Best workflow on a mac to not clip RGB values

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samphibbs

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Hey guys,

First off I am a FCP user
I am trying to work out the best way to edit 5d clips, colour correct them etc and not have the rgb values clamped! I am aware of the bring clips into fcp natively send to colour uncheck broadcast safe and then bring the levels into range. This method is very time consuming and clunky and editing h264 is a nightmare. I have begun trialing neoscene fro m cineform and the cineform codec export with canon 5d limit YUV checked the resulting transcode isn't clipped. My excitement faded a bit when I noticed that the cineform codec is not very RT friendly with FCP unlike Prores despite Prores' bitrate being higher. There is a prores output option from neoscene which would be perfect if it did not clamp RGB also! Anyway I am just looking for input as I am past the process of just fooling around with the camera and am looking for a solid workflow to begin shooting spots, promos etc without losing any of my 5d's 9 stops of DR unless I want to!

Thanks in advance
 
As far as I know using Media Manager in FCP avoids the clipping. And I'm pretty sure using mpegstreamclip (Mac & Windows) also avoids the clipping. Somebody else will probably need to confirm this though.

Either way make sure your Quicktime is updated to the latest version.
 
Thanks ed that's what I discovered late last night! Version 1.9.2 is the one to use with streamclip! Dont use compressor will get that clipping and it is slow!!!!! Did speed tests ( the iphone is good for something!)
 
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