Re: Re: Linuxmovies-general digest, Vol 1 #217 - 8 msgs

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, salsaman wrote:
> I am not sure what you mean by "DI framework".

By "DI" I mean file-per-frame type DI rather than video-oriented NLE 
tape-to-tape DI.

The "DI framework" would be responsible for tracking/managing the 
entire workflow including dailies (video ingest or film), 
telecine/datacine control, audio capture/ingest, VFX inputs, EDL 
generation, film reel management, time codes, "user bits", director 
instructions, grading, conform, playback, status reports, and output 
to film, DVD, HDTV master, & digital cinema master.  The interfaces to 
each active component in the workflow would be designed to so that 
components from different suppliers (proprietary and open source) can 
be used.

Every significant studio already has some sort of framework in place, 
but their frameworks are likely designed by their own programmers for 
their specific needs.  The studios can work together to create a 
common framework.  Using a common framework would result in reduced 
cost and shorter schedules for the studios, resulting in more profit.

Naturally this is a huge job.  There can be a big difference between 
projects which are edited/managed using video dailies or projects 
where the "dailies" also serve as the master element so requirements 
vary and the framework needs to support that.  There may be over a 
million film frames for a single movie, and I have heard of at least 
one film which captured 140GB of full-resolution content.

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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