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1. Frame Rate allows you to override the frame rate that will be saved into the Cineon or DPX header Cineon Header Settings The Image Description and Project Info Text Fields allows you type up to 100 characters that will be embedded into the Cineon or DPX frames These fields can be indexed and searched by Spotlight Cineon Codec Color Space Panel Color space settings for the Cineon Codec are accessed by clicking on the Color button in the Cineon Movie Export Settings panel Cineon Color Space Settings on omen These controls work the same way as the controls in Cineon Colorspace Settings j Conversion QuickTime to 10 bit LogC Black Point the System Preferences The conversion pop up menu O O A ae allows you choose between the different export Neg Gamma 0 60000 options QuickTime to 10 bit LogC etc The Display Gamma 1 70000 NGamma Display Gamma White and Black controls gt pS E S ance K are also available as expected Also you can force the YCbCr Coefficients for YCbCr to RGB conversion if the automatic detection doesn t work 20 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 DPX Export Panel The DPX Export Panel is very similar to the Cineon Panel but has additional features that work with Time Code Override Time Code amp Start Time eS atelier By clicking on the Override Time Code button Glue Tools DPX Movie Export Settings you can specify your own start t2. 7 Macintosh HD Ri Desktop aX bob Ax Applications Be cae That is all there is to it From the Finder you can open bill Movie Movie to 3G up the folder where the new frames are and check amp Music Movie to Apple TV Movie to AVI them out You can even click on a frame select Pictur Movie to BMP ae oe F Command l and perform a Get Info to see how the Export Options file was formated Movie to DV Stream Movie to FLC Movie to Hinted Movie Sw Movie to Image Sequence ncel_ Save Movie to iPod Movie to MPEG 4 Movie to Picture Movie to QuickTime Media Link Movie to QuickTime Movie 19 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Cineon Export Panel Continuing with the example above open the source movie once again Before saving click on the Options button to open the Cineon Export Options Panel Briefly here is a description of the features Sequence Settings 0 00 Cineon Movie Export Settings Start Frame allows you to adjust the starting frame Glue Tools Cineon Movie Export Settings number that files will use Header Frame Number Pad sets the number of digits used in Start Frame 0000 Frame Rate Auto the frame numbering The default is 4 digits i e Frame Number Pad 4 Digit myframe 0001 dpx You can set the pad to be up to 7 digits in size myframe 0000001 dpx Color Cineon Codec Colorspace Settings Panel k Cancel ok
3. The Get Info panel will display DPX specific information in the Cineon or DPX files Click on any Cineon or DPX frame on your system and perform a Get Info Se 4D 26 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 3DLUT Support Appendix Note There is a large number of different file formats and their variations out there It is hard to choose when ones to support If the format that you want to use isn t supported please contact us via the support section of the support gluetools com website We would really like to know what you want to see supported 3DLUT files 3DLUT files are supported two different ways You can globally use a 3DLUT file for each and every Cineon or DPX sequence or with Final Cut Pro and Motion you can use a 3DLUT ona clip by clip basis Currently the Cineon DPX Toolkit supports two different LUT formats Thomson Grass Valley s LUTher text file 3D LUT and Pandora s Apple s Color 3D LUT file format We are expecting to add the Autodesk 3DL very shortly Additional files may be supported in the future If there is a format that you would like to see supported please let us know 21 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Troubleshooting Other Applications After Effects Smoke Combustion Many other platforms and applications can read DPX frames The universality of DPX is what makes it easy to move uncompressed imagery around the industry Howeve
4. 685 White Point panel doesnt have an automatic setting Frame Rate Auto 95 _ Black Point however Reset Some as well as setting the conversion type you can choose the bitdepth of the file that will be created For instance you can select on of the 10 bit options or one of the new 16 bit options as well Alpha Channel This pop up menu allows you to instruct the export component to save an Alpha Channel along with the rest of the image data Cineon Log LogC Settings NGamma Display Gamma White Point and Black Point These text fields are where you enter your Cineon Log LogC conversion parameters These parameters can radically change the way your image appears when exported While it is fun to play with the values to see what effects you can get you will want to use established settings to see how your image would look on your target screen i e Film out or High Def Tape Frame Digit Pad This popup menu lets you select how many digits are to be used in your frame s filename Selecting 6 for instance sets your file name to have a 6 digit range in the frame number part of the file name i e my_image 000001 dpx Start Frame This text field lets you type in the starting frame number that you want to use The default is set to use frame 1 Frame Rate This popup menu lets you override the default frame rate of the source movie When set to Auto the source movie s frame rate is used as the defau
5. Unlike the Cineon file format DPX can support several different types of payloads Here is a list of the currently supported image encodings DPX Import e 16 bit RGB e 16 bit RGBA e 10 bit RGB e 10 bit RGBA e 8 bit RGB e 8 bit RGBA e 10 bit Alpha e 8 bit Alpha e 1 bit Alpha e 10 bit 422 YCbCr e 8 bit 422 YCbCr DPX Export e 10 bit RGB e 10 bit RGBA e 16 bit RGB e 16 bit RGBA Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Overview The Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX package is a collection of plugins and small utilities These tools turn your editing package into a powerful online editing solution Through out this guide you will be introduced to each of these components and see how they individually work QuickTime Components The Cineon and DPX QuickTime Components perform all of the imaging playback metadata importing and exporting functions of the package This is the heart of the software package All applications that use Apple s QuickTime can access all aspects of the Cineon and DPX files Applications ranging from Final Cut Pro Adobe AfterEffects and Motion can read and write these digital film file formats There are no direct controls or programs to launch and run in order to use these components Simply single clicking on a Cineon or DPX frame in Finder allows you to see a thumbnail of the image System Preferences The Cineon DPX Preference Pane is where you pre set all of the
6. Presets that Apple provides you can duplicate and customize these to suit your needs 3DLUT FxPlug Filter Final Cut Pro and Motion provides developers with a plugin technology for manipulating your image We have developed plugins to let you attach a 3DLUT to your footage We support a couple of different 3DLUT formats Please refer to the 3DLUT Appendix at the end of this document for more information on the LUT file specific To get started import any clip into Final Cut Pro 7 This can be a DPX sequence or any type of MOV file that you have on hand Drag your clip onto the timeline and double click on it Then select the Filter tab from the top of the Browser Slug window You will be presented with a list of sliders and pop up menus A description of each control is provided below The best way to learn what they do is to try them out AS you make each adjustment you can see its effect on the right side of the display 22 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Fred_lift txt Parson Go sy w eee Tee A feature of these plugins is that you can duplicate the clip on the timeline several times If you had three copies of the same clip on the timeline each of the three could have a different 3DLUT attached This ideally suits Final Cut Pro for the creative color process The plugin provides a single setting 3DLUT File This control is used to specify the 3DLUT file that you wish to use Click o
7. Spotlight Simply typing ina Spotlight VFX651A 23 Results Q VFX651A relevant bit of text into the Spotlight text werner ee we ee stwo 0199685 dpx March 6 3 16 PM Group by field will search all of the Cineon or DPX stwo 0199686 dpx march 36m Kin stwo 0199687 dpx March 6 3 16 PM T metadata on your system and locate the stwo 0199688 dpx March 3 16PM NOPE stwo 0199689 dpx March 6 3 16 PM associated frames For instance if you have eae eae em e the shot name saved inside your Cineon or sea eed ween 36 ate DPX sequences you can search for them by stwo 0199693 dpx People Users Shared Test_Images 720p en name The screen grab below illustrates how 021184013 i peut a poesia O RRES Type A Filled Packing Method mR The DPX frames shown have the Slate Info e aa field populated with the shot name Simply ai le March 6 3 16 PM searching for the shot name brings up a list i rn eae of frames that belong to that shot Other March 6 2007 3 16 PM k stwo 0199694 dpx March 6 3 16 PM criteria can be searched for as well including SS a image resolution Colorimetric type LOG or a as sac LIN image Time Code etc pee March 6 malin _ stwo 199699 dpx March 6 3 16 PM Get Info TO O O rel 15 vachelal take 1 ca Get Info Command I in the Finder allows you to view the details of any Cineon or DPX file Much like the Spotlight window you can get info about a single file that you happen to click on
8. concept The DPX frame is an Anamorphic Image and the left is an uncorrected 1 778 while the right image has been corrected for 2 35 fan DPX Playback Time Code Metadata Settings Fram e Rate DPX Playback Framerate Time Code Metadata Settings This lets you override the frame rate found i a inside the DPX files and forces your TC Frame Rate From Header 4 C TimeCode from Frame Number Application to use the value that you choose TC Reel Name Device Name ARRI Nuc CTREELO Metadata Mode None Reset TC Frame Rate This lets you override the time scale that the Time Code track uses This can be different from the Real Frame Rate This control combined with the Real Frame Rate pop up can let you simulate a Telecine operation i e selecting a 24 FPS for the Real Frame Rate and a 25 or 29 97 for the Time Code TC Reel Name By default if the DPX frames contain a valid Time Code entry a track is created The controls affect the way the track is seen and identified The TC Source Labeling Pop up menu determines how QuickTime identifies the Time Code track User Defined allows you to type your own description into the text field below When selected you are able to type in up to 12 characters which will be used as the Reel Name You can also select from different fields in the DPX header itself By selecting either the SMPTE User Bits Project ID or Image Desc you can grab the r
9. Cineon is a film only format you should leave it set to Cineon Log to QuickTime Video NGamma Display Gamma White Point and Black Point These text fields are where you enter your Cineon Log LogC conversion parameters These parameters can radically change the way your image appears on the screen While it is fun to play with the values to see what effects you can get you will want to use established settings to see how your image would look on your target screen i e movie big screen or High Def monitor Aspect Ratio This pop up menu allows you to choose between a number of different Aspect Ratios that the image will be displayed as When loading the images you can select the 2 37 Aspect Ratio and the images will be automatically re sized without any data loss The example image of the dinosaur illustrates the concept The DPX frame is an Anamorphic Image and the left is an uncorrected 1 778 while the right image has been corrected for 2 57 Frame Rate This lets you override the frame rate that your Cineon frame specifies Your Application will then use frame rate that you select Cineon Film Export Settings Co nversion Cineon Export Settings This pop up menu iS similar to the Conversion QuickTime to 10 bit LogC 0 6 NGamma m port Popu p It al lows you to select the Image Desc Glue Tools Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX 1 7 Display Gamma type of export color space conversion a ars Projec
10. Desc amp Project Info Each text field can hold up to 200 characters of information Ideally one of these fields can be used for shot identification or used as human readable notes about the shot These fields also would allow you to use your shot id to act as a Time Code Reel Name in Final Cut Pro even though the Cineon format doesn t support Time Code Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Codec Settings The Codec settings tab contains settings that affect the behavior of both the Cineon an DPX components YCbCr Import amp Export Coefficient By clicking on the Import or Export popup menus you can force the use of specific YCbCr coefficients These coefficients determine how YCbCr pixels are converted to and from RGB pixels While QuickTime does a reasonable job at determining which coefficients should be used sometimes the Applications miss that information and use a default that is wrong Here you can force QuickTime to use what you specify correcting the problem Cineon DPX YCbCr Settings YCbCr Import Coefficient ITU R BT 709 YCbCr Export Coefficient ITU R BT 709 Reset Component Settings Options This panel has two options to change the behavior of the export components The first option Export Frame Number separator lets _ you specifiy a period or an underscore _ aa character to separate the root part of the filename from the frame
11. Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Copyright 2003 2014 Glue Tools LLC Glue Tools LLC P O Box 24124 Santa Barbara CA 93121 United States Tel 805 456 7997 http www gluetools com Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 System Requirements 5 Minimum Hardware and Software Configuration 5 Recommended Hardware and Software Configuration 5 Playback Requirements 5 Supported DPX payload types 5 Overview 6 QuickTime Components 6 System Preferences 6 Final Cut Pro 7 Plugins 6 Compressor Plugins 6 Spotlight and QuickLook Plugins 6 QuickTime X Compatibility Issues with Cineon DPX Toolkit 7 Installation and Demo Mode 8 Installation 8 IMPORTANT Demo Mode 8 Licensing 9 License Activation 9 Revoking De authorizing a License 9 Quick Start Guide 10 Importing a Cineon or DPX Image Sequence The Correct Way 10 Importing a Sequence into QuickTime Player 10 Exporting a Sequence from QuickTime Player 10 Importing a Sequence into Final Cut Pro 7 11 Exporting a Sequence from Final Cut Pro 11 Cineon DPX Reference 12 Preference Pane 12 DPX Import Tab 12 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 DPX Export Tab 14 Cineon Tab 16 Codec Settings 18 InfoTab 18 QuickTime Export Options 19 Cineon Export Panel 20 Cineon Codec Color Space Panel 20 DPX Export Panel 21 Final Cut Pro 7 Plugins 22 Cineon and DPX
12. Sequence Import Panels 22 Cineon and DPX Sequence Presets 22 Compressor Encoder Plugins 24 Creating a Cineon DPX Encoder Setting 24 Setting up a Cineon DPX Encoder 24 Qmaster Setup for Compressor 25 Spotlight Plugins and Get Info 26 Get Info 26 3DLUT Support Appendix 27 3DLUT files 27 Troubleshooting Other Applications After Effects Smoke Combustion 28 Technical Support 29 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 System Requirements Minimum Hardware and Software Configuration e Intel Macintosh e Mac OS X 10 7 5 e QuickTime 7 6 6 or later e 1280 x 1024 display e Final Cut Pro 7 and Compressor 3 5 Recommended Hardware and Software Configuration e 8 Core Mac Pro e MacOSX 10 7 5 MacOSX 10 8 5 or 10 9 x e QuickTime 7 6 6 or later e Dual 1920 x 1200 displays e Thunderbolt SAS SATA or Fiber Channel RAID or SAN e Final Cut Pro 7 and Compressor 3 5 e or Compressor 4 Playback Requirements Cineon and DPX Images are uncompressed As a result film resolution Cineon and DPX files are roughly 12 5 Megabytes 2048x1556 High Def resolution Cineon or DPX images 1920x1080 are typically less than 8 5 Megabytes Sequences that run at 24 FPS will need a considerable amount of bandwidth for real time playback You will want to make sure that you have a machine that is up to the task With the lower costs of high speed storage it is really recommended that a RAID of some sort is used Supported DPX payload types
13. Simple shell scripts can also take advantage of the spotlight services and sift through frames for specific data You will also be able to view thumbnails through all of you applications as well Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 QuickTime X Compatibility Issues with Cineon DPX Toolkit By default QuickTime Pro 7 is not installed with MacOSX 10 7 10 8 and 10 9 QuickTime Pro 7 is required before it can be used on these systems While this installer is provided on the MacOSX 10 6 Snow Leopard Installation DVD Apple does not provide this installer with later versions of the OS Fortunately this installer is available from Apple s website The download link is http support apple com kb dl923 Once you have downloaded and installed QuickTime Pro 7 you can proceed with any of our packages Be sure to use QuickTime Player 7 in the Applications Support folder to view your Cineon or DPX sequences Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Installation and Demo Mode Installation Installation is as simple as double clicking on the installer package then selecting the hard disk that you want to install the software onto Once installed you will need to reboot your machine Note If the system does not contain the proper version of Final Cut Studio various parts of the Cineon DPX Toolkit will not install If after the installation parts of this product do not show up please double check that you meet the mini
14. aw data and use that as the Reel Name If there is no usable data in the header you can now use either the Root file name from the first frame or you can use the parent directory that the frames are stored in as the reel name Another feature is available if the frames came from S two or Codex Digital Hardware These products create DPX frames with a set detailed metadata You can select either product which will in turn extract the appropriate Reel or Roll Name from the DPX header Time Code from Frame Number This check box enables the Cineon or DPX QuickTime Components to use a Sequence s frame numbers as the Time Code source rather than the Time Code that is embedded inside the header In the Case of Cineon files this provides a way to allow you to apply a Time Code track to a Cineon sequence Cineon doesn t not provide a way to embed Time Code information into its header 13 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 DPX Export Tab This tab controls the output characteristics for DPX files From here you can control the way the DPX images look and what information is contained inside the files DPX Film Export Settings Conversion DPX Film RGB Export Settings This pop up menu is similar to the Import Conversion QuickTime to 10 bit Log 0 6 NGamma Popup menu It allows you to select the oo None 1 7 _ Display Gamma type of export color space conversion This Start Frame 0001 Digit Pad 4
15. e purchase page and follow the instructions there 18 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 QuickTime Export Options Any QuickTime aware application can easily export Cineon or DPX frames When you want to convert your movie to a sequence of frames you will want to choose the Export QuickTime Movie feature of your application This will be different for each application For instance QuickTime Player and Final Cut Pro uses File gt Export other apps may use another menu item We ll use QuickTime Player to export a sequence of DPX frames for this example Open a movie with QuickTime Player This can be any kind of movie You can even use a range of Cineon or DPX frames This is ideal for converting Cineon to DPX frames if you want We will use this as the source movie Choose File gt Export from the QuickTime Player menu Once the Export panel is open create a folder to save the files into and give the files a name Lets use test for now eS e Click on the Export Pop up menu to select the SERE IPA Movie dpx B Movie to DPX Image Sequence or Movie to Cineon c D a Image Sequence export mode If you need to change E iaka crs score some Settings for this particular export job you can misk click on the Options button to alter the way Cineon Newort or DPX frames are saved But for now just click on Save to create a sequence of frame
16. ime Time Code override only supports non drop frame NDF Header p values and must be typed in using the hours Start Frame 0001 Frame Rate Auto minutes seconds frames format Frame yaar Daan See numbers and negative values are currently not at ee iE a0 supported Color DPX Codec Colorspace Settings Panel Keep in mind that the frame rate determines how Wie the Time Code should entered If the frame rate h Cancel Ook is set to 24 then the frame rate should be set accordingly Start Frame from Time Code Also included is a check box that lets you set the frame number in the file name to match the numerical frame count as the Time Code So turning this feature on not only saves the Time Code into the DPX header but also starts the frame number at the same Start start time For example if your start time is 00 00 01 00 at 24 FPS the start time would be myframe 0000024 dpx 21 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Final Cut Pro 7 Plugins Final Cut Pro 7 users can import Cineon or DPX eee Oem sequences with the Import Panels These panels can were ave N ou Meda tar easily be accessed by selecting the File gt Import E Sequence 1 00 00 00 00 NotSet Not Set 01 00 00 0 menu In this menu you will see two items Glue Tools A Cineon Sequence Import and Glue Tools DPX a beman Sequence Import iadan SS 4 View a
17. ired to have a network connection unless you want to move the license to another Macintosh To activate the license you will need the Registration Code that was emailed to you Open the System Preferences and click on the CineonDPX preference pane You can then cut and paste the license code from the email into the License Code field Once you click on the Activate button the software will verify the license with our server and create a permanent license for you Until you decide to move the license this will be the only time that the internet is used for licensing Revoking De authorizing a License Company Glue Tools LLC License Holder Robert Monaghan License Type Base License Valid License Code eeece eeeee RdPlg 4KuAD Ethernet ID e8 06 88 cc 8c da Revoke If you need to move a license to another machine you can use the same license code to Revoke the license from the machine that you are on Just as you had done with the license activation Open the System Preferences gt CineonDPX preference pane Open the Info tab to reveal your licensing details Then click on the Revoke button Once deactivated the license will be free so that another machine can be used If the problem persists email support gluetools com for further assistance or go to http Support gluetools com and take a look through our Knowledgebase The knowledgebase has the most up to date information on licensing help Gl
18. le clip or the entire sequence Then right click or control click and select Export gt Using Compressor This will open Compressor and allow you to create a new sequence of Cineon or DPX frames Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Cineon DPX Reference This Package consists of several parts that make up the whole The Cineon and DPX Components themselves a System Preferences Pane Spotlight Plugins and set of Plugins for Final Cut Studio Each of these pieces are briefly described in turn Preference Pane The Cineon DPX Preferences Pane is where you can change the settings used by Cineon and DPX QuickTime Components If you want of change the LOG LIN settings use a 3D LUT or override the frame numbering you can do it in the System Preferences Glue Tools CineonDPX Let s begin by opening the System Preferences and clicking on the CineonDPX preference pane icon Once opened you will be presented with a series of tabs dividing the controls up into a couple of different categorize DPX Import Tab You will notice that the DPX Import Tab is divided into three sections A DPX Film Import Settings section DPX Video Import Settings section and DPX Time Code Settings sections DPX Film RGB Import Settings Conve rsion DPX Film RGB Import Settings This pop up menu is used to select your Conversion White Point ee conversion method You can leave it on Automatic to QuickTime Video _ Black P
19. lt playback speed Choosing a speed from the pop up menu overrides the source playback speed 14 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 DPX Header Export Settings Image Desc amp Project Info Each text field can hold up to 200 characters of information Ideally one of these fields can be used for shot identification and the other readable notes about the shot n Following such a convention would allow you to use your shot id to act as the Time Code label and the other field to be text about the shot when read back by other applications See DPX Time Code settings in the Import Tab DPX Header Export Settings Image Desc Glue Tools Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX Project Info Glue Tools Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX 15 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Cineon Tab This tab contains all of the settings specific to the Cineon QuickTime components Cineon Film Import Settings Co nve rsion Cineon Import Settings This pop up menu is used to select your Conversion Cineon Log to QuickTime Video 0 6 NGamma conversion method You select from Select 3DLUT None 1 7 Display Gamma Cineon Log to QuickTime Video Pass Aspect Ratio None dE 685 White Point Through do nothin and Linear to Frame Rate From Header 95 Black Point QuickTime Video These settings will allow you to override the defaults and display the image the way you want As
20. lue Tools DPX Encoder on the Encoder button circled in red This will show you the CE current settings of the DPX Encoder Click on the Options button to open the encoder s settings window You will be presented with a new panel which resembles the File Format Glue Tools DPX Encoder the settings available in the System Preferences Panel Please Extension dpx_ V Allow Job Segmenting refer to the previous sections of the manual to learn what the _ controls do 000 Glue Tools DPX Encoder It is important to note that the defaults are set to 23 98 as the frame rate and 1080p for the size Change each to use auto Once done click on OK This saves the settings inside Compressor You can now use this encoder to export DPX frames 24 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Qmaster Setup for Compressor Qmaster is Apples render queuing system With it you can harness a group of computers together to work on a set of jobs Ideally you can use any of these additional computers to work on tasks that you need done without tying up your machine A typical job might be converting a sequence of DPX frames into a ProRes 422 movie Before you can use Compressor and Qmaster with the Cineon DPX Toolkit you will need to make some changes to your Compressor setup First here is an explanation of what some pitfalls can be Problem Rendering a QuickTime movie on a Qmaster node fails The movie ha
21. mum requirements IMPORTANT Demo Mode Thank You for trying our software This package is currently in Demo Mode This means that there will be limitations To activate the full package you will need to obtain a license code Contact us at sales gluetools com for further assistance Cut amp Paste the code into the License Code fields below This will then let you activate over the internet License Code Ethernet ID e8 06 88 cc 8c da Clear Activate By default the software will be placed into Demo Mode If no license is purchased the Cineon and DPX Images with drawn or exported with a large colored bar through the center of the image Once a license has been purchased the time limit will be removed and all of the imagery will be rendered properly Another limitation is with Time Code Time Code will be forced to 09 09 09 00 for every sequence When importing footage into Final Cut Pro 7 the Sequences will be identified with the same name To remove these limitations a license must be purchased Otherwise most of the software s functionality will be available for testing and evaluation Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Licensing License Activation Licensing must be done while connected to the Internet If you do not have an internet connection you will not be able to activate the license In many cases any type of network connection will get you up and running Once activated you will not be requ
22. n the Choose button to open an Open File panel These settings are stored inside the Final Cut Pro 7 project file Nothing that you adjust here will affect the file that the 3DLUT is attached to The changes are non destructive 23 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Compressor Encoder Plugins The Cineon DPX Toolkit will install Compressor Encoder Plugins for either Compressor 3 5 Included with Final Cut Studio 3 or Compressor 4 which can be downloaded directly from Apple s App Store Creating a Cineon DPX Encoder Setting When you first open Compressor a Settings window is displayed as a part of the group of windows that are opened What you ll want to do is to create a DPX custom encoder setting ata Day ita professiona This setting will let you export DPX frames Glue Tools DPX Encoder Click on the Plus sign button to open up a eee menu In this menu you will see a list of wre encoders Choose the Glue Tools DPX ctr 2 SE Encoder menu item Quickie Movie Setting up a Cineon DPX Encoder Once the DPX Encoder setting is selected from the menu it will create a settings entry in the Custom folder in the Settings Window You can click on it to see its defaults You will probably want to change these defaults so the encoder exports the DPX frames the way that you need them To get to the settings go to the Inspector Window and click Name Untitled G
23. numbers Component Settings Options Export Frame Number separator Period B DPX Export File Endianness Automatic B The second option DPX Export File Endianness lets you force the DPX file s endianness to be either Big Endian or Little Endian When in Automatic mode the native endianness of the source machine is used Typically Little Endian with Intel based Macintosh systems Interlace Field Settings Interlace Settings Interlace Flag None Progressive This section lets you set the flag for the interlace mode of you Cineon or DPX sequence By default the QuickTime interlace flag is set to Progressive Scan This should be fine in every case However in some cases you need to change this 3D tools and plugins often need the interlace flag to be set in order to work You can change this here to accommodate those packages Rendering Mode Rendering Enable OpenCL CPU Intel CPU This section lets you choose between the default Intel CPU rendering engine vs using a Graphics Card if supported Not all graphics cards can be used You will need to refer to the http support gluetools com website to see a complete list of supported GPUs InfoTab In the Info tab you can click on links to the Glue Tools website as well as direct links to the Support FAQ pages and the Registration pages If you wish to purchase a license for the Cineon DPX Toolkit visit www gluetools com go to th
24. oint Display Gamma Automatic which uses the built in defaults and Cineon or DPX headers to figure out Anput iio None how to display the image Sometimes however you may need to change these settings Some of the settings include Automatic to QuickTime Video Pass Through do nothing and LogC to QuickTime Video These settings will allow you to override the defaults and display the image the way you want Reset Cineon Log LogC Settings NGamma Display Gamma White Point and Black Point These text fields are where you enter your Cineon Log LogC conversion parameters These parameters can radically change the way your image appears on the screen While it is fun to play with the values to see what effects you can get you will want to use established settings to see how your image would look on your target screen i e movie big screen or High Def monitor Note The Cineon Log LogC defaults that are provided are just arbitrary settings You will really want to consult with your DP or film IO house to get the correct settings Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Aspect Ratio This pop up menu allows you to choose between a number of different Aspect Ratios that the image will be displayed as For example when loading the Images you can select the 2 35 Aspect Ratio and the images will be automatically re sized without any data loss The example image of the dinosaur illustrates the
25. orting a Sequence from QuickTime Player Exporting Cineon or DPX frames are just as easy as importing Open a movie file that you want to convert to a DPX sequence and then select File gt Export from the menu Next change the Export Pop up menu to read Movie to DPX Image Sequence After that you can click on the Save button to start saving a range of frames If you wish to alter the export a bit i e you need to change the start frame number to 0020 instead of 0001 you can click on the Options button to customize the export 10 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Importing a Sequence into Final Cut Pro 7 Final Cut Pro 7 has a specially built interface to work with Clneon and DPX frames To import the frames select the File gt Import gt Glue Tools Cineon Sequence Import or for DPX frames File gt Import gt Glue Tools DPX Sequence Import Locate your sequence click ona single frame and click Ok Your sequence will now appear in the browser complete with the file s metadata That s it You can now drag the sequence onto the timeline to edit Exporting a Sequence from Final Cut Pro Exporting is now handled by Compressor Refer to the Compressor section of this manual to learn to how create a settings preset and export your frames Exporting a Cineon or DPX Sequence from Final Cut Pro 7 is fairly easy In the browser you can either click on a sing
26. r not all applications can read all variations of the SMPTE DPX specification Specifically Adobe After Effects and Discreet s now Autodesk Flame and Smoke can not read all versions of DPX files Sadly this is true for some frames exported by the Glue Tools Cineon DPX package In order to export frames that are compatible with these packages force the imagery to be exported as Big Endian You do this by opening the System Preferences gt CineonDPX pane Click on the Codec tab and change the Endian Pop up menu 28 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Technical Support Support for these tools can be obtained by posting support question at http support gluetools com Online support also includes an Knowledge base section The Knowledge base is a great place to to find commonly asked questions questions Telephone Support is available Monday to Friday 9AM to 5PM PST PDT 29
27. s List Glue Tools DPX Sequence Import View as Small Icons Panasonic P2 View as Medium Icons VOU Data The Cineon and DPX Panels are largely identical with View as Large Icons XML the exception of Metadata and Time Code related features Arrange Text Size vv Also included is an FxPlug Filter which will allow you to add a 3DLUT to any of your clips This works specifically inside Final Cut Pro and allows you to attach a 3DLUT on a clip by clip basis Cineon and DPX Sequence Import Panels The Cineon and DPX Sequence Import panels for Final Cut Pro 7 provide most of the same controls that the Cineon DPX Preference Pane does However the panel adds the ability to extract metadata right out of the Cineon and DPX frames and place the information right into your FCP project Shot notes color information and other information is extracted and available in the XML that FCP generates To import a sequence all that is needed is to select ONE frame from the sequence in order to load the entire shot Once imported the extracted metadata from the sequence is placed into Final Cut Pro s XML system Cineon and DPX Sequence Presets Final Cut Pro 7 provides a set of Sequence Presets which allows you to quickly configure your system for different editing scenarios Included with the package is a set of Cineon and DPX Sequence presets These are generic presets for standard frame rates and image sizes As with the other Sequence
28. s one or two different frames that are repeated Fix Go to the Com pressor menu and select Quit after submitting batches from other applicati Preferences Once the panel has opened look for V Display job thumbnails the Cluster Options popup menu and select Never copy source to cluster Cluster Options Never copy source to cluster Copy at submission high priority This is important as Qmaster was never designed to work with image sequences as source frames Qmaster doesn t understand how to copy movies that are composed of several files This is usually the cause of rendered QuickTime movies that have repeating frames In order for Qmaster to work with the footage the volume that holds the source frames must be mounted on each Cluster Node When the render job is submitted each of the Cluster Nodes will see the frames as locally available So the copy step isn t required Problem Exporting DPX frames from a Single Movie using several systems fails ie have several machine export the same movie Fix There isn t any way to use several machines to work on a single movie at this time You will need to send a single movie to a single machine when exporting a QuickTime movie to a DPX sequence We hope to have this addressed in future updates 25 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Spotlight Plugins and Get Info Cineon and DPX files can be indexed and searched by
29. settings that the components use These settings include LOG LIN conversions Alpha Channel activation Licensing information Time Code support etc Final Cut Pro 7 Plugins With a purchased license you will see the Final Cut Pro 7 plugins in the File gt Import menu They will be labeled Glue Tools Cineon Sequence Import and Glue Tools DPX Sequence Import You will select either of these to import a Cineon or DPX sequence into Final Cut Pro 7 as if it were a regular QuickTime movie clip Shift Selecting folders containing a number of Cineon or DPX sequences will let you load a number of clips at once Compressor Plugins A new feature of this software is full support for Compressor 3 5 or Compressor 4 Included is a set of Compressor Encoder plugins Compressor can now receive sequences from Final Cut Pro and process them This is a much better solution when dealing with a significant amount of footage Shots can be queued and Compressor can work its way through them If you have multiple systems you can even have the jobs distributed amongst the machines to speed up the rendering process Spotlight and QuickLook Plugins The Spotlight and QuickLook Plugins enable your system to see inside the Cineon and DPX frames Finder can extract specific information from the Cineon or DPX files when it does a Get Info You can search for Time Code numbers reel names or encoding characteristics from the Finder s Spotlight panel
30. t Image Sequence to load the frames Glue Tools has custom technology to treat these image types as a virtual movie file rather than a set of individual image files This means that all of the frames in the sequence are really just a single Movie It also means that when you are selecting any one Cineon or DPX file from a sequence it is the same as opening all of the frames in the sequence Because of this you no longer need to shift select all of the frames to load them As a result of the way this works you are able to load metadata Time Code and other information that would normally be associated with a QuickTime movie But what about the Import Image Sequence menu command Using this method of loading frames you loose the ability to import metadata Time Code etc You also loose the Playback ability too When importing Cineon or DPX frames as an Image Sequence QuickTime believes the sequence is just a bunch of still images not a series of frames in a movie If you still aren t clear on the difference drop a note in the Glue Tools support forum More examples can be posted http www gluetools com support html Importing a Sequence into QuickTime Player One of the most basic ways of using the Cineon DPX Toolkit is to take one of the frames from your sequence drag it over top of the QuickTime icon and let go Doing this will open the entire sequence inside QuickTime Player It is as simple as that Exp
31. t Info Glue Tools Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX 685 White Point QuickTime to 10 bit LogC the default Frame Digit Pad 4 Start Frame 0000 95 Black Point when exporting with the option to doa ogre QuickTime to 10 bit Pass Through ora QuickTime to 10 bit Linear export 16 Glue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 NGamma Display Gamma White Point and Black Point These text fields are where you enter your Cineon Log LogC conversion parameters These parameters can radically change the way your image appears when exported While it is fun to play with the values to see what effects you can get you will want to use established settings to see how your image would look on your target screen IE Film out or High Def Tape Frame Digit Pad This popup menu lets you select how many digits are to be used in your frame s filename Selecting 6 for instance sets your file name to have a 6 digit range in the frame number part of the file name i e my_image 000001 cin Start Frame This text field lets you type in the starting frame number that you want to use The default is set to use frame 1 Frame Rate This lets you override the frame rate that your Application has specified When set to Auto the Application s frame rate is used as the default playback speed Choosing a speed from the pop up menu overrides the overrides the frame rate that will be inserted into the Cineon file Image
32. ue Tools LLC Cineon DPX Toolkit for MacOSX v4 1 Quick Start Guide Importing a Cineon or DPX Image Sequence The Correct Way Just about everyone has used QuickTime to load a range of individual frames and convert them into a single movie Normally this is done by using an Import Image Sequence command inside the QuickTime application Typically these images are a series of TIFF files or JPEGs with sequential frame numbers Under normal circumstances this works just fine The sequences of picture files are just what they are a series of still images with no other useful data However this is not true for Cineon and DPX files The Cineon and DPX sequences are in fact a single movie The difference between a Cineon or DPX Movie and a regular mov file is that each frame is a separate file A mov file has all of its frames inside a single file A feature that makes Cineon or DPX frames different from other Image formats is that the Cineon and DPX frames contain metadata that is specific to the film and HD broadcast industry Time Code slate information colorimetric information etc is stored in the image header So what does this ultimately mean It means that to properly load a Cineon or DPX sequence into you favorite application use the Open gt File menu and select A SINGLE frame from your sequence and then click on Load or Ok The entire movie will load shortly DO NOT use Impor
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