Cineform RAW workflow

Krummi Jonsson · October 28th, 2010, 07:49 PM

Hey everybody!

This forum looks like a godsend. I just shot a short on the SI-2K and it was my first time working on the camera so the workflow is alien to me. I'm working with Premiere Pro CS5 on a Windows 7 64bit machine.

My first instinct was to use FirstLight to do my initial metadata editing, but everytime I try to open a .mov file from the camera the flplayer refuses to show any image, but instead just shows a gray square where the image should be. If anybody has had this a solution would be great! I tried installing Neo4K and Quicktime but neither helped.

But here is the other question; Do I really need to work within First Light? Can i edit my RAW metadata from within Premiere Pro CS5 or some other software/NLE?? I tried to access it through "playback settings" in PP like some tutorial showed but I didn't get the same options as in that tutorial (it was for CS3).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

David Newman · October 28th, 2010, 08:58 PM

FirstLight is the only activate metadata editing tool. It can be accessed through CS5, but that just launches FirstLight for the selected clip. So you will need to fix you display issues. As I have heard of this error before, you should file a trouble ticket with support. My only guess is you graphic card is not supporting the default surface FL uses. You can switch it to using OpenGL. With a clip imported in FL, go to the View menu, and select "OpenGL Playuer Preferences". In the new pop-op, select "Use OpenGL for 2D Playback", and click "OK".

Rohan Dadswell · October 29th, 2010, 03:31 AM

Hi Krummi,

Re-wrap the mov to AVI in HDLink and it should work - it does for me anyway.

cheers
Rohan

Krummi Jonsson · October 29th, 2010, 07:19 AM

hey, it seems like it's a GPU issue. I'm using a laptop which has Nvidias Optimus graphics switching technology and swithing from the Nvidia m310 to the integrated Intel graphics chip fixed the proplem. But now I'm using a far inferior GPU to do my editing which is kind of a bummer.

David Newman · October 29th, 2010, 10:05 AM

You should look into driver updates as FirstLight (all CineForm tools) to not do anything custom with GPU intensionally to avoid this type of issue. We use the standard Video Mixing Render (same and Media Player) or opinionally OpenGL.

October 28th, 2010, 07:49 PM	#1
Krummi Jonsson Tourist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Iceland Posts: 2	Cineform RAW workflow - First Light not working Hey everybody! This forum looks like a godsend. I just shot a short on the SI-2K and it was my first time working on the camera so the workflow is alien to me. I'm working with Premiere Pro CS5 on a Windows 7 64bit machine. My first instinct was to use FirstLight to do my initial metadata editing, but everytime I try to open a .mov file from the camera the flplayer refuses to show any image, but instead just shows a gray square where the image should be. If anybody has had this a solution would be great! I tried installing Neo4K and Quicktime but neither helped. But here is the other question; Do I really need to work within First Light? Can i edit my RAW metadata from within Premiere Pro CS5 or some other software/NLE?? I tried to access it through "playback settings" in PP like some tutorial showed but I didn't get the same options as in that tutorial (it was for CS3). Any help would be greatly appreciated!

October 28th, 2010, 08:58 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	FirstLight is the only activate metadata editing tool. It can be accessed through CS5, but that just launches FirstLight for the selected clip. So you will need to fix you display issues. As I have heard of this error before, you should file a trouble ticket with support. My only guess is you graphic card is not supporting the default surface FL uses. You can switch it to using OpenGL. With a clip imported in FL, go to the View menu, and select "OpenGL Playuer Preferences". In the new pop-op, select "Use OpenGL for 2D Playback", and click "OK". __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

October 29th, 2010, 03:31 AM	#3
Rohan Dadswell Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canberra Australia Posts: 228	Hi Krummi, Re-wrap the mov to AVI in HDLink and it should work - it does for me anyway. cheers Rohan __________________ Lighting Cameraman - www.rotahead.com.au Sony PMW-350, FS7, JVC LS300, BMPCC, BMPC, GH5 & a shed full of lights,dollies, jibs

October 29th, 2010, 10:05 AM	#5
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	You should look into driver updates as FirstLight (all CineForm tools) to not do anything custom with GPU intensionally to avoid this type of issue. We use the standard Video Mixing Render (same and Media Player) or opinionally OpenGL. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

October 29th, 2010, 07:19 AM	#4
Krummi Jonsson Tourist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Iceland Posts: 2	hey, it seems like it's a GPU issue. I'm using a laptop which has Nvidias Optimus graphics switching technology and swithing from the Nvidia m310 to the integrated Intel graphics chip fixed the proplem. But now I'm using a far inferior GPU to do my editing which is kind of a bummer.