline is a) too long to render and b) not enough disk space.

When I import to color my timeline loads with all clips of the right duration but they seem to keep being of one or two clips. The only exceptoin are a couple of clips where the time of day code was running in camera and not the edgecode (so all other clips are starting 01:00:00:00.)

So I'm thinking that when the EDL loads it seeks the timecode only and not the reel name/number so it is finding the first instance of a clip with that timecode only (Event 1 is the clip that appears throughout) and it only occassionally skips to another clip when that event does not have the timecode it is looking for.

So my question - how do I get my sequence to load properly/ get the EDL to find the clip names?

I should add that I have my DPX sequences in Event folders numbered 1-32 in no particular order. Do I have to have 122 event folders with the clip in each one. ie duplicated over and over with full takes? (Even the 32 clips as full takes amounts to 650gigg so I can't duplicate them...)

Is there a manual tweak to get the edl to load from the right event folders.

Getting desperate! Any help appreciated...

Cheers

Jeff

 

[janmleung]

Try this

Try this

Jeff I am working on FCP - Redcine - DPX - Color and got it working.

I still use Crimson for conforming to 2K DPX, here's how:

Requirement: AJA DPXToQTTranslator and Automator

After rendering to DPX from Redcine (in Event Folders), you need to translate all your DPX files as QT reference movie using AJA DPXToQTTranslator. Then make use of Automator so you don't have to manually translate each Event folders. Then you can generate roundtrip XML for FCP then send to COLOR.

Note:

On Crimson you need the to match the output file name on roundtrip to the QT reference movie (use Automator to rename).

In my case I edited the File Specification to EVENT#Z/#F.E (I delete#S) so the output file would be e.g. Z00001-A003_C008_080519.mov If you don't do this you'll get a output filename like Z00001-A003_C008_080519_'projectname'.mov

Then on Automator after translating all DPX you will get a file name Z00001-A003_C008_080519__.mov so you need to rename this (remove underscore __)

attached is the automator workflow I use from translating DPX to QT and renaming.

Well RED workflow is still evolving, so you might find this useful for now.

Cheers
Jan Leung
DI Colorist, Bigfoot Entertainment

 

[Petros Nousias]

For some reason I cant get it to work. I'm completely automator-illiterate, so when it says "The action "Kona DPX To QT Translator" could not be located", I dont know what to do. I opened the workflow in textedit and noticed this string: /Library/Automator/KONA DPX To QT Translator.action. Is this an actual file that should be located in this directory?

 

[Michael Thornton]

not enough disk space

That is BAD.

You should never going beyond 70-80% of your disk storage capacity.

You are asking for trouble.

Solve your disk storage issues before anything else.

After that.

I suggest you make a copy of your sequence.

Remove all time changes and others effects.

Run a crimson round trip to get your online frames, then apply your times changes and effects.

Render your project and send to color.

Hope that help.

Tek

P. S. I would Render your project as singles clips and go to Color manually if I were you.

 

[Jeff Brown]

When I say "not enough disk space" I mean I don't want a TB of DPX sequences to have to put on drives and take to an online...(And then wait for hours whilst they copy it over chatging me £££)
That's why I want t way to conform just the bits I need.


Jeff Brown

 

[Tar]

What if you don't have an AJA? Then what?

 

[Jeff Brown]

The converters for DPX-QT and QT-DPX are free to download from aja- you don't need to have the hardware.

Jeff Brown
Red708

 

[Petros Nousias]

Any ideas with the automator action?