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INDEXmoderate DCP?
11 years, 4 months ago - John David Clay
Just wondering about the finer point of the DCP process and where it best fits in the post piple having been to the GFM with Chris jones - HD DVD / H.264 uncompressed 10 bit pipe seems the standard to work at. trying to keep with the finer requirements of it any explain the moderate pipe of the DCP?
Thanks
John
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11 years, 4 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
DCP is a distribution and exhibition format - cinemas require it because it is robust and strictly defined. As a strictly specified container format it's capable of holding 4k video with no inter-frame/temporal compression (it holds individual JPEG2000 frames you could open with Photoshop of you wished) so zero risk of tearing, crawling skin etc that you get with any of the MPEG family. (Not sure what you mean above by uncompressed H.264, by definition it's compressed - H.264 is an implementation of MPEG4v10 codec - and codec stands for COmpression and DECompression)
Or another way - BluRay and H.264 files are for consumers, DCP is for industry. Home users want things small and easy but will compromise on quality. Theatrical exhibition requires the very best quality available.
How this helps a little
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11 years, 3 months ago - Andrew Morgan
If for some reason you need to create a DCP, Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve can do it (even the free, Lite version) if you purchase a package from easyDCP: http://www.easydcp.com/product.php?id=44
Just the packager (for non-encrypted DCPs) will cost you 999 euros + VAT - which considering how expensive everything connected with 'pro' filmmaking is, ain't a bad deal...
Response from 11 years, 3 months ago - Andrew Morgan SHOW