Re: [CinePaint] Editing videos on DVD

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, Claus Cyrny wrote:
>
> I'm currently trying to edit a few low-res videos on
> DVD, and I wonder inhowfar CinePaint could be used
> for this (particularly for color correction.) In what
> format would I have to convert the videos (I think they
> are MPEG-2 encoded). Cineon? What software could
> I use for this?

CinePaint is primarily an editing tool.  It is not optimized for bulk 
color correction but can be used to correct a subset of frames (a 
small sequence).  Regardless, it needs per-frame files, which could be 
in formats like DPX, Cineon, TIFF, or EXR.  I think that 10-bit DPX or 
16-bit TIFF is likely best for this.  DPX can preserve important 
attributes such as time-codes so it is good for video sequences.  DPX 
is also (barely) supported by recent Photoshop (CS2 or later) and 
16-bit TIFF is supported by many programs.

Maybe someday Glasgow can be used for bulk color correction and 
grading (its framework will support it) but it is still in process of 
formulation.

If you are able to express your color correction requirements in the 
form of ICC profiles, then you could use CinePaint for 
detail/exploratory work, and do bulk conversion using GraphicsMagick.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
[email protected], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/


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