Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio & Demo Features

Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio

At last there is an easy way to load and save Cineon or DPX film (or High Def) images into QuickTime. Any application that is QuickTime aware can access all aspects of the Cineon and DPX digital film file format. These applications include Final Cut Studio, Adobe AfterEffects, and Telestream's Episode, etc.

With Glue Tools Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio, you will be able to read and write Cineon or DPX digital images in one easy step. You no longer need to convert your source frames into another format using a separate program such as Shake, Combustion or other Open Source packages. You can work directly with the native images themselves.

Demo Component Features

• Reads and writes Cineon and DPX images.
• Images imported and exported have a watermark in the form of a colored bar through the middle of the image.
• Final Cut Pro import panel functions, but is limited to a single clip name.
• Time Code is set to 36 fps the in demo version.
• Choose frame number padding from 4, 5, 6 or 7 digits.
• Override header information, so that you can choose how an image loads.
• Supports 8-bit, and 10-bit LOG, or RAW Cineon DPX files.
• Currently supports QuickTime’s 16-bits RGB or 32-bit YCbCr Pixel buffers.
• YCbCr coefficients can be selected when loading YUV encoded DPX frames.
• Supports QuickTime 7.6 under MacOSX 10.4.11 Tiger, MacOSX 10.5 Leopard and MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard.

With the Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio package, productions can import and export Cineon or DPX sequences right into Final Cut Pro. No additional processing is required. Metadata from the Cineon and DPX files also goes directly into Final Cut Pro, along with the Time Code and Imagery. Information concerning color choices, shot notes, and other slate information is passed from the Cineon or DPX header right into Final Cut’s XML format. Also, Cineon or DPX frames can be exported directly out of Final Cut Pro. No rendering needed. The Glue Tools Components are ideal for sending DV or HD shots off to Digital Intermediate.

Playback
On capable systems with high speed storage, the Cineon/DPX Pro for FCS components can easily playback your Cineon or DPX footage. On slower machines, including laptops, the ability to "scrub" through a shot, is now possible. Regardless of the system's capability, Cineon/DPX Pro for FCS enables any QuickTime application to have a Cineon or DPX frame flipper "built-in."

When the components are used within Apple's QuickTime Player, the production staff has the ability to create QuickTime movies out of a range of Cineon or DPX frames for later review. With this solution, the production staff can preview Cineon or DPX sequences on their own laptops or desktop computers. If they have the cinematographers/colorists' LUT files they can even see the frames as they were intended.

Playback with the AJA Kona 3 Card
On capable systems with high speed storage, the Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio can now playback HD sized footage out though AJA’s Kona 3 card. Now you will be able to preview your footage using Final Cut Pro, and assorted broadcast equipment.

1D, 3x1D and 3DLUT Support



Included with v3.5 is a new LUT FxPlug Filter. Now, you can apply your own 1D, 3x1D or 3DLUT to any clip on the Final Cut Pro timeline. While this plugin is a great addition to the CineonDPX package, any QuickTime clip will benefit.

Files that are created during the digital intermediate session, or LUTs created by hardware devices such as the LUTher box, can be used. Supported LUT files include Apple's Color 3D LUTs, Pandora 3D LUTs and LUTher 3D LUT text files. Other formats will be added shortly.

Colorists and cinematographers will especially like the new 3D LUT support. With a LUT file, these professionals can quickly examine frames out in the field, to see what the footage looks like. The cinematographer can easily switch between several pre-generated 3D LUTs to best judge their footage. With nothing more than QuickTime Player!

Anamorphic



Need to change the aspect ratio of your footage? The Cineon/DPX Pro for FCS has the ability to unsqueeze your imagery using a number of popular aspect ratios, without modifying the original.

Time Code



Time code is loaded right into any QuickTime application that supports time code tracks. Reel names (time code track labels) can also be added for applications such as Final Cut Pro. During export from Compressor, time code can be baked into the DPX header, as well. You can use the time code track that is provided by your application, or manually override it before saving out your sequence.

Metadata
Many hardware and software vendors offer the ability to embed metadata information into the Cineon or DPX frames. A feature of these components is to retrieve these bits of information and make them available to your tools or applications. Final Cut Pro is already supported by the Cineon/DPX Pro for FCS package. But for your application, a development API is available to allow your custom application to have direct metadata support.

Frame Rate
The Components now offer the ability to Override Preset Frame Rates. This makes the Cineon/DPX QuickTime components the ideal way to re-time shots from 24FPS to 23.98. Any combination of Frame Rates can be Overridden. When combined with the ability to Override Time Code Rates, the ability to simulate Telecine is possible.

Export



Independent filmmakers will find this to be the ideal solution, when exporting their HD projects out to film. With QuickTime and these Components, Indy Filmmakers can convert their entire project into Cineon or DPX sequences, so that they can have them color corrected at a DI facility, and then printed to film. With the new addition of the Compressor 3 plugins, you will now be able to batch render your sequences for high quality processing. Combined with Compressor 3, tasks such as scaling imagery, burning in Time Code, and even frame rate conversion is now possible.

Need to find that frame?
Cineon/DPX Pro is integrated into the Finder. You can see a thumbnail preview of a Cineon or DPX sequence by simply clicking on a frame. Spotlight plugins are also available so that you can search for frames based on notes, timecode or keycodes in the file’s header. With Cineon/DPX Pro, “Get Info” now has the ability to display information from the Cineon or DPX headers.

Customer Feedback
“I do not know where I would be as a post artist without Glue Tools, as Bob's plugin is one of the most advanced tools available to complete the high end Final Cut Studio workflow. The Glue Tools plugin streamlines the DPX post workflow better than any other tool on then market, with it my FCS/Kona setup is a fully integrated DI suite with complete control over the high-quality DPX files. With the ability to handle original timecode and keycode, S-two and Codex Metadata support Glue Tools is the must have tool for DI or a simple 2K RED workflow.”
Gary Adcock, HD and Film Consultant
Studio 37, Chicago, IL

“Glue Tools is providing an invaluable ‘missing link’ in this brave new world of HD filmmaking!!! It takes you places that are literally impossible without it! It’s not a luxury - it’s a godsend!!”
Jim Dodson, Director
MGM’s Romantic Comedy Feature Film “The Other End of the Line,” releasing October, 2008

“The Cineon/DPX plug-ins are completely indispensable for anyone serious about VFX or film scans.”
Mike Orton, Oktobor Visual Effects
New Zealand

System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- Intel Mac
- Mac OS X 10.5.8
- QuickTime 7.6.6 (or later)
- 1280 x 1024 display
- Final Cut Studio 3

Recommended System for Playback:
- 8-Core Mac Pro 2.8 Ghz, 4 GB RAM
- MacOSX 10.6.4 (or later)
- QuickTime 7.6.6 (or later)
- Dual 1920 x 1200 Displays
- SAS, SATA, Fiber-Channel RAID or SAN
- Final Cut Studio 3

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