Monday, February 8, 2010

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: DNxHD QuckTime FCP Import Question

Oliver,

Did you...


Canon launches Final Cut Pro plug-in to work with EOS digital SLRs

*Sunday 07 Feb 2010 - 21:02*

Canon has released the EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple's Final Cut Pro.
This new plug-in is designed to offer simple and easy transfer of video
content from Canon's EOS digital SLR cameras directly into Final Cut Pro.

The EOS E1 video plug-in takes advantage of Final Cut Pro's Log and
Transfer feature, which allows users to select and mark the video
directly while it is still on the camera, add custom metadata and ingest
the clips in the background so the editing can begin immediately.

The EOS E1 video plug-in is a free download available here
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/finalcutstudio/>. The plug-in is
compatible with Final Cut Pro 6 or higher and currently supports Canon
EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D and EOS 1D Mark IV cameras.

*Digital Arts Staff
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13495

use this?

DD
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oliverpetersvidy wrote:
>
>
> I just ran a little test and if the objective is to get Avid files
> into FCP and maintain the exact same video levels, the short answer is
> you can't.
>
> I took some Canon 5D H264 files (lord knows what true color space
> these are, of course) and imported them into each app. In MC, I
> exported them as ProRes in every combination of RGB, 709, no gamma
> correction and automatic gamma correction. I brought these files into
> FCP and split screened them against the native H264 camera files, as
> well as ProRes conversions of these files. There was no combination
> that matched levels seamlessly.
>
> Several combinations gave me a close match on peak whites (within
> about 5 IRE), but blacks where darker by about 10-20 IRE. So this
> confirms my conclusion that FCP maintains "sort of" 709 mapping,
> however, I believe it sets a different black point internally.
> Probably 0 and not 16. In the case of Avid, the RGB/709 toggle is
> valid for graphics in/out, but it probably isn't valid for a lot of
> video files. At least not exactly, if we are talking QuickTime.
>
> In my little codec test, which I posted yesterday, I can "roundtrip" a
> digital still photo through MC (RGB in and out) and FCP (source gamma)
> and export an uncompressed file from each. These will match levels
> almost perfectly when you create a "difference" composite in
> Photoshop. I'm not sure that holds true for other types of video files.
>
> - Oliver
>
>

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