Q: Exporting DPX from Color
Hi there,
I'm coming to the end of editing my short film. A post production house are going to master it and they need DPX files to run through Clipster.
This is causing me a bit of a headache.
I'm just doing some initial tests this evening, and I can't for the life of me change the render file type from Quicktime to DPX in Color. It doesn't give the option. It says in the manual you can't change it unless you are working from a project from scratch? I have been using this online guide:
http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-video-editing-tools-for-editors/exporting-dpx-files -from-color/
He says you just send the sequence to color and the option should be there?
I tried making an XML and importing that into a new color project and no joy.
Am I being really stupid here or am I missing something??
Any advice I would much appreciate it.
Cheers,
Matty
PS - running FCP6..
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 3.33 Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon
Posted on Apr 29, 2013 1:02 PM
Sorry I've been absent... things get busy sometimes.
I have both Studio 2 (FCP6/Color 1.0.4) and Studio 3 (FCP7/Color 1.5.3) running on systems here so I tried it both ways. I ran into the same issue problem with Studio 2 as you describe, so I looked a bit further and found this on page 99 of the Color User Manual (Chapter 5 Setup):
"Render File Type: This parameter is automatically set based on the type of media your project uses. If you send a project from Final Cut Pro, this parameter is set to QuickTime, and is unalterable. If you create a Color project from scratch, this pop-up menu lets you choose the format with which to render your final media. When working on 2K film projects using image sequences, you’ll probably choose Cineon or DPX, while video projects will most likely be rendered as QuickTime files."
If your prospective colorist can accept a Final Cut Pro 6 project file, that may be your easiest way out.
UPDATE:
Oddly, even though the documentation for Color 1.5.3 says the same thing, I was just able to output DPX files from a FCP7 project I sent to Color 1.5.3, so it may be a lot easier (and less expensive) than I thought.
Good luck!
Message was edited by: RatVega™
Posted on May 1, 2013 10:53 AM