Return-Path: Received: from mail-qe0-f66.google.com ([209.85.128.66] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5180311 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:49:08 +0200 Received: by mail-qe0-f66.google.com with SMTP id a11so512764qen.1 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:01:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=d4KFFZpi/OUM3Ie9Lm0aa1GnkGF3hGQD1I676a5RgIw=; b=z0rpSzkw4r3IIceoypXBuCbYVYItQmnxq2KtihzPJHAY+kAVx+Ig+yz7gkfuKeSzuy v6sUF01aFIIK3yd3ajRmio85szNlRmECiVmn3Nhc78xMDYqH35VC9BPYbTk9ok4sBRKJ 229+OVyolHe6xweBcqs69wATQHvLl3xSrfHus+e+9Ch+dqk9jN+u5whzlpY/e1R0Nkqj WX2BrX6AStDNQwxGeevq4+bGae0TUEpTF0k6tx0eQgd9ncg9kxeKvvphjN+MMAenZxPF WliVSLWDyezBnqYugHzcEn8B3v/8OAOVc53huFbWO5nVVaueGj6OBvBV32aXBA0kwE0D brpg== X-Received: by 10.49.75.103 with SMTP id b7mr4060179qew.85.1376938867800; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:01:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.116.49 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:00:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:00:26 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Adobe Premiere To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bd76dba17ca1204e4519066 --047d7bd76dba17ca1204e4519066 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eric I often deal with this exact workflow. While we could fill an encyclopedia discussing codecs and formats, but I'll tell you exactly what has worked for me in the past. Additionally, there seems to be this obsession with "lossless" and in my practical experience, unless you need to maintain the full dynamic range of 4:4:4:4 log-c 32bit color float video, there is no practical value to encoding to a "lossless" format, considering bandwidth and storage requirements. There are MANY options that will preserve a video with 99% integrity, edit flawlessly, and work in realtime while still saving storage space. - As I mentioned, I use DNxHD whenever possible. It looks great, has no gamma issues or color shift in my experience and has good compression in near-lossless format. This is what we use at MTV. Additionally, it can be compressed further into a zip file at nearly 3:1 ratio, meaning a 1.5 gb clip can be put into a 500mb zip file with zero quality loss for upload. This is my main workflow. - If a studio needs prores output I run the DNxHD back through prores on my mac mini server / MBP. I would highly recommend if you have the money to invest in a mini or laptop for this purpose. I have wasted more hours getting prores output on Pc than my time was worth. Additionally, you can then handle multiple projects or be ready for curveballs. it would additionally be a tax writeoff - The DNX codec package includes a full res, lossless Avid 4:4:4:4 codec for 32bit / log footage. I've worked in it on movies, it's great - further suggestions, especially if audio is not really an issue: Image sequences. A tif sequence is virtually lossless. A jpg sequence is great for high-quality low-storage archival purposes. MJPG is another great low bandwidth high quality codec for storage in an .mov / .avi. For CG and FX work I use OpenEXR sequences, which can store TONS of information and metadata in multiple sequence layers in a single file furthermore Brendan Bolles is working on an even better open codec option with all of these benefits and more. Which I for one am extremely excited about. Brendan - Please make encoding it multi-threaded, or even better, CUDA supported. My only request... whew. Hope that helps somebody. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk wrote: > Teddy, > > Yes, I know they are old. So, what is the recommendation then to maintai= n > best quality? In the projects I've been getting, I'm receiving ProRes > files, adding VFX and sending back. I've been rendering that Quicktime, > YUV, then converting to ProRes with that little plugin for AE that someon= e > I believe mentioned on here a while back. I'm trying to ensure they get > back a copy as clean as was received. > > What do you recommend? > > Appreciate it. > > Eric > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > >> you do know those codecs are like ten years old? That is definitely >> what's slowing you down. They require massive disk IO bandwidth and >> storage. Even image sequences would play back faster at equal quality an= d >> smaller size >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk < >> kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I do normally use the avi uncompressed yuv 4:2:2 CODEC for my projects >>> and the Quicktime Uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 for others that I then convert= to >>> Pro-Res using that cinec thing or whatever it is. lol I have the DNXHD= one >>> - first time I've heard anyone refer to it is the Windows version of >>> Pro-Res. Good to know. >>> >>> I had attempted using that before as a comparison to ProRes(LT) 422 but >>> the guy didn't seem to like it. I actually found it by searching the m= ost >>> comparable to ProRes so I suppose I was on to something 6-8 months ago. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Teddy Gage wrote= : >>> >>>> what codec are you working in? how big are your files (ie are they hug= e >>>> raw uncompressed AVIs?) try re-encoding to Avid DNxHD, you can downloa= d >>>> from Avid the LE codec pack. works with all CC/CS apps. it is the pc >>>> equivalent of prores, and should playback in realtime on your system. = it >>>> works in either .mov or .avi. Sounds like a drive / bit rate bottlenec= k, or >>>> sequence settings mismatch to me. The whole point of Premiere is you d= ont >>>> have to render (as much). if your timeline is red, you may have a diff= erent >>>> working codec set for the sequence than your footage, or your footage = is in >>>> an inefficient format. Also you will not get realtime performance from >>>> external / internal drives unless you are using FW 800 connection or >>>> better. What does windows report when you copy a huge file from / to y= our >>>> media drive? Anything under 60 MB/s is going to be slowing you down. j= ust >>>> some ideas. if you have any technical questions about hardware I'd be = happy >>>> to help. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk < >>>> kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi David, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. Some good pointers in there. I never thought that using the >>>>> same drive as your installations would have an impact. That said, I = rarely >>>>> do that and try to use all separate drives for projects that way if t= he >>>>> boot drive crashes, I don't lose my important files. Instead, it just= makes >>>>> for a week long effort to rebuild. lol >>>>> >>>>> I will have to check out the speed test and verify cache location. >>>>> >>>>> My first thought however was that there was just some procedure, >>>>> similar to RAM preview so I was blaming Premiere for sure. :) lol No= w >>>>> Vegas, which I really have loved for years did seem to have that lag = as far >>>>> back is like 2005 or so when I began using it. >>>>> >>>>> Eric >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:27 PM, David Baud wro= te: >>>>> >>>>>> From my point of view it is not controversial :-) =85we sometime hav= e a >>>>>> tendancy to put the blame quickly on a piece of software when the pr= oblem >>>>>> might be with our own system configuration=85 >>>>>> >>>>>> When you say AVI file, what kind of codec are you using? >>>>>> uncompressed? you may have to create a RAID array if you are looking= for >>>>>> realtime and consistency=85 but first I will make sure that your med= ia is >>>>>> located on a different hard drive than your system/application drive= s=85 >>>>>> ideally the fastest hard drive on your system=85 as well as your cac= he >>>>>> folder=85. you may want to use Disk Speed Test from Blackmagic or an= y other >>>>>> program to test the throughput you get with your hard drives=85 >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH, >>>>>> >>>>>> David Baud >>>>>> K O S M O S P R O D U C T i O N S >>>>>> david@kosmos-productions.com >>>>>> www.kosmos-productions.com >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 18, 2013, at 18:08 , Mr. Eric D. Kirk < >>>>>> kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm using an avi file, 29.97fps, no RAID. My storage is a combinatio= n >>>>>> of internal SATA drives and externals, however this project is on an >>>>>> internal. I have a radeon 6900 (I believe) with 2GB RAM. System ha= s an >>>>>> I7, 36GB RAM. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >>>>> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >>>>> *443.206.1347 >>>>> www.kirkproductions.com >>>>> kirkproductions@gmail.com* >>>>> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* >>>>> * * >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Animator & Editor >>>> www.teddygage.com >>>> Brooklyn >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* >>> *The Night Visitor | VFX* >>> *443.206.1347 >>> www.kirkproductions.com >>> kirkproductions@gmail.com* >>> *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* >>> * * >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Animator & Editor >> www.teddygage.com >> Brooklyn >> > > > > -- > *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* > *The Night Visitor | VFX* > *443.206.1347 > www.kirkproductions.com > kirkproductions@gmail.com* > *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/* > * * > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --047d7bd76dba17ca1204e4519066 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Eric I often deal with this exact= workflow. While we could fill an encyclopedia discussing codecs and format= s, but I'll tell you exactly what has worked for me in the past. Additi= onally, there seems to be this obsession with "lossless" and in m= y practical experience, unless you need to maintain the full dynamic range = of 4:4:4:4 log-c 32bit color float video, there is no practical value to en= coding to a "lossless" format, considering bandwidth and storage = requirements. There are MANY options that will preserve a video with 99% in= tegrity, edit flawlessly, and work in realtime while still saving storage s= pace.

- As I mentioned, I use DNxHD whenever possible. It looks great, = has no gamma issues or color shift in my experience and has good compressio= n in near-lossless format. This is what we use at MTV. Additionally, it can= be compressed further into a zip file at nearly 3:1 ratio, meaning a 1.5 g= b clip can be put into a 500mb zip file with zero quality loss for upload. = This is my main workflow.

- If a studio needs prores output I run the DNxHD back through pr= ores on my mac mini server / MBP. I would highly recommend if you have the = money to invest in a mini or laptop for this purpose. I have wasted more ho= urs getting prores output on Pc than my time was worth. Additionally, you c= an then handle multiple projects or be ready for curveballs. it would addit= ionally be a tax writeoff

- The DNX codec package includes a full res, lossless Avid 4:4:4:= 4 codec for 32bit / log footage. I've worked in it on movies, it's = great

- further suggestions, especially if audio is not really= an issue: Image sequences. A tif sequence is virtually lossless. A jpg seq= uence is great for high-quality low-storage archival purposes. MJPG is anot= her great low bandwidth high quality codec for storage in an .mov / .avi. F= or CG and FX work I use OpenEXR sequences, which can store TONS of informat= ion and metadata in multiple sequence layers in a single file

furthermore Brendan Bolles is working on an even better open codec opti= on with all of these benefits and more. Which I for one am extremely excite= d about.

Brendan - Please make encoding it multi-threaded, or even = better, CUDA supported. My only request...

whew. Hope that helps somebody.

=


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirk= productions@gmail.com> wrote:
Teddy,
=A0
Yes, I know they are old.=A0 So, what is the recommendation then t= o maintain best quality?=A0 In the projects I've been getting, I'm = receiving ProRes files, adding VFX and sending back.=A0 I've been rende= ring that Quicktime, YUV, then converting to ProRes with that little plugin= for AE that someone I believe mentioned on here a while back.=A0 I'm t= rying to ensure they get back a copy as clean as was received.
=A0
What do you recommend?
=A0
Appreciat= e it.
=A0
Eric


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Teddy = Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
you do know those codecs ar= e like ten years old? That is definitely what's slowing you down. They = require massive disk IO bandwidth and storage. Even image sequences would p= lay back faster at equal quality and smaller size


On Sun,= Aug 18, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gma= il.com> wrote:
I do normally use the avi uncompressed yu= v 4:2:2 CODEC for my projects and the Quicktime Uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 for = others that I then convert to Pro-Res using that cinec thing or whatever it= is. lol =A0I have the DNXHD one - first time I've heard anyone refer t= o it is the Windows version of Pro-Res. =A0Good to know.=A0

I had attempted using that before as a comparison to ProRes(= LT) 422 but the guy didn't seem to like it. =A0I actually found it by s= earching the most comparable to ProRes so I suppose I was on to something 6= -8 months ago.=A0

Eric


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:05= PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
what codec are you working in? how big ar= e your files (ie are they huge raw uncompressed AVIs?) try re-encoding to A= vid DNxHD, you can download from Avid the LE codec pack. works with all CC/= CS apps. it is the pc equivalent of prores, and should playback in realtime= on your system. it works in either .mov or .avi. Sounds like a drive / bit= rate bottleneck, or sequence settings mismatch to me. The whole point of P= remiere is you dont have to render (as much). if your timeline is red, you = may have a different working codec set for the sequence than your footage, = or your footage is in an inefficient format. Also you will not get realtime= performance from external / internal drives unless you are using FW 800 co= nnection or better. What does windows report when you copy a huge file from= / to your media drive? Anything under 60 MB/s is going to be slowing you d= own. just some ideas. if you have any technical questions about hardware I&= #39;d be happy to help.



On = Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gm= ail.com> wrote:
Hi David,

Thanks. =A0S= ome good pointers in there. =A0I never thought that using the same drive as= your installations would have an impact. =A0That said, I rarely do that an= d try to use all separate drives for projects that way if the boot drive cr= ashes, I don't lose my important files. Instead, it just makes for a we= ek long effort to rebuild. lol

I will have to check out the speed test and verify cach= e location.

My first thought however was that ther= e was just some procedure, similar to RAM preview so I was blaming Premiere= for sure. :) lol =A0Now Vegas, which I really have loved for years did see= m to have that lag as far back is like 2005 or so when I began using it.

Eric


On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:27= PM, David Baud <david.baud@gmail.com> wrote:
From my point of view = it is not controversial :-) =85we sometime have a tendancy to put the blame= quickly on a piece of software when the problem might be with our own syst= em configuration=85

When you say AVI file, what kind of codec are you using? unc= ompressed? you may have to create a RAID array if you are looking for realt= ime and consistency=85 but first I will make sure that your media is locate= d on a different hard drive than your system/application drives=85 ideally = the fastest hard drive on your system=85 as well as your cache folder=85. y= ou may want to use Disk Speed Test from Blackmagic or any other program to = test the throughput you get with your hard drives=85

HTH,

David Baud
K O S M O S =A0 =A0 P R O D U C T= i O N S
<= /div>
david@kosmos-productions.com<= /span>
On Aug 18, 2013, at 18:08 , Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@= gmail.com> wrote:

I'm using an avi fi= le, 29.97fps, no RAID. My storage is a combination of internal SATA drives = and externals, however this project is on an internal. =A0I have a radeon 6= 900 (I believe) with 2GB RAM. =A0System has an I7, 36GB RAM.




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