RE: Anyway to copy only the needed DPXs to the Video Storage

["Murphy, Paul " <Paul.Murphy(at)fotf.org>]

Hi Nacho,

 

Since I have no experience with DPX, take this with a huge grain of salt!

 

Couldn't you just digitize to the timeline and point to the drive with the files?  Then only the necessary DPXs would get digitized. 

 

Showing my ignorance (as usual).

 

Murf

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Espiritu VFX
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 4:03 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Anyway to copy only the needed DPXs to the Video Storage

Francis,

 

If I have a whole storage of hours of DPXs, is there anyway to conform only the necesary dpxs into DS storage?

 

TIA,

Nacho

 

PS: Thanks too all of you helping me from outside the DS List

----- Original Message -----

From: Francis St-Louis

To: DS(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:21 PM

Subject: RE: Conforming a DPX without timecode! ASAP PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CLIENT COMING!!!!!

"Can I output 4:4:4 to a computer monitor through the HD VGA output in Nitris?"

 

Nope. External video output is only possible through HD 4:2:2 proxies. Your sequence will be 4:4:4 but the monitoring will be 4:2:2.

 

Francis St-Louis
                                    
ITL\STE Interop
Contrôle de qualité Avid|DS QA
Softimage Co., 3510 boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal, Qc, Canada,H2X 2V2
(514) 840-8900 x.3250
francis_stlouis(at)softimage.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Espiritu VFX
Posted At: 21 juillet 2005 12:49
Posted To: ds
Conversation: Conforming a DPX without timecode! ASAP PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CLIENT COMING!!!!!
Subject: Re: Conforming a DPX without timecode! ASAP PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CLIENT COMING!!!!!

Francis,

 

My subject was unclear, or to be more exact wrong!

What I wanted yesterday was to link files as tone explained me, but I thought I was doing something wrong becasuse some were RT and some not.

 

Right now I'm downloading the DPX from the director friend, and I'll start trying

 

We'll start trying everything right now and post tons and tons of stupid questions like:

 

Can I output 4:4:4 to a computer monitor through the HD VGA output in Nitris?

 

Thanks,

Nacho

 

 

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Francis St-Louis

To: DS(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:05 AM

Subject: RE: Conforming a DPX without timecode! ASAP PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CLIENT COMING!!!!!

Hi Nacho,

I am responsible for the quality assurance of the conform features of DS. I'd like to have more information on your workflow because I do not quite understand your request.

 

1- The subject line of your thread starts with "Conforming a DPX..." but you only mention that you need "to link DPXs to Nitris". Do you really want to conform a project offlined in another product into DS ?

 

2- And re-link events to DPXs files instead of whatever video format you used for offlining the project ?

 

3- Or do you simply want to use the dpx files from the camera drive into ds like any other image sequences?

 

If you want to achieve #3 Tony's method is the best. The first and second are only possible with EDLs or EDLs and ALEs so far.

 

4:4:4 realtime playback is achievable if these 3 conditions are met:

 

1- Your DPX are on a realtime DS storage, not on the camera drive.

2- They are all "aligned". To align DPXs that aren't, use the FIXDPX.exe application present in your DS 7.x program files folder.

3- They are linked. Not captured.

 

 Hope this will help. Please post if you are successful.

 

Francis St-Louis
                                    
ITL\STE Interop
Contrôle de qualité Avid|DS QA
Softimage Co., 3510 boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal, Qc, Canada,H2X 2V2
(514) 840-8900 x.3250
francis_stlouis(at)softimage.com