Editing D90 footage

I've been searching high and low to no avail, can anybody tell me if it's possible to import my ProRes files into Photshop for color correction?
 
You should be able to import the file directly into Photoshop as an original .avi. What version do you have? CS3 and 4 allowed me to.
 
yeah the mov's. I was hoping to color correct the D90 footage in photoshop CS3 or 4. I haven't attempted it before so I'm not sure of the workflow. Convert to ProRes then import into photoshop? or will photoshop only accept the avi's?
 
Car3o wrote- "Yeah, but it wasn't prores. It was just your native files from the D90. If you have CS3/4 you can open the avi with Photoshop and use the animation pallet and then export to a loss less codec. I've done it with a few vids, turned out nice. But, heads up, the information on the avi's are pretty weak, so if you push your channels to much, you'll have some pretty nasty footy. "

Hmm yeah I was wondering how the image quality would be affected working with the avi's in photoshop. It's just that I'm a long time photoshop user so I'd probably get faster/better results than using a new app like color.
 
Image quality won't be affected anymore than it would if you ran it through Adobe Premiere/AE. You're just importing the avi and putting layer masks on top to correct your footage.

And same here. I was so excited to see this feature since I color correct photo's all day long 40hrs a week. Having the same tools used for photo's added to video is a great addition. What I wish would happen is the ability to open RAW for avi files like you can jpeg's. It can't be that hard to add it to CS5. Using RAW for jpeg's is the best thing to happen when a photographer uploads a shi*ty photo and can't do anything with it.
 
So you color correct the D90 avi's in photoshop then export them as prores and edit in fcp?

If I can do that I figure I can get the super8 look I want and not have to fork out the $$$ for magic bullet.
 
Not sure...I'm running PC..but, what I think you can do is...import d90 footage in Photo, CC, then export to some kind of lossless codec, then turn that into a prores file and import into FCP....my best guess.

That's if you can't export straight to Prores from Photoshop.
 
i think you should edit in fcp, apply my stairstep fix, grade using free tools, like the built in ones, my other plugins, or other free plugins. you can definitely get professional results as well as create many specific looks without photoshop or magic bullet.

/matt
 
The work flow is much simpler if you have Premiere and Photoshop. You grade you files however and save it as a .psd then you import the .psd into Premiere. Export and you're done. Photoshop probably has a lot of tools to CC your stuff. And there all layer masks. So you can just delete a layer or erase parts don't want affected.
 
mattsand said:
for the record i use both colorista and looks myself but you don't really need them if you're on a budget.
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When I get my new mac next week I'll play around with your plugins and the fcp stuff and see how it goes. Looks isn't a huge expense so I might get it if I'm not satisfied. It's just that my business partner is a creative director and a photoshop pro so he could just do his usual wizardry if we imported the footage into photoshop. I just gotta tinker.......very frusrtrating watching everyone else get stuff done while I wait for my equipment to arrive.......It's like getting blue balls!
 
Could anyone recommend the most efficient workflow for fcp 5?
It seems there is no native or rt way to edit the raw footage, yet mattsand's stairstep filter needs to be applied to the raw footage for best results..
So at the moment I can only figure out this, which requires a lot of rendering:
import avi clip to timeline
apply stairstep removal
render to quicktime
import quicktime clip for editing
 
but that sounds like a great workflow?! what you you mean by much rendering? you need to convert at some point, and the rescaler renders in faster than realtime so it shouldn't take long. the rescaler can be applied after conversion though, no problem as long as you haven't done any scaling, if you've found another way of converting to be better/faster.

/matt
 
Umm, well I guess I meant that I had to render all the source files instead of the final edit. But maybe this is inevitable with the d90 / fcp5 combination anyway. Maybe it would seem less if I had a better idea how to render/export multiple clips as a batch in fcp. Is there a good way to do this, so I don't have to do them one at a time?
 
gdrifter said:
maybe this is inevitable with the d90 / fcp5 combination anyway
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probably since it doesn't support mixed codec timelines. it doesn't work with, for example, a dvcpro hd timeline and unlimited rt then i take it?
Maybe it would seem less if I had a better idea how to render/export multiple clips as a batch in fcp
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place them all on the timeline, apply filter(s), put markers at the edits, export as one big file including markers, reimport, select the markers, create subclips.

/matt
 
I don't think the rt works no, but I will check again. Thanks very much for the tip on the bulk render, that should help.
 
For the *Older* FCP users who don't have Prores.. am I the only one? (I have FCP 4.5)-
I don't have a D90 yet, but I've downloaded some avi clips that came direct from the camera to play with and this is what I've come up with as a workflow-

Use MPEG Streamclip to transcode the AVI's to DVCPRO HD 720p. Once imported, the clips in FCP show a size of 960 x 720 ? As does the timeline when set to DVCPRO HD 720p? but it displays correctly, taking up the full width of my screen (1280).

I can edit these without having to render, running it in "RT safe" mode. Once I apply Matt's brilliant stair-step removal plugin it gives me a red render bar, however, if I render it, the plugin no longer "works". It plays unrendered just fine and the plugin is working. I can slap on CC plugs and no rendering necessary. Playback with the viewer window at 100% size is a little jerky, but set at 50% it plays smooth. (I never thought the dual 2.7 G5 would be "slow", but maybe it's the video card?)
Also, on this timeline, I can import the AVI's directly. Again, they show the red render bar, but I can still view it without rendering. I do have it set to "play base layer only", and this might be why.

Anything I've tried to make a sequence at 1280x720 with square pixels doesn't seem to want to stick. It either switches to something else, or my clips need scaling/ look squeezed.

Does this seem like the best solution without the Prores codec? I'm going to test various output formats that I often use (h264 for web and a file for DVD), but so far it seems to work well and looks very good.
 
the plugin checks that the output is 1280x720 and does nothing if it isn't. in preview mode it is, since everything is rendered as square pixels. you can try modifying the script. it's easier than you think. just replace all 1280's with 960's and 640's with 480's. or use a square pixel codec, although i guess there are none that are realtime in 4.5...

btw why rt safe? unlimited is better if you're fine with a frame drop or two.

/matt
 
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