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John Daro

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April 7th 2003
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F65 footage in Resolve
by Mathieu Marano 3 months ago
I just got F65 footage transferred to disk with an SR-PC4 disk reader. It transferred the MXF with the XML file. it's 4K RAW at 23.98. I just can't get Resolve to recognize the footage. Anybody succee
Re: F65 footage in Resolve
by John Daro 3 months ago
I too have been converting to 16bit slog dpx and working as usual. Just a rumor but I heard that BM had it working and then Sony tweaked the raw mxf just enough to break it. John Daro Editor SFX consu
Grading Through LUTS a bit confused.
by Alexander Higgins 8 months ago
Hello, I am grading LOG footage, not actually from Film, but from EXRs that used a bit of dynamic range so they had to be converter from EXR linear to 10bit DPX as to not clip, that was done using the
Re: Grading Through LUTS a bit confused.
by John Daro 8 months ago
Alexander, If your picture looks good while being double luted you could have exported the clips incorrectly form nuke. What did you pass to resolve If you rendered out cineons or dpx's you may have d
Nuke recursively processing
by John Daro 1 year ago
Hi All, Is there a way to make nuke process a entire directory structure recursively. I have a one node script that needs to be ran on 700+ shots. Thanks, John Daro
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Re: Nuke recursively processing
by John Daro 1 year ago
Thanks Charles, This is a great start. Cheers, JD John Daro Editor SFX consultant
Video: Charles Angus Taylor's DoP Reel
by Charles Taylor 2 years ago
Charles Angus Taylor's DoP Reel A montage of short dramatic films I have shot recently. I am a Toronto-area DoP who has, to date, shot numerous short films (both narrative and documentary), as well as
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Cameras
by Charles Taylor 2 years ago
Thanks for the comments, guys. Yes - shot on a variety of different cameras. Mostly S16 and Panasonic HD. I really like the Arri 416, and the big Panasonic HD cameras, but have recently gotten into sh
Is there a way to slip a shot by .5 frames in nuke?
by John Daro 2 years ago
I need to retime a shot by half of a frame. Is there a way using oflow or kronos to slip a shot by half a frame My current frame rate Im working at is 29.97p.
Re: Is there a way to slip a shot by .5 frames in nuke?
by John Daro 2 years ago
Thanks for the reply Charles. What I ended up doing was stretching to 50%. Now that my clip is double the length I rendered out every other frame. This gave me just the in-between frames effectively s
What is SEI?
by Matthew Javier 2 years ago
Can someone define what SEI(signaling, settings, metadata) is Thanks! -matt
Re: What is SEI?
by John Daro 2 years ago
supplemental enhancement information, important for 3D format flaging. Side-by-Side frame_packing_arrangement_type = 3 quincunx_sampling_flag = 0, SAR of 2:1 Top-Bottom Over-Under frame_packing_arrang
Looking to dive deeper into Color Harmony
by Nate Hurwitz 2 years ago
Hi All, I am a student looking to dive deeper into color theory. Specifically color harmony (how a specific combination of colors work together to create one of the crucial components that a design de
Re: Looking to dive deeper into Color Harmony
by John Daro 2 years ago
Not being a designer I use this book a lot; http: search.barnesandnoble.com Complete-Color-Index Jim-Krause e 9781600613333 the older one is great is great too. John Daro Editor SFX consultant
mental ray shadow map
by cristi catea 2 years ago
hello. i have a scene where i use Arch & Design materials, a free directional light as a sun, and as environment map mr Physical Sun. with all that i want to render only the shadows from the scene. i
Re: mental ray shadow map
by John Daro 2 years ago
Maybe the black you rendered out has a channel Just a thought. John Daro Editor SFX consultant
Article: FotoKem: 3D DI
by John Daro 3 years ago
Stereoscopic 3D FotoKem: 3D DI FotoKem opened as a film lab in 1963, and has continued to evolve and expand. Here are some of the tools they're using as the industry, and their business, now adds ano
Anyone know any good books or resources?
by Tyler Bertrand 4 years ago
Hi guys, Hopefully this is the right forum for this. I was curious if anyone knew any good resources for creating some good motion graphics. Things like, books and workshops. What I'm finding is that
Re: Anyone know any good books or resources?
by John Daro 4 years ago
The index series by Jim Krause is your best bet. I think you can pick up most of them used on amazon. Make sure to get the color index. I use this book almost every dayJohn Daro Editor SFX consultant
What Colorspace to use with 4:4:4 RGB footage?
by Eugene Lehnert 4 years ago
When I capture 4:4:4 RGB footage into Final Cut Pro from an HDCAMSR tape what Colorspace should I use to work in The default setting seems to be shifting colors in my project on the render outs.
Re: What Colorspace to use with 4:4:4 RGB footage?
by John Daro 4 years ago
That depends on what you are finishing in. Typically you would be working in 709 for a hd cam sr 444 finish. P3 is also common for digital projectionJohn Daro Editor SFX consultant
Article: The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
by Zed Saeed 4 years ago
Apple Final Cut Pro The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP. A Creative Cow Exclusive! DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-desi
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The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
by John Daro 4 years ago
Kudos DFT. One major part of the work flow was left out. The LUT's were developed at FotoKem by lead colorist Walter Valpatto. Walter during the Digital Intermediate process would apply the shooting l
Easy setup for HDV?
by Robert Douglas 6 years ago
Hi all, I am trying to capture 1080I HDV 60 fields from a JVC HDV camera into a dual 2.5 core Mac G5 with Tiger and Decklink HD Pro card with 8 gigs of ram, Final Cut 5.04. The Apple intermediate code
Re: Easy setup for HDV?
by John Daro 6 years ago
A lot of my cleints are having this same problem. There is no easy solution that does not involve 12 steps for getting 23.98 material into final cut pro from the JVC. I always recomend dubing your dai
software comparison for green screen keying question
by Trevor Ward 6 years ago
The reason I'm asking this question here is that most people who are FCP users are probably not very experiened AE users. And I want to know the answer to this question from the point of view of someo
Re: software comparison for green screen keying question
by John Daro 6 years ago
Shake along with primate is another powerfull option. Although Shake has somewhat of a steep learning curve. John Daro
How do youmake a pull list with tape id and timecode information????????
by John Daro 6 years ago
We are starting a DI and I need to make a pull list from final cut that contains the keycode information along with source tape name and source time code. Unfortunately FCP seems unable to acoplish th
Re: How do youmake a pull list with tape id and timecode information????????
by John Daro 6 years ago
Thanks for your reply. I do indeed have the clients database. The problem is notgenerating the pull list, but more gernerating a pull list in the format we need over here. I need to have a standard pu
A03 firm ware upgrade won't reconize drive
by John Daro 10 years ago
I have a maxtor dvd rw and my pioneer a03 won't reconize that one of my instructors at video symphany told me to upgrade my firm ware but when i run the dos program in the windows comand prompt it wil
Re: A03 firm ware upgrade won't reconize drive
by Mitch 10 years ago
Make sure your BIOS is set to AUTO enabled for IDE drives set the DVR AO3 as secondary master Mitchell Schlesinger xt 122 Sales Technical Support The Electronic Mailbox 800 323-2325 xt 122 Home of the


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