Return-Path: Received: from host6.canaca.com ([66.49.160.142] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4746153 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:49:45 +0200 Received: from 207-195-100-23.regn.static.sasknet.sk.ca ([207.195.100.23] helo=[192.168.1.38]) by host6.canaca.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SexMP-00068h-KF; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:52:25 -0400 From: Jack Tunnicliffe Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_AE3079AA-2481-4C2D-AF10-7C18CBF42FC0" Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] DCP Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:52:23 -0600 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: Message-Id: <7D0E86D7-DA69-4C43-AFBA-8FF30FD6CF9F@javapost.ca> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host6.canaca.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - javapost.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail=_AE3079AA-2481-4C2D-AF10-7C18CBF42FC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 If you like you can contact me off the list. We are creating DCP's here = and have tested almost every system out there. We ended up purchasing a = Fuze and are creating ours in hardware and the conversion to X-Y-Z color = space is flawless. Many of the software products shift well everything. = We've evaluated some DCP's that were created elsewhere by festivals, = etc, from our masters and we can barely recognize them from the source, = blown out highlights, lifted blacks, shifted color, you name it. Anyway, our tech would be happy to give you the low down on DCP = creation.=20 Jack Tunnicliffe Java Post Production www.javapost.ca On Jun 13, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > Is there a site you can recommend on DCP? I have a friend who has = just signed a distribution deal for a docu, and the question of who does = the DCP came up. She asked me, I'm asking the list. I know the encoding = is JPEG2000, but that's about all. > =20 > Shameless self-promotion, but I would recommend the FAQ on my site as = creating DCPs has become a big part of my freelance = workhttp://www.sv2dcp.com/. I=E2=80=99ve done a couple of dozen long = form DCPs, 3D, 4K and lots of shorts and trailers. > I have my own recipe using AE and some parts (including Fnordware=E2=80=99= s excellent encoder): > =20 > Wikipedia has a good entry under Digital Cinema but there is a lot = about DCP and distribution that is complex discussion. But it does not = address lots of the issue indies and doc folks run into with DCP = creation and distribution. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of Paul Izbicki > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:09 PM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead > =20 > Is there a site you can recommend on DCP? I have a friend who has just = signed a distribution deal for a docu, and the question of who does the = DCP came up. She asked me, I'm asking the list. I know the encoding is = JPEG2000, but that's about all. > =20 > =CF=80 > =20 > On Jun 13, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: >=20 >=20 > > Hello PC. We are about to become good friends. > =20 > I=E2=80=99m already a PC friend obviously, but I was contemplating get = a bared bones SB Xeon Mac Pro as my Hackintosh is an el-cheapo Core 2 = dual as I need a solid Mac in the shop for working with FCP projects = that I create DCPs from and for some tasks related to my IMAX non-profit = film. > =20 > But since said SB Xeon is not coming, my choices are now hoping people = will unload old Mac Pro=E2=80=99s cheap on eBay or look for a write off = and donate one to the film. I certainly can=E2=80=99t justify buying = one of the current models at Apple=E2=80=99s price. I could also = consider building a beefier Hackintosh =E2=80=93 and now that choice is = much more attractive as a reasonably solid Lion Hackintosh can be built = cheap. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 > =20 --Apple-Mail=_AE3079AA-2481-4C2D-AF10-7C18CBF42FC0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 If you like you can contact me off the list. We are = creating DCP's here and have tested almost every system out there. We = ended up purchasing a Fuze and are creating ours in hardware and the = conversion to X-Y-Z color space is flawless. Many of the software = products shift well everything. We've evaluated some DCP's that were = created elsewhere by festivals, etc, from our masters and we can barely = recognize them from the source, blown out highlights, lifted blacks, = shifted color, you name it.

Anyway, our tech would be = happy to give you the low down on DCP creation. 

Jack Tunnicliffe
Java Post Production
www.javapost.ca



On Jun 13, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote:

 Is there = a site you can recommend on DCP? I have a friend who has just signed a = distribution deal for a docu, and the question of who does the DCP came = up. She asked me, I'm asking the list. I know the encoding is JPEG2000, = but that's about all.