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From: Louai Abu-Osba <me@louai.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:34:54 -0400
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Subject: Re: [AE] OpenDCP
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>, stephen@sv2studios.com
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Very good to know, thanks for the correction.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Stephen van Vuuren
<stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:
>> Here's a detailed blog post about creating DCPs:
>>http://bitfilms.blogspot.com/2010/02/making-dcp-entirely-with-open-source=
.h
> tml
>
> That's very out of date and incomplete information (there is a newer arti=
cle
> linked in the post) - but it's also out of date as well. It's also missin=
g a
> lot of information you need (e.g. it's for a short, disk info in wrong fo=
r a
> feature (EXT3 Linux needed).
>
> This is a better link:
> http://www.mattcameronfilm.co.uk/2012/04/digital-cinema-package-tutorial.=
htm
> l - but a couple of small points. AE is a better quality tool for XYZ
> colorspace conversion and JPEG2000 encoding (Fnordware) than OpenDCP as
> outline in the article.
>
> If your soundtrack is stereo, a stereo DCP does load and play - however, =
you
> may be very unsatisfied with how it sounds. That's why Academy/DCI recomm=
end
> 3.1 or 5.1 as a minimum. Some venues playback stereo just through left an=
d
> right. The center and sub are not active, so it will sound flat, too soft
> with no bass. However, some venues wire stereo through all 6 speaker
> channels equally, which will blast out the theater.
>
> You don't have to do a full 3.1 or 5.1 mix. Use something like
> Vegas/Audition/ProTools etc. to create a simple 3.1 or 5.1 multiplex,
> strongly weight to center/left/right with proper LFE crossover at theatri=
cal
> levels. A good mix should average around -12db but monitoring on a setup
> weighted to -81db =A0or so is recommended. Do not push a broadcast mix ou=
t -
> that has been compressed to -3 or -6. It will clip and theaters will be m=
ost
> unhappy with you.
>
> stephen van vuuren
> 336.202.4777
>
> http://www.sv2dcp.com/
> http://www.sv2studios.com/
> http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/
>
> A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should b=
e a
> progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, =
the
> meaning, all that comes later.
> -Stanley Kubrick
>
>
>
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