Insider blog question for Nov 13 entry at DVinfo.net

Tara Graves · November 17th, 2010, 05:27 PM

Hi to David and any other interested parties who would wish to comment,

I just saw your blog entry where you compare native cs5 7d dslr frames vs cineform encoded frames. You state that you utilized NeoHD's HDlink to perform the conversion. I can see the difference, but I am considering a purchase of NeoScene and not NeoHD. So my question is this:

Can I expect the same quality conversion results from NeoScene?

David Newman · November 17th, 2010, 05:50 PM

Yes. NeoScene and NeoHD/4K/3D share the same conversion pre-processing, so you get the same image quality (minus the upper data rate settings.) Do consider HDLink, not for the conversion, but for FirstLight, which takes the image processing advanages even further.

For others, please read : CineForm Insider: Why use an intermediate for DSLR video?

Tara Graves · November 18th, 2010, 06:10 PM

By "upper data rate settings" do you mean the filmscan1 and filmscan2 settings?

And for the record, can you say what setting you actually used when you performed the conversion? Thanks.

Tara Graves · November 20th, 2010, 01:50 AM

Maybe your blog entry has already answered this for me with: "All of this is independent to the amount of compression applied to the CineForm file."

Even so, it would be nice to know what quality setting you actually used in your examples.

David Newman · November 20th, 2010, 10:34 AM

Sorry, I had written a reply to the post, but it is not here. Like the blog states, the compression is not a factor in the quality gains you are seeing. I did use Filmscan 1, although High would look the same.

November 17th, 2010, 05:27 PM	#1
Tara Graves Regular Crew Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 25	Insider blog question for Nov 13 entry Hi to David and any other interested parties who would wish to comment, I just saw your blog entry where you compare native cs5 7d dslr frames vs cineform encoded frames. You state that you utilized NeoHD's HDlink to perform the conversion. I can see the difference, but I am considering a purchase of NeoScene and not NeoHD. So my question is this: Can I expect the same quality conversion results from NeoScene?

November 17th, 2010, 05:50 PM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Yes. NeoScene and NeoHD/4K/3D share the same conversion pre-processing, so you get the same image quality (minus the upper data rate settings.) Do consider HDLink, not for the conversion, but for FirstLight, which takes the image processing advanages even further. For others, please read : CineForm Insider: Why use an intermediate for DSLR video? __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

November 18th, 2010, 06:10 PM	#3
Tara Graves Regular Crew Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 25	By "upper data rate settings" do you mean the filmscan1 and filmscan2 settings? And for the record, can you say what setting you actually used when you performed the conversion? Thanks. Last edited by Tara Graves; November 19th, 2010 at 11:20 AM.

November 20th, 2010, 10:34 AM	#5
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Sorry, I had written a reply to the post, but it is not here. Like the blog states, the compression is not a factor in the quality gains you are seeing. I did use Filmscan 1, although High would look the same. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

November 20th, 2010, 01:50 AM	#4
Tara Graves Regular Crew Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 25	Maybe your blog entry has already answered this for me with: "All of this is independent to the amount of compression applied to the CineForm file." Even so, it would be nice to know what quality setting you actually used in your examples.