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1. 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Main User Interface Areas The Desktop The first thing you ll see after launching FrameCycler DDS is the Desktop which is where you load frame sequences RAW sequences or movie files FrameCycler DDS projects or EDLs The most basic way to get started is to locate the footage directory with the bread crumb control then double click on a thumbnail preview in the main part of the desktop to add it to the timeline To open and close the desktop press lt D gt on your keyboard or MORE DESKTOP on the CP200 TS Tip Right Mouse Click allows for easy access to powerful renaming and other data management features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 2 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide F rsj PBA aii y A PAU Prat H 4 tt H The Timeline The timeline shows the assembly of clips from the Desktop or the edit if the project is based on an EDL import It allows for applying a calibration LUT generating grading layers based on the edit working with different views of the edit and creating multiple playheads along the edit The pull downs for burn in and overlay allow for customizing your image display Tip The Visual Timeline shows each edit along the timeline as thumbnail preview To activate the visual timeline click on the Visual Tab beneath the timeline 22 q or FO 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 3 IRIDAS
2. Time code source Source Timeline pasiton Alternate External Slate Stop Rendenny 2 1058 iames total 105 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Creating folder structures based on meta data criteria If you convert RAW files such as R3D or siv or cine files to frame sequence formats such as DPX or CIN it s usually desireable to create one folder per source file This will help to avoid keeping a large number of files in just one folder It is also required by a number of products to allow for auto conform To create a folder per source file or source sequence on your timeline you only need to use the following structure in the naming of your render output Folder Sequence Example 1 Replicating the original folder structure If your source files already exist in a defined folder structure you d like to replicate when rendering with FrameCycler DDS you can use the Src PathElement placeholders To replicate both the name of the source and the folder it s in use these 2 placeholders with a backslash inbetween Des lina Lian Folder Desktop File name Format DPX baseline Step 1 Click on the M that appears when hovering over the Destination file name section Choose SRC then scroll down the list until you see PathElement Open the sub menu choose Src PathElement 1 then hit enter Step 2 Add another section just enter a backslash hit enter
3. 73 73 74 75 75 76 79 80 82 82 82 82 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Stereo 3D Workflow with DualStream NX DualStream NX 84 Stereo 3D Setup Scenarios 85 Line by Line Systems 86 Selecting the correct output signal on DVI output 86 2x DVI stereo 8 Advanced 2x DVI Setup NVIDIA QuadroFX Dual SDI plus BlackMagic HDLink Pro 88 Dual SDI output 2x 422 over nVidia SDI 89 Testing your Stereo Setup 90 Organizing Stereo 3D Footage 91 File Path Examples 91 Tip Customizing the Stereo Naming Convention 92 Working with Stereo 3D Footage 93 Verifying Stereo Pairs 93 Opening the Stereo Panel 93 Stereo Viewing Options 94 Reel Setup Mirroring Swapping Temporal Adjustments 95 Adjusting the Zero Parallax 97 Rendering Render Performance 99 Simple Rendering 100 Rendering Files for Offline Editing 102 Creating folder structures based on meta data criteria 106 Bakcground Rendering with MetaRender Node 108 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 6 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide File Format Support Universal RAW 5 0 Support 111 ARRI Alexa Support 113 ARRI D21 Support 114 ARRI M Scope 115 Silicon Imaging SI2K Support 116 Phantom HD and Phantom 65 Support 117 RED Support RED ONE EPIC 118 WEISSCAM Support 120 Recommended Quicktime Formats 121 DNxHD and ProRes 121 FrameCycler DDS File Format Support 122 Calibration LUT Support 123 Customizing Aspect Ratio AspectRatio fcps 125 Crop Crop fcps 126 Burn
4. SHIFT B gt FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Shows or hides the histogram Shows or hides the waveform Shows or hides the vectorscope Shows or hides the zoom overlay window Switches the follow mode on or off for the zoom overlay window Shows the HLS lightness L channel of the image Shows the alpha channel of an image Shows the alpha channel in quick aloha mode Shows the alpha channel in inverted quick aloha mode Shows the red channel of the image in grayscale Shows the green channel of the image in grayscale Shows the blue channel of the image in grayscale Hides the red channel of the image Hides the green channel of the image Hides the blue channel of the image 149 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Alphabetical Index 2x DVI stereo 8 Adapting the Sensitivity of the Tangent Controls 132 Adding Notes 66 Adjusting FrameCycler DDS s Scope Presets 58 Advanced 2x DVI Setup NVIDIA QuadroFX Dual SDI plus BlackMagic HDLink Pro 88 Alternating Grading Selector Modes 61 Apply a Look to an EDL 45 Applying a Look 68 ARRI Alexa Support 113 ARRI D21 Support 114 ARRI M Scope 115 Aspect Ratio AspectRatio fcps 125 Automatic Screen Layout 51 Bakcground Rendering with MetaRender Node 108 Bugfixes 156 Burn in Menu burnin files 128 Changes 155 Conforming Using Reel IDs Filenames 42 Control Panel Setup Tangent CP200 and CP300 20 CP200 BK in Gradin
5. Step 3 Add a third section choose from the M menu again this time choose Src PathElement 0 hit enter The preview to the right will help you to control whether the chosen placeholders achieve the desired output structure Placholder elements are always shown in blue whereas the divider and manual output naming show up in white 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 06 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tip the navigation buttons on the Tangent panel are still active while you are setting up your render output structure If you want to check your settings with other shots than the one currently selected on your timeline simply check some sequences along the timeline by using the navigation buttons The preview will update immediately Example 2 Replicating the original file name and add a folder per sequence If your source files should be rendered with replicated file names but along with creat ing one folder per sequence that uses the same name as the sequence you can use the Src PathElement 0 placeholders twice The first entry creates a folder the second cre ates the sequence name Both refer to the last element in your file path which reflects the name of the source file Step 1 Click on the M that appears when hovering over the Destination file name section Choose SRC then scroll down the list until you see PathElement Open the sub menu choose Src PathElement 0 then hit enter Step 2 Add another s
6. find in the stereo folder of your FrameCycler DDS installation This file allows for avoid ing inversed stereo settings on your display To load the files click the stereo checkbox on the timeline Then open the desktop find the folder stereo in your FrameCycler DDS installation Load either left or right FrameCycler DDS will automatically load both eyes Hit lt ALT D gt to put the images in side by side view You should see both images for left and right side by side E Dual Stream IRIDAS Hit lt ALT D gt again to turn on the selected stereo mode and turn on your glasses left Dual and the 4 arrows should only be visible to your left eye right Stream the 4 lines and the IRIDAS logo should only appear on right eye If this is inversed check the following Active shutter glasses some emitters have a switch to inverse stereo Reverse the settings of the emitter Active shutter glasses on Samsung and Mitsubishi displays with TI checkerboard both the emitter as well as the display itself have switches to inverse stereo Refer to the user manual be sure both don t use inversed settings Passive systems such as the JVC Miracube and Hyundai 46 These systems don t have a switch to inverse stereo If the image seems to be inverted it s easiest to swap eyes in the settings of FrameCycler DDS Open the settings choose Display use the checkbox for swap eyes Dual SDI stereo if the e
7. just work wi e double arrow areas at the very beginning and end of each clip It s easiest to accomplish this when the timeline is zoomed to show the current clip in detail use either the timeline zoom in master view or simply use the selected view If you prefer to work with numerical input just double A click on in or out point of the current clip and change bl 7 07 48 the offset with your keyboard Press enter to commit the change Ripple all remove gaps If you trim a clip and want to remove the gap it creates between the current and all following clips just drag the next clip hold your mouse down over the center part of the clip and move it until the gap is closed FrameCycler DDS indicates that it ripples clips by showing a thick red line between the clip you drag forward and the next clip on the timeline Stereo Ong OD DO DO Cota Grading C j diusir CNT ER a TO iraniana 0 e RI mei raran i ias T Arara 4 Err RFO ea Alira L Maa TONI ES i E 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 82 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Stereo 3D Workflow with DualStream NX 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 83 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide DualStream NX The 5 generation of IRIDAS DualStream support for working with Stereo 3D material includes support for virtually every display technology available today A list of the most common technologies and the required changes in your FrameCycler DDS se
8. to bring it back to the FrameCycler DDS Panel Adjusting FrameCycler DDS s Scope Presets You can adjust the ranges for the scopes limit warnings and the way the scopes get updated during playback in the Settings Press lt S gt and select Tools to make changes Options System Info Tool O pti ons Playback Cache tes Color Picker Shaders SDI Dual DVI Show shaded colors Editing Bottom gt Top Y Axis Desktop File Formats Dynamic Quality R3D Histogram amp Vectorscope Sound Tools Update displays when paus Apply inverse sRGB transformation to float values Lookup Tables Environment Timecode Show values as Look Custom maximum Fullscreen Tangent Custom minimum JLCooper AutoSave Scope resolution Full Command Line Remote Control 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 8 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Primary Grading 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Grading Panel The Grading Panel offers tools for primary and secondary grading You can combine both with a mask see next chapter on how to apply masks Additionally you can select from custom effects which include simulations for chemical processes as well as nume ruous tools to help the creative part of the grading process see The FrameCycler DDS Panel Custom Grading Panel Basics inside Outside Axis point Master dial Adjust values here Adjust ganged values for th
9. Out Point lt O gt or lt End gt Reset In Out Points lt SHIFT CTRL ALT O gt Unload Frames Outside lt SHIFT F5 gt of In Outs Editorial Hotkeys Sets or resets the inpoint at the current master playhead position Sets or resets the outpoint at the current master playhead position Moves the master playhead to the current in point Moves the master playhead to the current out point Resets the in and out points to default positions Unloads all frames that are not in the current in out area Toggle Dissolve lt SHIFT D gt Toggles selected dissolve clip s Direction direction bottom to top top to bottom Split Clips lt SHIFT ALT S gt Splits the currently active clip and all clips directly above it at the master playhead position Split Clip lt ALT S gt Splits the currently active clip at the master playhead position 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 4 IRIDAS Grading Hotkeys Save Grading Preset Commit Previewed Preset Reject Previewed Preset Change Color Selector Mode Reset Grading on Current Clip Reset Grading on Current Panel Copy Grade from previous next edits Activate Copy Grade After Activate Copy Grade Before Copy Grade from Clip below Mouse Position Disable Grading Disable Grading on Current Panel FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide lt CTRL P gt lt Enter gt lt Backspace gt lt SHIFT Enter gt lt SHIFT ALT Delete g
10. Raw wcr You can work with wcr files directly just select them from the desktop and place them on the timeline WEISSCAM HS2 Digimag HD formats fhg The following formats are supported with FrameCycler DDS fhgWR fhgWD fhgDI fhgwec fhgWE 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 20 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Recommended Quicktime Formats FrameCycler DDS can utilise the Quicktime System for Windows 7 and OS X Please note that there is no Quicktime 64 as of Q2 2011 If you re running Windows x64 you ll need to run a 32 bit version of FrameCycler DDS to be able to utilise the Quicktime System Codecs available to the system can usually be put to work with FrameCycler DDS However not all codecs are suitable for working real time and may introduce issues such as gamma shifts therefore FrameCycler DDS supports the following Codecs internally These are recommended for both playback and rendering e AJA Kona 10 bit Log RGB e AJA Kona 10 bit RGB e AJA Kona 10 bit YUV e AJA Kona 8 bit YUV e Apple Uncompressed 8 bit RGB e BlackMagic 10 bit RGB e BlackMagic 10 bit YUV e BlackMagic 8 bit YUV DNxHD and ProRes To put DNxHD and ProRes to work you ll need to install the Quicktime codecs provided by Avid and Apple Please check our online documentation area to get latest recommen dations on Quicktime versions and Codec updates http doc iridas com index php Quicktime_Codecs 2011 IRIDAS www irida
11. This can be used when generating Dailies doing EDL conform based on these dailies to generate online data Alternatively FrameCycler DDS supports remastering of Phantom files with TimeCode defined by the timeline position virtual lab reel O 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide RED Support RED ONE EPIC FrameCycler DDS supports files recorded with the RED ONE and RED Epic via the RED SDK This is available for files recorded with camera software starting with build 16 and will continue to be up dated as newer camera software becomes available RED ONE RedCode R3D All formats recorded as RedCode can be used This includes RedCode 28 and RedCode 36 in windowed 2K 3K as well as full sensor recording mode 4K 4 5K with RED MX Real Time Capabilities With Dynamic Quality you can achieve real time playback at 1 8 or 1 4 resolution out of the full 4K with all certified workstations In order to achieve 1 2 resolution real time playback of 4K files a current CPU setup with Dual Nehalem processors is required Windows 7 recommended Certified Dual Nehalem systems are available from HP Z800 1Beyond DVE RED Rocket Support FrameCycler DDS supports the use of multiple Red Rockets IRIDAS recommends to use two Red Rockets for working with R3D Stereo 3D projects This enables real time acces to stereo R3D data at 1 2 resolution Please ensure that the latest rocket drivers and
12. be longs to your EDL at once P Don t replace loaded reels Tip The Don t replace loaded reels checkbox prevents reels which are already on the timeline from being replaced when adding new reels from other locations 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 43 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with Dissolves between Clips Dissolves between clips according to an EDL are available as A and B layer with a dis solve layer inbetween All three are generated automatically when conforming an EDL Dissolves can be created manually as well they can be modified directly on the timeline Dissolves can be as long as required Drag dissolve Resize or reposition icon onto dissolve just as any timeline to create other clip dissolve 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 44 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Te beer Oluet Mane OPEC 9099 90333 90995 90996 9 The Reels Browser current reel and frame sequence are highlighted during playback Apply a Look to an EDL To apply a Look across an entire EDL open the Look Browser 1 Drag the EDL from the Desktop and drop it on the Look file in the browser 2 The EDL will appear on the timeline with the look applied as clips on a separate grading track above 3 You can then fine tune the look clip for each shot as required 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 45 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide EDLs based on RED One R3D files W
13. beginning of the next clip Sets the master playhead to the end of the previous clip Selects the closest clip to the left of the selected clip Selects the closest clip to the right of the selected clip Sets in out points to current clip Press again to restore previous in out positions Sets in out points to the previous clip Sets in out points to the next clip Selects the closest clip below the selected clip Selects the closest clip above the selected clip Moves the master playhead to the center of the timeline Sets the master playhead position to the start of the selected clip Locks all timelines Unlocks all timelines 145 IRIDAS DualStrem NX Hotkeys Right Eye Left Eye Show Stereo Side by Side Show Difference Matte Switch to Stereo Panel FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide lt left ALT R gt lt left ALT L gt lt left ALT S gt lt left ALT D gt lt CTRL ALT D gt lt SHIFT S gt Shows right eye only Shows left eye only Shows stereo pair in selected stereo mode Shows left and right eye side by side on the viewport Shows the difference matte of the stereo pair Switches from any Grading Panel to the Stereo Panel 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 46 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide In Out Point Hotkeys Toggle In Point lt SHIFT I gt Toggle Out Point lt SHIFT O gt Go to In Point lt l gt or lt Home gt Go to
14. editing are DNxHD for Avid and ProRes for Final Cut Pro Both are available as Quicktime codecs you can get them free of charge from their respective manufacturer See the chapter on file formats for further info Note To access the Apple Quicktime system it is required to run FrameCycler DDS as a 32 bit application If you re running a 64 bit OS you can safely use a 32 bit version of FrameCycler DDS in parallel to a native 64 bit version 1 Open the render dialog click on the Render button in the user interface or press CTRL R 2 Select the output format resample crop and LUT settings as with any regular render job see the section on Simple Rendering 3 Select the Burn in preset you d like to use for metadata display on the render output 4 Use the Metadata selector for file naming instead of typing a file name manually Choose Src PathElement 0 This option splits the timeline into individual quicktime files for rendering the output file name matches the source file name 5 To preserve source time code set Time Code Source to source 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 02 IRIDAS Example Rendering R3D files at 25 fps to DNxHD Open the render dialog click on Other next to format Click on Quicktime Select Avid DNxHD from the list If this is not shown as output option please make sure the Avid codecs are properly installed and that you re run ning a 32 bit version of FrameCycl
15. fps preset If your project is based on 24 fps both your preset for new timelines and your base fps should be set to 24 open the Settings page and select Editing to make changes The 2 most typical scenarios are 1 You have an EDL and one long image sequence or movie file that already has all edits baked in You now want to use the EDL to create keyframes to cut the long clip into the individual edits 2 You have an EDL and online material in folders or individual movie files You now want to associate the correct online clips according to the reel ID filename information available in the EDL Both scenarios require a slightly different workflow described below Pre Conformed Timeline In this scenario you have one long clip of online material and an EDL that contains the corresponding edits To create keyframes at the correct positions for each edit follow these steps 1 In the Desktop navigate to the directory containing your pre conformed clip 2 Drag and drop the clip with the material to the timeline This clip should now be the only clip in the timeline You can review the material using the usual playback controls 3 In the Desktop navigate to the directory containing your EDL 4 Drag and drop the EDL on top of the clip in the timeline The long clip will now be cut into edits 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 4 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Conforming Using Reel IDs Filenames In this scenario y
16. information as Look files These files are only a few kilobytes so they can easily be exchanged with others such as the cinematographer the director VFX supervisors etc You can apply Looks created by the cinematographer with FrameCycler DDS OnSet or create your own by saving a grade as a grading preset Look files can be applied and viewed in all current versions of FrameCycler DDS and FrameCycler They can also be used with MetaRender to apply preliminary looks to of fline editing files Creating a Look To create a Look file click on the Grading preset at the Secondarie Mask top right corner of every grading panel Alternatively press ns lt CTRL P gt on your keyboard or push MARK on the CP200 TS The Look will appear in the Look browser represented by a thumbnail of the image that was used to create the Look If the Look browser was not open yet FrameCycler Save grading preset DDS will automatically open it upon saving a look Applying a Look 1 Select a clip or grading track 2 Open the Look browser by clicking on the Looks but ton or push MEM on the CP200 TS 3 Navigate from the browser tab to the folder contain ing the Look s you want to use Use the arrow keys to navigate or FORWARD BACKWARDS on the CP200 TS 4 click on a Look and press lt ENTER gt to apply the Look or push STOP on the CP200 TS Alternatively drag the Look onto the timeline It will appear as a grading clip SO you
17. left and right eye are stored on 2 discrete Volumes Running OS X please ensure to use Volume Names LEFT and RIGHT Running Windows please use RX and LA drive letters e L Footage Shot Version Test frame dpx e R Footage Shot version Test frame dpx Note Make sure you don t have any of the replacement wildcards as part of your regu lar filename otherwise they will be replaced These examples would not work e X Footage left Shot Version Test Compositing_Shot_left_Lowres dpx e X Footage right Shot Version Test Compositing_Shot_right_Lowres dpx The _L in the left eye filename s _Lowres would be substituted with _R and result in right right_Rowres dpx which cannot be found Tip Customizing the Stereo Naming Convention DualStream NX allows for changing the preset structure excluding existing presets or adding new presets according to your pipeline standards The preset file is located in the settings folder of your FrameCycler DDS installation It s called StereoNaming fcps open it with a text editor like wordpad or textedit Each line in the xml file represents one set of stereo pair naming conventions Simply add a new line and add a tab between left and right to create an additional preset 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with Stereo 3D Footage To work with a stereo timeline enable the Stereo check Z Siereo Ongin 00 00 00 00 box in the timeline Now
18. like to crop 200 pixels from top and bottom 140 from left and right add this line to Crop fcps 200 140 Pixel Border 140 200 R140 B200 After adding a custom preset or changing the list of presets save and close the file The updated list of presets will be available next time you launch FrameCycler DDS 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Burn in Menu burnin files The preset files to create burn in data are slightly more complex than any of the fcps files You can select the kind of data on display as well as its position and size on screen To allow for simple management of such presets burn in presets are stored in a separate folder in the settings directory each burnin files shows up as one selection in the Burn in Menu in FrameCycler DDS What it does You can use Burn In templates to add text and graphical elements to your frames at load time and for rendering Placeholders are replaced with the current file name time code etc Using the Standard Burn In If you choose Standard from the list three elements will be superimposed on the footage displayed in the viewport Current frame number Location on disk of current sequence Native Time Code of current frame if this field doesn t exist in the header of the file format you re using there will be no display of Time Code information The location of all three elements is always absolute to the actual image size I
19. lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt Arrow Key Down Switch to track below PREV For a full list of Hotkeys please refer to the Hotkey chapter at the end of this document 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Image Analysis Tools 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 6 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Image Analysis Tools FrameCycler DDS provides a variety of tools for checking your image Histogram Vectorscope and Waveform are part of the FrameCycler DDS panel use hotkeys to ac tivate or deactivate The color picker shows pixel color data channel views allow you to check specific color channels Use it for example to check for compression artifacts or noise in R G or B channel Color picker Click anywhere on image to show pixel color data Vectorscope Waveform Histogram Press lt V gt Press lt W gt Press lt H gt Resize by dragging the Resize by dragging the Resize by dragging the handle to left or right handle to left or right handle to left or right Tip You can adjust the ranges for the scopes limit warnings and the way the scopes get updated during playback in the Settings Press lt S gt and select Tools to make changes 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tip You can detach the scopes from the FrameCycler DDS Panel by clicking on the undock button This can be done for each scope separately Click on the docking icon
20. on the same machine you use for grading reduces the overall performance of FrameCycler DDS Working with file formats that need a lot of CPU processing such as R3D require to do rendering either after grading or on another workstation using MetaRender To scale render performance simply use a small render farm using several MetaRender Nodes 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 99 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Simple Rendering This section describes how to render an entire timeline or part of a timeline with the internal render engine 1 Select the area of the timeline you want to render Set an in and out point along the timeline to define the area for rendering 2 Open the render dialog click on the Render button in the user interface or press CTRL R 3 Select the output path Folder Desktop Footage Dualstream k Australia JO 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 OO IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide 4 Select the file output name If you want to create frame sequence output padding will be added automatically It is recommended to use an underscore after the actual frame sequence name A preview of the resulting output name is displayed in 50 grey next to the field for entering the output name Fle mme Tomato cen 5 Select the file output format FrameCycler DDS comes with output presets for the most popular frame sequence formats and some Quicktime formats FrameCycler DDS interpret
21. to cre ate A B and splitscreen scenarios to compare the beginning of a shot with its end to compare multiple versions of the same shot or to compare different episodes Please refer to the Screen Layout chapter for details about arranging playheads manually in the Creating additional Playheads Creating additional playheads is a simple drag and drop operation Click on the handle area of the master play head the area to the right of the 1 marked in blue 00 20 0 00 00 Hold down CTRL and move away from the current posi tion You ll see a semi transparent copy of the playhead F Step Than 00 00 00 00 above it a green sign Drop the playhead at any posi tion along the timeline where you want it At the release position there s now a second playhead If the screen layout is on Automatic Layout a second image will show in the Viewport Tip to see both pictures completely use lt CTRL gt lt HOME gt to see them pixel accurate use lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt lt HOME gt If you want to create additional playheads you can drag and drop again from the first playhead or from the newly created 2nd playhead To delete additional playheads simply drag and drop them into the viewport Click on a playhead s handle icon to start the process Note that you can t delete the master playhead marked blue 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com Gobel Gredi 5 IRIDAS The Screen Layout To open t
22. to the folder that includes sequences you want to bring to the timeline Click Add all at the bottom of the desktop to add all files in order of appearance This usually gets used when loading RAW data for creating dailies to create a virtual lab reel Tip How to delete an existing timeline If you want to delete a timeline simply click on the x icon at the right end of the row of buttons above the clips WEST on the timeline You ll need to confirm that you want to delete the timeline i o Inserting a Sequence inbetween Clips If you need to place a clip inbetween material that s on the timeline already drag and drop the thumbnail from the desktop onto the position on the timeline where you d like to place it A highlighted red line will appear once you re at the right position Release the mouse Loading a FrameCycler DDS Project Open the desktop Navigate to the folder that contains the ircp file that you want to load Double click on the thumbnail 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 6 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Right Click Features to Manage Content There are a number of new right mouse click functions in the 2011 Desktop Various Kodak LAD amp New SubFolder Right Click a Folder If you right click a folder a context menu Rename Folder will appear which gives you several op Delete Folder tions New SubFolder Creates a new folder at that position Copy Path Rename Fol
23. use the desktop to add a shot or multiple shots from either left or right eye branch to a new timeline The cor responding other eye will automatically be loaded Note If you mainly work in stereo you can change the default for new timelines by checking the Enable Stereo checkbox in the Editing settings then restart the applica tion Newly created timelines are now stereoscopic by default Verifying Stereo Pairs Be ed in telne Kadenza To verify that both eyes are loaded open the Reel vota Browser CTRL ALT R or CP200 TS More Reels Each shot that you add to the timeline should appear as left and right eye pair Offset Ranges used 15367816 153646 180 I Opening the Stereo Panel The Stereo Panel is a unique environment within FrameCycler DDS to modify reel parameters such as mirroring as well as clip based geometry adjustments O parallax control and floating window To get started be sure a footage clip is marked active on the timeline then press lt K gt to open the FrameCycler DDS Panel Switch to the Stereo Panel by either clicking on the button for Stereo Panel or push lt SHIFT S gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 93 IRIDAS Stereo Viewing Options FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide FrameCycler DDS offers a variation of stereo viewing options that can be used to analyze the stereo pairs All options are visible at the top of the Stereo Panel The active viewing option is highlight
24. window Close lt ALT F4 gt Closes application Fullscreen lt ALT Enter gt Switches fullscreen mode on Ol he or off Exit Fullscreen ESG Exits the fullscreen mode Metadata Display lt ALT M gt Toggles the MetaData display Toggle SDI Mouse Focus Toggle Lock Windows Reconnect Tangent Devices CP200 Dual DVI Window Look Browser Reel Browser lt CTRL Tab gt lt Scroll Lock gt lt ALT F12 gt lt SHIFT CTRL ALT D gt gP gt lt CTRL ALT R gt Toggles the mouse between main display and SDI display Locks or unlocks the all windows in the application Reconnects all CP200 panels Toggles the Dual DVI mode Activates the Browser for Look presets Shows or hides the Reel Browser Timeline lt Tab gt Shows or hides all timelines Hide UI lt SHIFT H gt SHows or hides all UI 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com elements centers footage on local viewport 142 IRIDAS Playback Hotkeys Play Pause Reverse Playback Step Back Step Forward Decrease Playback FPS Increase Playback FPS Next Playback FPS Step Prev Playback FPS Step Playback Mode Toggle AutoMirror Mirror Horizontal Mirror Vertical Toggle Backward Toggle Forward Clear memory Reload Changed Frames Unload Frames Outside of In Outs FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide lt Space gt lt SHIFT Space gt lt Cursor Left gt lt Cursor Right gt lt PgDn gt lt PgUp gt lt Numpa
25. with original settings based on each clip s metadata or replace all image adjustments with a global default Both can be accessed via the settings panel Open it by clicking on Settings or just press S on your keyboard Then select R3D ilt t tT t t t t t t tT For fast turnaround on dailies or to reproduce the settings seen while monitoring on set when using in camera settings it Is recom mended to set the application to work with settings stored in each clip This is the default value When switching to manual settings all files on your current timeline and all files you add to it will use the values you set on this page This is recommended to achieve best quality and to ease shot matching when in camera settings differ widely throughout production Note You don t need to reload your timeline after adopting your settings all the set tings can be changed on the fly You can also safely switch between the manual and the default setup this won t change your files but only the way the get processed for display The settings that are active when you commit a render job will define how the images are treated for rendering 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide WEISSCAM Support FrameCycler DDS supports files recorded with both HS1 and HS2 as wcr RAW FrameCycler DDS also supports a subset of the WEISSCAM DM2 Digimag formats in HD resolution WEISSCAM
26. within the Viewport to pan around 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Manual Screen Layout the operator has placed 4 playheads along the timeline Only 2 playheads are selected for display this can be changed with the 1 3 buttons for verti cal and horizontal arrangement in this scenario one row with 2 pictures If you select 2 playheads the pull down box for enabling splitscreen view becomes available 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 8 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with A B and Splitscreen Views Whenever you select 2 playheads you can choose between 3 view modes A or B Select 1 and 1 in the screen layout Use the pull down for playhead numbers to select the playhead you d like to display A B side by side Select 1 and 2 in the screen layout This will display both playheads side by side You can place them top to bottom by selecting 2 and 1 Alternatively push lt F10 gt to change the orientation Splitscreen to go from A B to splitscreen select split from the pull down or press lt F9 gt To change the orientation of the split press lt F10 gt To move the split position hold down lt CTRL gt over the viewport and move the mouse Splitscreen Layout the operator has opened 2 timelines Timeline 1 with playhead 1 shows a calibrated and corrected image timeline 2 a copy of timeline 1 without correction and calibration Playhead 1 is
27. your base frame rate 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Step 2 Loading Footage FrameCycler DDS opens automatically to the Browser Desktop where you can find and open the footage you want to work on At any other time you can click on the Desktop button to return to the Browser Desktop 1 Navigate to the folder containing your footage You can do this with the path control or by enabling the file tree browser click Tree to activate 2 Drag the Thumbnail Size and Aspect Ratio sliders to adjust the size and number of images which are viewable in the browser 3 Click the plus icon or just double click on thumbnail to add it to the timeline Repeat this with additional sequences If you want to load all sequences shown on the desktop at once just click on Add All button Tip Scrubbing Sequences If you have a sequence of frames or RAW files you can scrub through it by dragging left or right at the top of the thumbnail 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 O IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Step 3 Navigation and Zoom 1 Close the Desktop lt D gt Use the playback command bar in the Ul or the CP200 TS playback buttons to control playback and to navigate along the timeline Useful hotkeys are listed in the chapter on hotkeys 2 Check zoom to fit and zoom to 100 CTRL HOME enables zoom to fit CTRL SHIFT HOME enables 100 view pixel to pixe
28. yreaicyan selected in FrameCycler DDS s Display sec Th PERTE pattern Fe Formals Fee et inter ced scanlines tion Open the Settings choose Display Sle ile Quality eut ps aged rodumns HAL up use the second pull down to turn on the mo fumar glosses stereo display mode that works with your display toye On systems wihtout any specific stereo display technology use red cyan to see both pictures in standard red cyan composition Line by Line Systems es These Stereo 3D Displays are line by line systems also called interlaced scanline i q stereo Select interlaced scanlines in mn the stereo display mode selector under Settings Display to enable Stereo 3D viewing on the JVC Hyundai and Mira cube 46 LG 42 and 55 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 86 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide 2x DVI stereo A number of stereo display setups require 2 DVI outputs from the workstation Each output carries one eye only This applies to Planar stereo screen with passive glasses linear polarization Dual Projection with passive glasses linear or circular polarization this setup can also be driven via Dual SDI L R side by side setups using 2 displays Basic 2x DVI Setup NVIDIA OpenGL Stereo Requirements Windows 7 NVIDIA Quadro 5000 or 6000 certified driver for OpenGL Stereo This setup allows you to send left and right image to 2 separate DVI DP outputs The user interface will ap
29. 9 Settngs looks SIZK dGrade SI 2K SI 2K 5600K 3200K SI 5600K SI 3 200K SI2K siv RAW This new format records uncompressed RAW files FrameCycler DDS OnSet can directly open siv files White balance info is applied automatically look files recorded with the camera are interpreted automatically if they are in the same directory as the shot itself If you want to keep the white balance but set all grading set tings to neutral click reset all in the grading panel 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 6 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Phantom HD and Phantom 65 Support FrameCycler DDS supports all formats by Phantom recorded as cine This includes the Phantom HD as well as the Phantom 65 Phantom cine RAW This format can be used directly without loading additional software or adjusting settings parameter Since it is uncompressed HD or 4K RAW Phantom RAW real time playback requires a fast disk system White balance presets FrameCycler DDS reads white balance info recorded with all current Phantom cameras starting with firmware Ph 670 Working with TimeCode derived from the Phantom time stamp feature Both Phantom cameras are designed for high speed recording Therefore there is no support for TimeCode However since recording 24 and 25 fps with the Phantom became popular FrameCycler DDS supports TimeCode display for Phantom files that is based on TimeCode derived from the time stamp of the Phantom
30. Can resize and reposition it as required 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 68 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Naming Look Files Click on the current name which will be PART MTT o Settngs ocks SIZK D Faotage RAW CFRAW Unnamed if the Look is new Type in the name and press lt ENTER gt D de desaturated 30 1152 100 e Render Deleting Look Files Mouse over the Look The delete icon ap pears on the right of the thumbnail Click on the delete icon and then confirm the Confirm Delete deletion or press lt ENTER gt Are you sure you want to delete this item fes fo Mooks 5IZK D Footage RAWACFRAW desaturated 30 gt Sharing Look Files e Look files can be shared over a network with access to gt ReviewLink common storage g gt e Carry Look files on a USB key e You can email Look files as attachments e With ReviewLink Looks can be applied live on connected machines around the world 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 69 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Look Browser The Look Browser can be used to organize Look presets for grading The default loca tion for the first tab in the look browser is FrameCycler DDS Settings Looks You can copy Looks already generated with applications such as FrameCycler DDS OnSet into this folder they will show up next time you open the Look Browser To open and close the Look Brows
31. FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Rev 2011 C IRIDAS IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Contents Installation Supported nVidia Graphics Cards 11 Installing FrameCycler DDS 12 Extract License File 12 Mac OS X Installation 12 Windows Installation 14 Linux Installation 15 Setup Scenarios Typical Setup Scenarios 17 Overview 17 OS X Dual DVI Setup 18 Settings for Dual DVI Output 18 Windows Linux DVI SDI setup 19 SDI Output Settings 19 Control Panel Setup Tangent CP200 and CP300 20 User Interface Overview The Main User Interface Areas 22 The Desktop 22 The Timeline 23 The Viewport 24 The FrameCycler DDS Panel 25 Preset and other Browser Windows 26 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Output and MetaRender Control section 27 Quick Start Guide Step 1 Set Project Defaults 29 Step 2 Loading Footage 30 Step 3 Navigation and Zoom 31 Step 4 Open the FrameCycler DDS Panel 31 Step 5 Recall Looks 22 Step 6 Save Your Project 32 Loading Footage Navigating 35 Search Criteria 35 Refresh 35 Loading Multiple Sequences 36 Loading Multiple Sequences at once 36 Inserting a Sequence inbetween Clips 36 Loading a FrameCycler DDS Project 36 Right Click Features to Manage Content 3 Tip Autocomplete for Typed Directories 39 Working with EDLs Pre Conformed Timeline 41 Conforming Using Reel IDs Filenames 42 Working with Dissolves between Clips 44 Apply a
32. FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Viewport In a single monitor setup the viewport is hidden under the desktop Close the desktop to view it Use lt CTRL HOME gt or MORE ZOOM FIT on the TS panel to adjust the size of the image to your screen size In a dual monitor setup the viewport is placed on the second monitor and will show images while the desktop is open Tip If you re running a single screen setup lt SHIFT H gt allows to toggle between a fullscreen footage view and your current work environmet with Timeline Browsers and Scopes open 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 24 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The FrameCycler DDS Panel Directly above the timeline is the panel for grading stereo 3D annotations setting clip properties This is also where the scopes will show up when activated You can change the size of the panel by positioning the cursor over the top of the panel and dragging the highlighted line Show or hide it with lt K gt or CP200 TS MORE PANEL Tip The Stereo Panel provides easy access to the full DualStream NX feature set in one workspace Once the FrameCycler DDS Panel Is active switch to the Stereo Panel with lt SHIFT S gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 5 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Hot il Fe H Preset and other Browser Windows Additional Browser Windows can be activated as needed The Look Browser shows presets already created and allows fo
33. Look to an EDL 45 EDLs based on RED One R3D files 46 EDL Support 47 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adjusting Playback and Viewport Features Adjusting Playback Features The Viewport Positioning Images Automatic Screen Layout Working with the FrameCycler Timeline The Timeline Timeline Elements Navigating along the Timeline Image Analysis Tools Adjusting FrameCycler DDS s Scope Presets Primary Grading The Grading Panel Grading Panel Basics Alternating Grading Selector Modes Reset Buttons Recalling Grades Matrix amp LUT Panel The Properties Panel The Annotations Panel 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 49 50 50 51 53 54 55 58 60 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adding Notes Removing Notes Working with Look Files Creating a Look Applying a Look Sharing Look Files Naming Look Files Deleting Look Files The Look Browser The LUT saved with every Look file Complex Timelines and Advanced Viewing Features Managing Complex Timelines Timeline View Tabs Timeline Zoom Working with Multiple Playheads Creating additional Playheads The Screen Layout Working with A B and Splitscreen Views Working with alternating Screen Layouts Editing Features Editing Features Split clips Trim clips Ripple all remove gaps 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 66 66 68 68 69 69 69 70 71
34. acays E FData Gxd07c26 Bxq803F1aB length 6 capacity 6 b 6 fi BB f Sb3deq99 6601 f SbIdeqS0 PA Ehidna Axa fabs eu LMDota Oxdh7e28 Gxa099f1a0 length 6 capacity rta fxd ta Frs Le LE 2 M 1af gt length 6 capacity CF AATA ALPA A length A cigancily 6 FOultu 10650 fe 0931 LB Ler yth 6 cupucily 6 bytes Your license will ex ptre on 2010 29 30 I 1 J LHIDAS Metakender build 6648 63 Initializinq 100 queuc Listening on port 8801 for additional jobs x 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 08 IRIDAS Selecting MetaRender Node in FrameCycler DDS for batch rendering Once a MetaRender Node Is running on your machine you can simply switch to the network tab in the render menu An additional menu for controling Meta Render is now available to the right of the render menu Simply click Discover to add MetaRender Node to the list of avail able render nodes The new MetaRender Node will show up as Idle As soon as you commit a render job to an idle node it will change its state and show up under Busy until the job is finished Using the job control section Once a job is sent to the render node it will show up in the jobs section under Queued As soon as it s finished it will be moved to Finished If for any reason the job can t be finished e g storage for selected output destination went offline while attempting to write files it wi
35. ad the chapter on working with stereo data for further information on hardware requirements To activate M Scope support in FrameCycler DDS open the settings apply the following changes Display use the second pull down to select M Scope as stereo mode Editing check the last checkbox on this page to activate stereo timelines as default for newly created timelines Delete the current timeline and make sure the stereo checkbox on the timeline is active before adding M Scope data to the timeline 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 5 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Silicon Imaging SI2K Support FrameCycler DDS supports several formats recorded by the SI2K Cineform RAW HD 2K This format can be used directly without loading ad ditional software or adjusting settings parameters The Cineform NeoPlayer is not required for working with these files in FrameCycler DDS OnSet SI2K siv RAW This new format available with the SI2K records uncompressed RAW files FrameCycler DDS can di rectly open siv files White Balance and Matrix presets for SI2K Cineform RAW FrameCycler DDS OnSet provides presets with Matrix and White Balance settings for the Cineform RAW files designed by Silicon Imaging These presets are in the default folder for Looks in a subfolder called SI2K They are in look format you can apply them via the Look browser see the chapter on working with Looks Looks IRIDAS SpeedGrade OnSet 200
36. arameters shown in the viewport Every element is called a textnote In Standard burnin the first textnote is lt textnote gt lt text gt Src FrameNo lt text gt lt textsize gt 2 lt textsize gt lt textcolor gt 255 255 255 255 lt textcolor gt lt backgroundcolor gt 0 0 0 0 lt backgroundcolor gt lt arrow gt 0 lt arrow gt lt position gt 40 40 lt position gt lt textnote gt If you want to change the size you can select from presets O small to 2 large or enter pixel values A much larger text than preset 2 can be created using the pixel value method e g lt textsize gt 60px lt textsize gt To change the color from white to black change the text color to all color values are listed in RGBA lt textcolor gt 0 0 0 0 lt textcolor gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 9 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The background color is defined in RGBA as well this example would give a solid black bar lt backgroundcolor gt 0 0 0 255 lt backgroundcolor gt To change the position of a text note just use x y values this example would place the text note above the image lt position gt 40 40 lt position gt Adding a new Text Note To add a new text note simply copy an existing text note in the standard burnin and paste it after the last text note Change the position next to make sure the new text note is not overlapping with any existing text note Then replace the Placeholder with
37. ation 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 O IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Supported nVidia Graphics Cards FrameCycler DDS relies extensively on the OpenGL and shader technologies of modern graphics cards The following nVidia cards are certified for use with FrameCycler DDS Please be sure to install the certified driver if you re running Windows or Linux Any changes to the driver are not required please keep all performance settings at default values Quadro 4000 10 6x OS OS X doesn t require an additional driver installation Related Links Any changes to recommended nVidia drivers are posted at http doc iridas com index php Graphics Card Compatibility 282011 29 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Installing FrameCycler DDS Extract License File Licenses are packaged as zip files and sent to you by email Before launching the The license file installer you need to place the license file Mac OS X on your desktop 1 Delete any previous license files on your desktop The license file Windows 2 Drag the zipped license file from the email to your desktop 3 Double click the zipped file to extract the license FrameCycler DDSNX irlc Win dows users drag the license file from the Zip window to your desktop then close the Zip window Mac OS X Installation Step 1 Download and Install Download the Disk Image d
38. cause of binary compatibility problems between different LINUX distributions please make sure you download the LINUX installer package that was created for your LINUX distribution If your LINUX distribution is not supported please contact us for help in selecting the right package Step 2 Activate Your License Copy the license file that has been sent to you via email to an empty folder and extract it there Then copy your license file license irlc into the license subdirectory in your FrameCycler installation Step 3 Launch FrameCycler To launch your product start the shell script from the bin subdirectory for example bin framecycler 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 5 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Setup Scenarios 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 6 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Typical Setup Scenarios Overview FrameCycler DDS can be used on either a single screen with both image and Ul on one display or as a dual monitor setup A basic dual monitor setup uses two monitors connected via 2 DVI outputs the advanced dual monitor setup utilises the nVidia Quadro SDI technology to allow for real time 10 and 12 bit output over Single Link or Dual Link SDI The nVidia Quadro SDI setup requires Windows or Linux FAQ how many outputs on the nVidia GPU can be used in parallel Only 2 outputs at a time can be used in parallel The SDI card is routed through the Quadro GPU and thus taking one DVI o
39. cler DDS Rendering FrameCycler DDS includes an internal render engine which supports various frame sequence formats as well as movie file formats Additionally every FrameCycler DDS package comes with one seat of IRIDAS MetaRender for background batch processing of your FrameCycler DDS projects Render Performance Render performance depends on a number of factors here are the most important things to consider when setting up the render pipeline Storage bandwidth If you render from files with little demand for throughput such as Silicon Imaging SIV or RED R3D bandwidth for reading is usually not an issue As a rule of thumb if you can play the files in FrameCycler DDS real time it won t become a bottleneck for rendering If the file output is a compressed format such as H 264 or Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes bandwidth usually is not an issue For rendering uncompressed data such as 2K or 4K DPX frame sequences you should use a similar system for rendering as for read ing essentially a RAID system with enough throughput to handle the format playback should at least deliver 24 fps to avoid a bottleneck on the storage solution CPU vs GPU rendering As opposed to live grading rendering Is not a real time process A modern CPU deliv ers about the same speed as the GPU The internal render engine is using the CPU for rendering exclusively This allows for doing further work in FrameCycler DDS while you render Note that rendering
40. d e gt lt Numpad gt lt F6 gt lt CTRL M gt lt M gt lt SHIFT M gt lt gt Comma lt gt Period lt SHIFT CTRL F5 gt lt o gt lt SHIFT F5 gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com Starts and stops playback Reverses playback direction Steps back a single frame Advances a single frame Decreases the frames per second value by 1fps Increases the frames per second value by 1fps Doubles frames per second Halves frames per second Switches between single play loop and ping pong playback modes Sequence flipped when the end point reached Mirror image horizontally Mirror image vertically Toggles backward playback Toggles forward playback Unloads all frames Reloads all changed frames from disk Unloads all frames that are not in the current in out area 143 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Pan and Zoom View Hotkeys Pan Down Pan Up Pan Left Pan Right Reset Pan Toggle Match Channel Sizes Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to 100 Zoom to Fit Show all Viewports lt SHIFT Cursor Down gt Moves image down in viewing area lt SHIFT Cursor Up gt Moves image up in viewing area lt SHIFT Cursor Left gt Moves image left in viewing area lt SHIFT Cursor Right gt Moves image right in viewing area lt SHIFT Home gt Centers image in the viewing area lt ALT Home gt Makes all channels the same size while preserving their aspec
41. d restart the application Workstation HDLink Pro 2 systems with DVI inputs NVIDIA Dual SDI or 1 with 2 DVI inputs 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 88 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Dual SDI output 2x 422 over nVidia SDI This setup is designed to drive either 2 projectors with SDI inputs or to allow for a com bination of a reference grade monitor with any other 3D display such as the JVC 46 or the 3D DLP systems Make sure the SDI output is not activated by another application and not used to mirror your desktop Connect the NVIDIA SDI with one BNC cable per channel to the projection system Open the settings in FrameCycler DDS select SDI Dual DVI choose the correct resolu tion and refresh frequency In the pull down below choose Dual 4 2 2 Click the Enable checkbox and restart the application To combine Dual SDI with systems such as the JVC 46 and the 3D DLPs you ll need a unit such as Inition s Stereobrain that can split the SDI signal as well as producing the various output modes for the other systems in parallel over DVI HDMI User Interface Line by Line TI Pattern Anaglyph Workstation Stereo Processor Reference grade system NVIDIA Dual SDI e g StereoBrain plus Stereo Display 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 89 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Testing your Stereo Setup Before you start working on a new project it s recommended to run the test file you ll
42. der Renames the folder that was clicked on Delete Folder Deletes the folder Copy Path Copies the path into the clipboard The options Paste Folder Move Folder and New Link Folder are available when a Du you rally want lo delel Lhe lulder Footage varlous _Kodak_LAD 7 path was copied to the clipboard Tnder contain thee in Po entiers Ves oc ete thi fo der Move Folder Move the folder in the clipboard to a new location Copy Folder Copy the folder in the clipboard to a new location New Link Folder Create a virtual folder that links to the folder in the clipboard This option allows you to build virtual directory trees similar to shortcuts or symbolic links in the oper ating system 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 IRIDAS Right click on a file or frame sequence functionality If you right click on a file or frame se quence you get a new context menu to manipulate the entry Copy to Clipboard Copy the path of the sequence or file to the clipboard Copy Sequence Here If a sequence path is in the clipboard allows you to copy the file or sequence to this location Move Sequence Here If a sequence path is in the clipboard allows you to move the file or sequence to this location Rename Gives you the option to rename the file if it is a sequence you can also renumber it For renumbering you can control the pad ding using the characters One omits padding multipl
43. der thumbnail clips it properly 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 56 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Under rare circumstances the frame loader loaded the wrong frame when pausing resulting in a momentary change in image after paused Edit numbers did not work correctly Stereo metadata is now read from both eyes Base path for sequences created from sub trees were invalid Disabled AVX CPU instruction support on operating systems that do not enable it Crash when loading EDLs into empty timelines fxDegrain used invalid texture coordinates in some cases Crash when exiting with active grading preview Default mirror settings for stereo setups are now obeyed when conforming an EDL General RenderStartTime metadata field did not work correctly Crash when deleting a timeline while the mouse was still hovering over a specific part of the reels browser 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 D
44. e pads to the number of characters The second edit box to the right indicates the start frame number FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Copy to Clipboard Rerne Sua ies SEEM 2K 44 dpx SCM ML AH SS dpe 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 8 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tip Autocomplete for Typed Directories The 2011 Desktop supports autocomplete in the path control for typed directories 7 A Footag e Demo Various If you click into the directory bar at the top of the sequence browser and start typing you will get a list of matching directories Simply select one using the cursor up and down keys and hit enter to move to that subfolder Autocomplete will automatically list the 10 subdirectories of the newly entered folder making it very easy to browse complex folder struc tures with minimal effort using only the keyboard 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 9 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with EDLs 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 40 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Conforming EDLs FrameCycler DDS offers conforming capabilities to create a FrameCycler DDS timeline from an offline Edit Decision List EDL that adheres to the Sony CMX 3600 standard Additionally it supports the extended new 16 digit EDL that is required to work with ARRIRAW and RED material Note before you start working with EDLs make sure that FrameCycler DDS is using the right
45. e beginning or end of the shot play until you see the clapperboard closed in either left or right eye If the clapperboard has a digital TC display simply use a frame while the TC is visible and counting Use frame step for ward and backward left and right arrow keys to get this narrowed down Identify how many frames offset exist between left and right eye You can interactively change the offset on both eyes by clicking the frame step buttons in the Stereo Panel Tip if there s no clapperboard present find a frame with action that clearly lasts for one frame only 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 96 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adjusting the Zero Parallax The Adjust Tab in the Stereo Panel shows one slider only to effectively control the O parallax Values are shown in percentage of resolution as well as pixels If you need to keyframe O parallax adjustments simply activate keyframing with the checkbox next to the stereo view selection Press the add keyframe button once to cre ate a keyframe press a second time on the same position to enable a dissolve between the current and the previous keyframe The keyframes in the Adjust section work inde pendently from the keyframes on the Geometry Tab Adjust ine b ue 2 33 48 px 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Rendering 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 98 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide FrameCy
46. e timeline If multiple playheads are in use the Viewport will display images according to your screen layout defintions This can be up to 9 images in parallel For further info on using multiple playheads please refer to the chapter Multiple Playheads Positioning Images You can change the magnification and the positioning of the images in the Viewport Use Hotkeys for zoom to fit and zoom to 100 Zoom to fit lt Ctrl Home gt Zoom to 100 lt Ctrl Shift Home gt To zoom in and out of the image use lt Ctrl Mouse Wheel gt or use lt gt and lt gt on the number pad we OF aie ee Pee ws a H f TVR A 1 Hide Timeline and Controls lt TAB gt NEW Hide everything zoom to 100 and center lt SHIFT H gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 O IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide oe De 2 2 2 Sele D pain BO ma elle gt on Automatic Screen Layout To open the Screen Layout window click on the but ton with the 9 squares right next to Settings button section bottom right The default settings will show Automatic Layout turned on Automatic Layout will allow you to e Add Playheads and automatically display them e Remove playheads and automatically reflect the change in the screen layout While in automatic layout you can also turn on Auto Zoom This will automatically upscale all images along the timeline to the highest resolution placed
47. ection just enter a backslash hit enter Step 3 Add a third section choose from the M menu again this time choose Src PathElement 0 hit enter 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 0 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Bakcground Rendering with MetaRender Node If you have a MetaRender Node installed on the same machine as FrameCycler DDS you can immediately put it to work as background rendering engine This enables batch rendering capabilities and gives you extended control over CPU use It also adds a list control for queued jobs and failed jobs for managing your render pipeline Enabling MetaRender Node as background rendering engine Be sure to use a version of MetaRender that matches the build number of FrameCycler DDS Install MetaRender and apply the license file Then launch the application in job queue mode Open a command prompt Then navigate to MetaRender s bin subdirectory and type MetaRender jobqueue Em C Window lt system32 cmd exe MetaRender jobqueu Es C N Program Files CxAR9NTRIDAS MetaRender Node 2A1Ashin gt HMetaRender johqueue four license will expire on 2818 47 31 IRIDAS MetaRender Build 5553 54 Initializing job queue Listening on port 8861 for additional jobs Lost login Fri Jul 38 15 42 28 on ttys200 MacPro quyonh Users cuyonh Desktop SGDIbeta3 MetaRenderNode app Contents Mac US bin Metakender jobqueue lt LFDota Uxduvaso xauu length 6 capacity b UXUULT Sos
48. ed in blue You can switch to other options by clicking on its respective button or by using hotkeys Stereo View By default FrameCycler DDS will show the Stereo View This will use the stereo dis play method selected in the settings lt ALT S gt Left Right View If you want to show either left or right eye click its respective button You can use this feature to create a wiggle between left and right eye at any given speed by using the hotkeys lt ALT L gt for left lt ALT R gt for right Side by side If you want to show both pictures next to each other use side by side FrameCycler DDS will automatically scale to fit lt ALT D gt Tip if you prefer splitscreen view be tween left and right press lt F9 gt to enter splitscreen mode Press lt F9 gt again to return to side by side Difference Matte This view is helpful whenever you want to show adjust differences in geometry or to identify and adjust O parallax lt SHIFT ALT gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 94 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Reel Setup Mirroring Swapping Temporal Adjustments Mirroring If the footage is recorded with a mirror rig invert the horizontal or vertical mirroring or with the checkboxes in the Stereo Panel Mirror Vertical under Reel Setup All settings are non ia destructive and can be altered at any time There s no background rendering involved Tip If the majority of your clips is
49. equirements Phantom 65 4K RAW Phantom 4K RAW is uncompressed Each frame is roughly 10 MB The need for disk performance is very similar to 2K DPX frame sequences you ll need to achieve at least 240 MB s for real time playback of Phantom 4K files 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide ARRI Alexa Support FrameCycler DDS supports all formats recorded by the ARRI Alexa including ARRIRAW and ProRes 4444 in 12 bit ARRIRAW format acquired with disk recorders writing ari ARRIRAW is debayered natively using ARRI s color science All in camera settings are applied automatically ProRes 4444 recorded with SxS cards FrameCycler DDS reads ProRes files on both OS X and Windows 7 The files are decoded at original bit depth maximum quality for all additional processing is ensured Please be sure to use the latest certified Quicktime for OS X or Windows http doc iridas com index php Quicktime Codecs Output Transform LUTs ARRI provides LUTs for the Alexa in various formats IRIDAS has tested and certified the set of LUTs designed for use with Shake You can download the LUTs from ARRI directly 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide ARRI D21 Support FrameCycler DDS supports all formats recorded by the ARRI D21 including ARRIRAW and M Scope with LinkA and LinkB channel recombination RAW format acquired with disk recorders writing ari This forma
50. er DDS A window with details for the encoding profile comes up Select 25 fps for Frame rate Check strip Alpha Check Add a time code track Click More Options The Avid Codec Configuration comes up Select RGB Levels to ensure fast import compatibility Click on the pull down menu at the bottom not entirely visible running codec versions v 1 9 and 2 0 click on the thin white space Select 1080p 25 DNxHD 36 8 bit Press ENTER on the keyboard FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide raolder Fie rare Formal ALA TO bet br ROB Create Output Preset Create Culput Preset Add i bme code Digi tre code 15 Q Profle Compatibdity 10875994 DMD 720 1028 108055 34 OM 720 Bee 1080 5994 Dati 145 Bae 080 50 DN HD 185 10e 103 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRIDAS Choose a name for the new output profile in the example to the right DNxHD_36_25 then press Save to add this new profile to list of available profiles for rendering Tip the new profile is now stored as preset file in the settings folder of FrameCycler DDS check the subfolder called output If you want to create a backup of this new preset or use it on an other workstation or with another IRIDAS application just copy it to the same folder on the other workstation application Next Steps Make sure the file name entry is blank Click on M at the end of the file name line A menu comes up it shows al
51. er click on Looks button On the CP200 TS use MEM to open the Look Browser ALT MEM to close it Click on the plus or minus signs to view or hide additional folders in RER tan std RUE the browser MEM sl Look Browser i i arpa CE M4 II Click to show or hide Look Browser 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com O IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The LUT saved with every Look file The IRIDAS Look format includes the full set of parameters required to reproduce the grading settings at any other position along the same project or a different project or even on a different workstation Therefore an additional LUT is not required to communicate Looks as long as you re using IRIDAS products 3rd party products such Digital Fusion by Eyon or the Cinemage by Cine tal require a LUT to be able to interpret the values you designed with your Look Therefore each Look includes an additional LUT inside the same file This eliminates the need to export to other formats The LUT size In order to keep the Look files as small as possible the 3D LUT inside the Look has a size of 8x8x8 This is usually precise enough for all primary color changes If you need a more detailed LUT you can change the size of the LUT that gets stored with every new Look To change it to 16x16x16 or 32x32x32 or 64x64x64 open the Settings in FrameCycler DDS select Look to the left select the size you want to apply from the pull do
52. ew will change and show the new clip in its entire length Master places the playhead in the center of the screen During playback the timeline rolls past the playhead which remains fixed in position With multiple playheads you can click on the P1 or P2 for the same effect Custom allows you to determine which part of the timeline you display This mode works independently from playhead positions Click the button next to All to generate additional custom views You can change the area of interest with the timeline zoom features Timeline Zoom In Master P and in Custom view modes you can zoom in and out by holding lt CTRL gt and scrolling the mouse wheel while your mouse pointer Is over the timeline To speed up the zoom process hold down lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt and scroll the mouse wheel In custom mode you can additionaly shift the entire timeline display to the left or the right just hold down left mouse over any part of the timeline display underneath the clips and move to the left or to the right You can also use a standard zoom to 6 seconds on the timeline by clicking on the 6s icon The icon next to 6s will zoom according to in and out points ALL zooms to show all elements on Normal View the timeline 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 14 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with Multiple Playheads FrameCycler DDS supports up to 9 playheads You can use multiple playheads
53. f you want to be sure you see all burn in elements zoom to fit using lt Ctrl Home gt Using the All Fields Burn In The All Flelds Burn In will display all data in the header of the file that is on display in the viewport This view is usually used for quality control purposes but also gives the full represenation of Placeholders that can be used to create a custom Burn In template Creating a Custom Burn In The easiest way to generate a customised Burn ln is to open the Standard Burn In and change it according to your needs The Standard Burn In file is located in your FrameCycler DDS folder under settings burn in Open the file Standard burnin with a Text Editor Save the file under a different name inside the same folder and then start to make changes please refer to the paragpraph below on how to change the file Next time you launch your IRIDAS application the new template will show in the pull down for Burn Ins 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 28 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Elements of a burnin file If you d like to use a different frame size as reference for placing the burn in content you can make changes in the first section of the burnin file lt width gt 2048 lt width gt lt height gt 1556 lt height gt For using the same file for full HD content please change this section to lt width gt 1920 lt width gt lt height gt 1080 lt height gt The next section includes the actual P
54. flipped flopped you can change the defaults before adding them to the timeline Open the Settings press lt S gt select Edit ing Use the checkboxes for vertical or horizontal mirroring All clips you add to a timeline after changing these presets will be loaded flipped flopped according to your new settings You can still make changes in the Stereo Panel after creating a timeline Swapping stereo pairs If one of your reels has swapped left and Mirror Horizontal right eye you can correct for this with the Mirror Vertical Offset Exchange button T Note Make sure your display is set up correctly before swapping stereo pairs The easiest way to verify this is to load the left right clip available in stereo subdirec tory of your program installation If left right are reversed flip the eyes in the display setup as discussed in the previous chapter Mirror Vertical Offset 40 t trames leftard 0 Mirror Vertical Offset 40 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adjusting Temporal Offsets A temporal offset occurs when the recording of the two cameras results in a difference in time code frame numbering It is easiest to make adjustments for temporal offsets while the stereo image is displayed side by side Press lt ALT D gt to toggle side by side and regular stereo view Play the shot you want to adjust If there s a clapperboard at th
55. g Mode 134 CP200 TS in ALT Mode 137 CP200 TS in Standard Mode 135 Creating additional Playheads 75 Creating a Look 68 Creating folder structures based on meta data criteria 106 Crop Crop fcps 126 Deleting Look Files 69 DNxHD and ProRes 121 Dual SDI output 2x 422 over nVidia SDI 89 EDLs based on RED One R3D files 46 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 50 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide EDL Support 47 Extract License File 12 File Path Examples 91 Grading Panel Basics 60 Inserting a Sequence inbetween Clips 36 Line by Line Systems 86 Linux Installation 15 Loading a FrameCycler DDS Project 36 Loading Multiple Sequences 36 Loading Multiple Sequences at once 36 Mac OS X Installation 12 Naming Look Files 69 Navigating 35 Navigating along the Timeline 55 New Features 154 Opening the Stereo Panel 93 OS X Dual DVI Setup 18 Overview 17 Phantom HD and Phantom 65 Support 117 Playback Controls 140 Positioning Images 50 Pre Conformed Timeline 41 Preset and other Browser Windows 26 Recalling Grades 63 RED Support RED ONE EPIC 118 Reel Setup Mirroring Swapping Temporal Adjustments 95 Refresh 35 Removing Notes 66 Rendering Files for Offline Editing 102 Render Performance 99 Reset Buttons 62 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 5 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Right Click Features to Manage Content 37 Ripple all remove gaps 82 SDI Output Settings 19 Search Criteria 35 Selecting the correct output s
56. he Screen Layout window click on the button with the 9 squares right next to Settings button section bottom right The default settings will show Automatic Layout turned on Automatic Layout will allow you to e Add Playheads and automatically display them e Remove playheads and automatically reflect the change in the screen layout While in automatic layout you can addition ally turn on Prefer vertical orientation This will add images for every additional playhead in vertical orientation You can also turn on Auto Zoom This will automatically upscale all images along the timeline to the highest resolution placed on the timeline in either horizontal or vertical resolution select keep width or keep height from the pull down Note all settings you make in the Screen Layout will not effect your render output settings Overlay OM BE IRIDAS SpeedGrade DI Build 3366 40 Screen Layout 3 Automatic layout Prefer vertcal onentaton Match channel sizes Auto zoom Off 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide 70 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Z rit oe T MA OCR TR TR LA ICE A a H Automatic Screen Layout the operator has placed 4 playheads along the timeline All 4 are the same size and can get displayed at once Use lt CTRL gt and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in and out Hold down the mouse wheel on the pictures
57. he tree view Toggles the tree view control first button top left on the desktop For easier viewing you can adjust the thumbnail size drag the slider Thumbnail Size to the right to enlargen the thumbnails Thumbnail Size Drag slider to the right to enlargen thumbnails on the desktop Double click on the arrow to reset to default Search Criteria If you want to only display data with a specific file exten sion or files starting with specific characters enter search criteria such as file extensions in the top right field Search Criteria e g R3D Default is Tip You can create custom presets for search criteria Enter the cirteria such as DPX click Add choose a name for the preset You tele S12K DPX ARRIRAW RED DPX ARRIRAW RED EDL Conform can now use the pull down RED onty Quicktime menu next to the add but ton to select presets Refresh Click on the refresh button if files have been updated while the desktop was open 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 5 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Loading Multiple Sequences Open the desktop Double click on a thumbnail or select and drag to the timeline to add the clip to the timeline Repeat this with any additional thumbnail that you d like to add to your timeline Every item you add will get placed after the last clip on the timeline Loading Multiple Sequences at once Open the desktop Browse
58. head is marked CEAT blue This is the one that defines which ATMAN clip is active for grading and other adjust ments In Points and Out Points The default position is at the start and end of a clip or playlist however you can 00 00 05 02 gt move them manually with the mouse or by double clicking on the frame number and In point entering a new number Ctrl Click on in or out point to restore default position Double click on a clip to set in and out points for that clip Tracks FrameCycler DDS uses tracks on the timeline for Footage Clips blue Audio solid green Footage and Audio Clips show the name of the source files 400 00 06 22 Out point 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 54 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Navigating along the Timeline On a Timeline with multiple clios and multiple tracks you can navigate clip by clip and track by track Navigating clip to clip changes your master playhead position on the timeline Navigating up and down the tracks changes your selection that is reflected in the FrameCycler DDS Panel so you could navigate from the footage track to a grading track to a pan amp scan track etc The most important Hotkleys are CP200 TS lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt Arrow Key Right Go to next clip RIGHT lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt Right Arrow Key Left Go to previous clip LEFT lt CTRL gt lt SHIFT gt Arrow Key Up Switch to track above NEXT
59. ignal on DVI output 86 Settings for Dual DVI Output 18 Sharing Look Files 69 Silicon Imaging SI2K Support 116 Simple Rendering 100 Split clips 82 Step 1 Set Project Defaults 29 Step 2 Loading Footage 30 Step 3 Navigation and Zoom 31 Step 4 Open the FrameCycler DDS Panel 31 Step 5 Recall Looks 32 Step 6 Save Your Project 32 Stereo Viewing Options 94 Testing your Stereo Setup 90 The Desktop 22 The FrameCycler DDS Panel 25 The Look Browser 70 The LUT saved with every Look file 71 The Output and MetaRender Control section 27 The Timeline 23 The Viewport 24 The Wave in Grading Mode 139 Timeline Elements 54 Timeline View Tabs 73 Timeline Zoom 74 Tip Autocomplete for Typed Directories 39 Tip Customizing the Stereo Naming Convention 92 Trim clips 82 Verifying Stereo Pairs 93 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 52 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide WEISSCAM Support 120 Windows Installation 14 Windows Linux DVI SDI setup 19 Working with A B and Splitscreen Views 79 Working with alternating Screen Layouts 80 Working with Dissolves between Clips 44 Working with Multiple Playheads 75 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 53 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Appendix A Change Log 2011 Release Build 2011 6656 52 New Features Fully compliant real time ARRI ALEXA ARRIRAW 3 0 color science support New Support for RED EPIC files Automatic calibration of compressed format rendering Quicktime etc to avoid ga
60. in Menu burnin files 128 Adapting the Sensitivity of the Tangent Controls 132 CP200 Features CP200 BK in Grading Mode 134 CP200 TS in Standard Mode 135 CP200 TS in ALT Mode 137 Tangent Wave Features The Wave in Grading Mode 139 Playback Controls 140 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRIDAS Hotkey Overview FrameCycler DDS Hotkeys Appendix A Change Log New Features Changes Bugfixes FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide 142 154 154 155 156 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Credits This documentation includes images from Angle Mort Courtesy of Caramel Films Saigon Eclipse thanks to Jo Nguyen The Eagle Hunter s Son courtesy of Stromberg Productions Additional images from Erwin Van Der Stappen and Kadenza Media Apple QuickTime the QuickTime logo Power Macintosh and iMac are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries ARRI is a registered trademark of Arnold amp Richter Cine Technik GmbH amp Co Betriebs KG Avid is a trademark or registered trademark of Avid Technology Inc or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries NVIDIA is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and other countries Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Install
61. ing settings in order of appearance on the Timeline use the following keys on the Tangent CP200 TS 1 Previous 2 2 Before 9 9 Before ALT 1 Next ALT 2 2 Ahead ALT 9 9 Ahead Note using the recall feature doesn t link the grades You can continue to make changes at the current position without risking to make unwanted changes to previous or next grades 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 63 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Matrix amp LUT Panel This section is used to apply data that s required to accurately reproduce color when working with RAW image data from the ARRI D21 ARRI Alexa Phantom HD 65 Sili con Imaging SI2K You ll find the Look files for cameras under settings looks Looks for ARRI D21 FrameCycler DDS can reproduce camera matrix data and exposure LUT Choose the Look according to your original exposure 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 64 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Properties Panel The Properties Panel shows clip based info such as clip position on the timeline time warp and display options to mirror the picture or reverse the clip If the timeline is based on an EDL the properties panel will show info based on the EDL i TP clip Reel Clip position Click on left or right button to change the clip position on the timeline Source Scale Duration Clip position 4 00 11 32 11 Time wap 2197 x 100 t 2197 f Length of the Duration of the
62. is color wheel PE TENTE Grading icon indicates that grading has been done on this track 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 60 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Alternating Grading Selector Modes You can switch the main color controls between color wheel slider and numerical value controls To switch modes push lt SHIFT gt lt ENTER gt Mask Befare makie Dukske Alber Alpha hi La ride Cats Kary francs Wheels Outside After Sliders Before nai hohe Que Aster A pra lanes rade Quote Egyirames DSO I a t xo loosorr x E t x UoH x 24311 K W WE ECY 0 26102 00233 D 75693 x 6 10487 Numerical values 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 6 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Reset Buttons The two buttons below color wheels allow for performing a reset to default Reset buttons in the main grading interface will only become visible once the selector is no longer on default values The same rule applies to all sliders once you perform an operation a reset button will become visible The Tangent CP200 series offers a button next to each selector Hold down a button to reset a viaue 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 62 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Recalling Grades FrameCycler DDS gives you quick access to the grading setups of adjacent clips You can recally the grading settings of up to 9 clips before or after the current clip To recall the last 9 grad
63. l MetaData criteria available for naming output files Scroll down the list until you see PathElement Click on the arrow in front of it select PathElement 0 from the submenu FrameCycler DDS will now show the selected MetaData criteria in blue Next to it you ll see a preview of the output name for the file currently selected on the timeline You can scrub along the timeline to see it change for different sections of your timeline Select HD 16 9 or HD 2 1 depending on the aspect ratio of your source material This will take care of downsampling all material to HD based on the 2K layer in the R3D files FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Hhh 36 15 Destination Folder Desktop F Export Fie anne T T X AJA Notes iset Y PathEbe nent Pathlhe ment PalhElemenl 1 Options HD 16 9 No resampling Use the same resampling as playback 104 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com IRIDAS Select the Burn in preset in this example HD Rushes display of frame number source file name source time code If you already had your favourite preset turned on while doing first light corrections leave this option at Use the same burn in as playback Select Source as Time code source Press Render to start the render process FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Use the same burn in as playback No burn in ery Use the same bum in as playback All Fields HD Rushes SD Rushes Standard
64. l avoiding any display scaling Both functions are also mapped to the CP200 K If you want to zoom into the image simply use the keys on the numpad 3 Activate one of the burn in presets such as HD Rushes to see metadata info displayed as an overlay on your image output See the chapter on Customisation to learn about how to create workflow specific presets Step 4 Open the FrameCycler DDS Panel 1 Press lt K gt or use MORE PANEL on the CP200 BK to open the FrameCycler DDS Panel When you first open it you ll see the main grading interface You can immedi ately start working on the current clip highlighted on the timeline with yellow outlines 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Step 5 Recall Looks FrameCycler DDS has various ways of working with Looks The most immediate way you can put to work right away grade on the current clip Continue to the next shot Hit 1 on the CP200 TS or 1 on the numpad to recall the previous Look Press ALT 1 to recall the Look from the next shot If you need the Look from 2 shots before simply use 2 on the TS or on your numpad If you are presented with Look files from the DOP or someone else designing Looks simply load them via the Look Browser hit MEM on the CP200 TS to open it For further details on Look workflows check the chapter on working with Looks Step 6 Save Your Project FrameCycler DDS saves the current status
65. lat est firmware is installed FrameCycler DDS automatically detects Red Rockets Open the R3D Tab under Settings to check that FrameCycler DDS is able to use the cards Dynamic Quality Settings With Dynamic Quality you can reduce the resolution during playback and load the full Es Evite Hasta frame at pause This enables a workflow men oa dar using 4K R3D files where you can access half or quarter resolution proxies for real time playback but see the full 4K frame 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 O IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide during paused image manipulation Most of the work in color grading and quality con trol is done while playback is paused so this is an essential workflow enhancement As soon as you hit play the image switches back to the lower proxy resolution giving you instant moving feedback on your correction To access the controls for Dynamic Quality open the settings panel click on settings or press S on your keyboard Click on Dynamic Quality on the settings panel Then choose the resolution you d like to use for display when playing in the first row the resolution on paused playback in the second row Additionally you can select a third resolution for the idle status of the machine This will only update the picture to the selected resolution if you are not working with the application and no other processing is done on the workstation Working with R3D Settings You can work
66. ll show up under Failed You can restart the job without loading the project files again Simply choose to restart the job FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Local Network Pick the least busy node automatically Busy kite bandes Gi FARCE AA Online Discover E Remove All Jobs Qucucd test MOV queued by BARCELONA at 16 08 47 In progress Finished Failed 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 09 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide File Format Support 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 O IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Universal RAW 5 0 Support FrameCycler DDS supports the following digital film camera formats Fully certified ARRIRAW color science ARRIRAW Alexa v3 ari Output LUTS for Rec709 EE and P3 incl The ARRI D21 RAW files recorded on an S Two Digital Film Recorder dpx file extension are supported To enable the ARRI dpx RAW files open the settings dialog select File Formats and toggle the checkbox for SMPTE DPX ARRI D21 RAW For older Phantom RAW files with the cin extension enable the corresponding flag in the File Formats tab of your user settings FrameCycler DDS supports R3D via the RED SDK Dynamic Qualities allow for adjusting playback paramaters such as resolution to achieve real time playback Silicon Imaging SI 2K SI Mini Cineform RAW avi mov Silicon Imaging SI 2K SI Mini Uncompressed siv Support for wcr and a
67. ls Color Wheel Ball Color Wheel Ring Knobs 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide CP200 Features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tangent CP200 Features The CP200 BK and the TS offer control over a wide range of FrameCycler DDS features Please refer to the following pages to learn about the workflow CP200 BK in Grading Mode O Reset Tip If you use a CP200 TS as well use ALT on the TS to switch the 3 knobs and reset buttons at the top of BK from Saturation Pivot Contrast to Temperature Magenta Gain Hold down ALT to speed up 4x all operations performed on the BK on items marked blue 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 34 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide CP200 TS in Standard Mode Recall Previous Grades Previous Next Clip Keyframe Backwards Stop Forward Jog Shuttle 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide CP200 TS in Standard Mode cont Undo Redo Create Snapshot Previous Next Track Split Clip Create Look Open Look Browser Toggle Grading 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 6 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide CP200 TS in ALT Mode If you hold down MORE the following buttons will activate these additional features Commands Desktop Hide UI Zoom to Fit Panel Reels Hold down MORE to activate addi
68. mg to your desktop and mount it with a double click Launch the setup application IRIDAS Installer Drag the program icon to the Applications folder to install Follow the prompts in the installer EE D Note If you have more than one hard disk on your system choose the one which contains your Applications folder 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide FrameCyclerDDS Open il Contents FrameCyclerDI R st le Show Package Contents p EN mactys FrameCyclerPro Move to Trash wl bin Ml MetaRender f B doc imo ts SpeedGradeDI ed docume pee Compress FrameCyclerDDS Gar cenie ls SpeedGradeOnSet Quick Look FrameCyclerDDS E bos E is Lil Look license ire Copy FrameCyclerDDS Ee LUT Label ail plugins LD resources 25 Settings More b a shaders BELLE Step 2 Activate Your License Navigate to your Applications folder and find FrameCycler DDS Right click or Ctrl click on the product icon Select Show package contents from popup menu and new finder window will open Double click on the contents folder to open it Then open the MacOS folder Then copy or drag and drop your license file FrameCycler DDS irlc into the license folder found there Close finder window Step 3 Launch FrameCycler DDS To launch FrameCycler DDS click the icon in the Applications folder or create an icon for the dock and launch it from there 2011 IRIDAS www irida
69. mma shifts Universal RAW 5 algorithm siginificantly enhances RAW Bayer Interpolation Proxy draft mode for accelerated RED and Cineform rendering Crop Resample Aspect Ratio preview Output framing controls for letterboxed etc rendering Increased 64 bit rendering speed by factor of 4 Improved general rendering speed Common group in output filename control enables quicker access to common metadata fields Automatic detection of RED stereo reels Improved EDL conform capabilities to cover more scenarios Manual assignment of stereo reels Independent selection in the stereo match panel 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 54 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Support for cross conform EDLs with footage shot at different speeds 24fps to 120fps timecode for example Three buttons in the grading panel give direct access to the color selector mode SHIFT ENTER ReviewLink now searches for left right naming conventions in stereo setups Stereo mode changes are now communicated via ReviewLink Color Selector Mode buttons in the grading interface Framing interace for rendering completely redesigned On Off switches for Crop Resample Aspect Burn in and Overlay dropdowns for faster toggling CTRL SHIFT ENTER invokes the ReviewLink commit function Changes Disabled AutoComplete for UNC paths as they may take a long time to compute blocking the input Enabled timecode reading from additional DPX subvariants Timelines crea
70. o fcps What it does if you are using a special pixel aspect ratio for example for anamorphic frames you can choose between two kind of presets in the pixel aspect ratio menu or add additional presets to the menu Changing the pixel aspect ratio is done in the display in real time Unlike resampling this command does not require reloading the frames into RAM How to change it to add custom aspect ratios to the menu open AspectRatio fcps This is how it looks in Wordpad or Textedit Anamorphic stretch 2 1 il Anamorphic squash 1 0 5 1 0 5 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide To add a custom preset simply copy an existing entry and replace the part before the TAB with the display name for the menu you d like to use then replace the actual aspect ratio after the TAB with the aspect ratio you d like to add If you d like to add 1 33 1 this would look like this example AVID 1 33 1 33 1 1 33 1 After adding a custom preset save and close the file The new preset will be available next time you launch FrameCycler DDS Crop Crop fcps What it does The Crop Menu allows you to resize your frames by cropping away part of the image This can be useful for removing black borders or to check how the sequence will appear on different display devices After cropping the image width or height will always be less than or max equal to the actual frame size FrameCycler DDS will not accept la
71. of your work every 5 seconds If you close the application without saving and open it again all of your project data reflects the last changes However be sure to always safe your project before deleting the current timeline It is recommended to save the current project status frequently in case you need to go back in time and find a previous save you liked better FrameCycler DDS stores all grading and other info created during a FrameCycler DDS session in one XML file the FrameCycler DDS ircp file 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Loading Footage 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Loading Footage The first thing you see when you open up FrameCycler DDS is the Desktop You can show or hide it at any time by pressing lt D gt or CP200 TS MORE DESKTOP The desktop can be used to navigate through folders with image sequences movie files or RAW file formats FrameCycler DDS will present thumbnails in the main area of the desktop Alternatively you can load existing FrameCycler DDS projects ircp or load an EDL to start the conform process see the chapter on Conform for further information Desktop List Video 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 34 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Navigating Use the bread crumb control to navigate to the correct folder on your drive or network If you prefer tree view navigation turn on t
72. on the time line in either horizontal or vertical resolution select keep width or keep height from the pull down For advanced use of the Screen Layout please refer to the chapter about Screen Layouts Morales Settings 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with the FrameCycler Timeline 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Timeline In FrameCycler DDS all of your work is arranged on the timeline Determine which part of the timeline you want to play by positioning the in and out points The playhead shows which frame is being viewed at any given moment To view more than one at the same time for example to compare the grading of different parts of the same shot or scene create additional playheads by control clicking the right side of the playhead and drag ging a second playhead to desired position this will result in multiple pictures in the Viewport Typical setup All view is selected This shows all material placed on the timeline as well as all playheads placed on the timeline The active playhead in this example play head 1 is marked blue 2 Playheads are available both are on display in the Viewport 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 5 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Timeline Elements Playheads One playhead is always present with each timeline The Master play
73. orking with RED files in FrameCycler DDS requires an offline process that can handle the 16 digits used in R3D file naming This can be accomplished with a number of dif ferent offline scenarios all of them should follow some simple principles to allow for a smooth conform process 1 Always transcode your offline material with source TC 2 keep the original file naming convention the RED Magazines RDM serve as reels throughout the editorial and conform process 3 Don t take shortcuts on the 16 digits keep the full name of RDM and R3Ds Working with RED s Quicktime reference files in Final Cut Pro is an alternate option to an offline process that involves transcoding The workflow is similar but be sure to avoid asigning reel names in Final Cut Pro manually The EDL export will include the reference to the Quicktime files after loading this type of EDL in FrameCycler DDS the reel names will be derived from those references automatically Note the replacement syntax for RED Reels done in FinalCut Pro is supported if your EDL states replacement comments like FINAL CUT PRO REEL AO01 C003 0807 31 REPLACED BY A0O01C003 FrameCycler DDS will be able to load the RED files accordingly 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 46 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide EDL Support REEL ID The CMX reel ID is the primary means of identification for a clip If possible you should place reel footage into subfolders with the Reel ID pr
74. ort output to your UI display Use either Single Link or Dual Link SDI output from the NVIDIA SDI card to connect an external waveform and other monitoring devices before routing the signal into a reference monitor and or a projector SDI Output Settings TOrCb 4 2 2 Signal format 1080p 25 00Hz SMPTE274 Output format YCrCb 4 2 2 Yne internal Open the Settings push lt S gt or click on Settings Select SDI Dual DVI Check the signal format settings and output format settings Click Enable to activate the SDI output NOTE Screenshots shown in this user guide will usually show a single screen setup 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Control Panel Setup Tangent CP200 and CP300 FrameCycler DDS can be operated using keyboard and mouse or trackball or tablet FrameCycler can also be operated with a combination of Tangent CP200 Panels The recommended combination of panels for digi tal dailies includes CP200 BK and CP200 TS An overview of functions mapped to the CP200 Panels can be found at the end of this user guide An regular workstation setup is usually equipped with a Tangent CP300 Wave The CP300 is USB powered and works plug and play Related Links CP200 Control Panel Setup http doc iridas com index php Tangent_CP200_ Setup 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 O IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide User Interface Overview
75. ortcuts please refer to the last chapter To Play Pause use the Space Bar If you want to use step forward and backward use the right and left arrow keys To go to a different position on the timeline drag the playhead to the desired position Playback Mode Press lt F6 gt to switch modes Single Run Ping Pong Loop User specified fps how Hid ns To change the current playback speed double click on the Base frame rate fps number and enter a new value To choose a different Press lt ENTER gt to apply it Desktop base fps open the Alternatively use page up and settings and select page down to change playback playback speed by 1 fps a Fee 4 ak Untitled SE HG Faim ure T Hdi Ponto H Disk icon turns red when Playback Buttons disk subsytem CPU From left to right Playhead o a Pee ical i 19 pomt indicates playback position ee First position of Double click on TimeCode and current clip edit enter new TimeCode to move to Display icon turns red Play backwards a different position when GPU cannot provide Pause real time performance or Play forward display output is not in sync 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 49 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Viewport The Viewport Is either on the same display as the user interface single monitor setup or on a second display Dual DVI or DVI SDI The Viewport shows the image accord ing to the position on th
76. ou have an EDL and your online material is distributed in folders or indi vidual movie files In the EDL the footage is referenced through a time code range and Reel ID Many editing system forego the Reel ID and output a filename in the comments instead FrameCycler DDS supports both notations If both are present FrameCycler DDS references the Reel ID first Follow these first steps to start the Conform process 1 In the Desktop navigate to the directory containing your EDL 2 Drag and drop the EDL into the timeline area creating a new timeline You now have a timeline with placeholder clips representing all your edits 3 Now press on the Reels button in the Command Console to open the Reels browser You see an overview of all the reels used in the EDL IX Recis used in timeline Untitled To open and close the Reels Browser push the Reels button or press lt CTRL ALT R gt Use Tangent CP200 TS MORE REELS The edit is represented as clips on the timeline organised as A B tracks with a dissolve track inbetween if present in the EDL As long as the Reels are not loaded yet the clips on the timeline show up red 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 42 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide 4 Now find the footage that represents these reels using the Desktop Use the filter op tions in the Desktop to search subdirectories or treat directories as reels as necessary 5 Press the Load From Desktop button in
77. ovided in the 3600 EDL to facilitate conform CLIP NAME IRIDAS applications support the e FROM CLIP NAME syntax ina CMX comment This is the secondary means of identification for a clip If the Reel ID provided is not found or the Reel ID is AX the clip name is used as search criterion Replacements The syntax e REEL AX IS CLIP that is used by Adobe Premiere and other applications is supported in IRIDAS product builds 3182 and higher Flips and Flops Vertical and horizontal mirroring is supported starting in product builds 3152 and higher The FLIP FLOP and FLIP FLOP comment keywords are evaluated for that M2 Time Warp M2 speed change time warp commands are supported Reverse playback is supported in product builds 3152 and higher K Key Key commands are not supported and will result in an error at load time 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 4 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adjusting Playback and Viewport Features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 48 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adjusting Playback Features Once a sequence or FrameCycler DDS project is on the timeline it s ready for playback Make sure to close the Desktop before you hit play press lt D gt or click on the Desktop button to close it You can use the Tangent CP200 TS playback controls the on screen playback buttons at the bottom of the control console or Hotkey shortcuts to control playback for a full set of hotkey sh
78. pear on the stereo output on both eyes To enable OpenGL Stereo acces the NVIDIA control panel set both displays to NVIDIA clone mode Then change the following settings under 3D Performance Settings OpenGL Stereo ON Tripple Buffering ON Restart the machine after making these changes Then open the settings in FrameCycler DDS push S choose Display Select Shutter Glasses from the stereo pull down menu Restart the application 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 8 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Advanced 2x DVI Setup NVIDIA QuadroFX Dual SDI plus BlackMagic HDLink Pro Requirements Windows 7 or certified Linux NVIDIA Quadro 5000 or 6000 2x BlackMagic HDLink Pro This setup allows for having discrete left and right channel output while preserving one screen for GUI only This setup is recommended if the main purpose for the setup requires interactive work such as adjusting the stereoscopy stereo grading To enable this setup follow these steps Make sure the SDI output is not activated by another application and not used to mirror your desktop Connect the NVIDIA SDI with one BNC cable per channel to the HDLink Pros Connect each HDLink via DVI to your Planar display or your 2 projectors Open the settings in FrameCycler DDS select SDI Dual DVI choose the correct resolu tion and refresh frequency In the pull down below choose Dual 4 2 2 Click the Enable checkbox an
79. ports up to 256x256x256 nodes but this would decrease grading performance on the system and wouldn t improve accuracy noticeably Related Link with further info on LUT formats http doc iridas com index php LUT_Formats 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Customizing 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 24 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Customizing FrameCycler DDS Many aspects of FrameCycler DDS can be adapted to fit best into your workflow This goes for the presets for Aspect Ratio Crop Resample and the Burn in Overlays The presets that come with FrameCycler DDS are designed to serve a wide range of workflows so there are usually 2 scenarios where it s useful to apply changes 1 The presets include more options than you need to be covered so you drill them down to a much shorter choice of options 2 Your current project requires a specific option that is not covered by industry stan dards so you add a new choice to the template All presets are done as simple human readable text files It is easy to make changes Presets are stored in the settings folder of FrameCycler DDS Note you need to restart FrameCycler DDS before any changes will get applied It is recommended to create backup files of preset files you intend to change You can open all preset files with simple text editing applications such as Wordpad Windows or Textedit OS X Aspect Ratio AspectRati
80. r DP output The other output can be used for local UI display the additional DisplayPort is not active in parallel Tip combining local footage display with a projection setup To give the operator an accurate local display in parallel to another display or projection system a signal split on the SDI output is recommended This is also the recommended way for signal monitoring via external Waveform and Vectorscope Related Links Certified NVIDIA Graphics driver http doc iridas com index php Graphics_Card_Compatibility_ 282011 29 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide OS X Dual DVI Setup Connect one DVI output to your UI display the second DVI DP output to your calibrated monitor or projector DVI to SDI converters can be used Settings for Dual DVI Output Options Sie Display Options Play hack Cache Display Shaders Di play erage Dperrial Editing Desing HUL Fil Formats Cnam Quality FO Dual DVI Output 2 Windows i rita Window size Left Top Width Hetghek Open the Settings push lt S gt or click on Settings Select Display Check the settings under Window Size the defaults values will work for 2 displays using 1920 1080 resolution Click Enable to activate Dual DVI Output 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 8 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Windows Linux DVI SDI setup Connect the DVI DisplayP
81. r saving additional looks The Reel Browser shows all reels of the current edit and can be used to manipulate offsets and for selecting the method for conforming EDLs 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 6 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Output and MetaRender Control section For rendering the current status of a project or a final version the render dialog allows for selecting the output format of choice as well as a number of options such as resample and crop or adding a preview LUT If MetaRender is installed on either the same workstation or as a network render node you can send jobs to MetaRender via the network tab in the Output section Press the render button in the interface or use lt CTRL R gt to open and close the dialog Tip The new speed control display allows to estimate time of completion when rendering locally 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Quick Start Guide 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 8 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Step 1 Set Project Defaults Open FrameCycler DDS then click on the Settings tab to the right of the Desktop or push lt S gt on your keyboard 1 Select Editing Choose defaults for your project be sure to check the base frame rate before you start loading any footage Defaults for rew timean cl ps 2 Select Display If you re using the nVidia copo SDI output be sure to select a signal format that fits
82. rger values this would be a job for a Pan amp Scan track that also allows for scaling and repositioning How to change it To customize the Crop Menu open Crop fcps with a Text Editor Crop fcps is located in the Settings directory of FrameCycler DDS You can simplify the menu by taking out entries that are not relevant to your workflow or current project A crop preset always includes the actual crop value and any number of Display Names If one Display Name is sufficient you can make the Display for 2 35 1 much shorter The Original preset is 235 1 CinemaScope 2 35 1 UltraPanavision 2 35 1 Panavision 2 35 1 Technirama 2 35 1 Todd AO 2 35 1 Super 35 2 35 1 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 6 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The shortest version for this preset would be 235 1 CinemaScope 2 35 1 You can also use crop values based on pixel values Crop fcps already includes the following PAL Video W720 H576 NTSC Video W720 H486 720p W1280 H720 1080p W1920 H1080 To add an additional pixel value based crop format simply add one line to this list put a Display Name first press TAB then put a value for W and for H A third method of defining crop values in Crop fcps is using values in percentage or absolute pixels This method allows to define values for left top right and bottom individually 10 Border 10 10 R10 B10 20 Border 20 20 R20 B20 100 Pixel Border 100 100 R100 B100 If you d
83. s com 1 2 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide FrameCycler DDS File Format Support FrameCycler DDS supports the following industry standard file formats Format Wri Real Time Possible 8 and 10 bit uncompressed only 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 2 2 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Calibration LUT Support FrameCycler DDS supports the following industry standard file formats for calibrating your display Manufacturer Product Format LUT Node Depth To add a calibration LUT to your FrameCycler DDS installation simply Calibration ile copy the LUT to the LUTs folder in your FrameCycler DDS folder on your local hard disk It will show in the Calibration menu on the timeline after relaunching the application If you use a LUT applied in your display hardware it is not neccessary to apply a LUT within FrameCycler DDS In case you use multiple displays it is recommended to leave the calibration LUT section blank and use hardware calibration for each display instead Cascading LUTs is not recommended in order to avoid decreasing bit depth Tip Use LUTs with either 8x8x8 or 16x16x16 nodes Calibration LUTs usually shouldn t apply radical transformations of your color space therefore a smaller number of nodes are precise enough for accurate interpolation of the target color space 16x16x16 is a good compromise between performance and ac curacy if you apply it in software FrameCycler DDS sup
84. s com 1 3 IRIDAS Windows Installation Step 1 Download and Install Download the setup executable to your computer FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Double click on the setup executable and follow the instructions on the screen Note please be sure to install FrameCycler DDS outside the Program Files directory Otherwise UAC settings might prevent you from changing settings and saving looks and backup files of your current session Step 2 Activate Your License Copy the license file that has been sent to you via email to an empty folder and extract it there Open an Explorer window then navigate to your Program Files folder and find your FrameCycler DDS installation Then copy or drag and drop your license file FrameCycler DDSNX irlc into the license folder found there Step 3 Launch FrameCycler DDS Name Ji bin license J log m Look Examples di LUTs di plugins di resources d settings di shaders aaa 0 15 00 15 08 26 08 15 06 03 10 26 08 To launch FrameCycler DDS click on the start menu click on All Programs open the IRIDAS entry and find the submenu with your product 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 4 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Linux Installation Step 1 Download and Install Download tar gz archive to your hard disk Extract archive to folder tar xvfz archive tar gz Verify the bin subdirectory is executable chmod 777 Note Be
85. s internally see also the chapter on supported file formats for playback and rendering Select a format from the list or click on Other to see a list of available formats and output options Fami DFX baseline 6 Choose options for burn in and calibration LUT By default burn in will show use the same as playback thus making this process wysi wyg The calibration LUT is set to use no LUT since usually the calibration LUT shouldn t be part of the rendering process If you require a LUT to be part of the output e g for sending it to devices that can t handle LUTs select the LUT that should be used for rendering Use the same burn in as playback v No calbraton lookup table 7 Select frame number offset and TimeCode option selected formats only If the output format is a frame sequence type format you can select an offset for the padding for the sequence Type the offset in frame numbers If the output format supports TimeCode as header information this will always work for DPX CIN also for Quicktime if it is selected as an option for the respective Quicktime codec Frame marier ollsel 0 Time code sowce Source 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 O 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Rendering Files for Offline Editing This section describes how to render for offline editing while preserving both original file naming as well as source time code Tip the 2 most typical formats used in offline
86. source clip clip after scaling Scaling factor in Timecode for current clip Reverse playback based on source reel for current clip From reel frame 00 00 00 00 Reverse Mirror Horizontally Vertically Mirror current clip Mirror current clip Horizontally Vertically 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 6 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide The Annotations Panel Use Annotations to save and exchange notes and drawings Annotations are saved in the XML session script ircp When the next user opens the script the annotations appear for review Adding Notes Select the text tool and click on the image Type notes into the text box Color or size of type can be changed Her hair is still too red gt Click elsewhere to close text box 2007 11 03 25 48 38 Click on the text again to edit or move note to another E Se EE part of the image If you want this to appear on a single frame only instead of the full clip select Frame before making an annota tion Removing Notes To remove notes click on the delete sign x at the right of i Toot ko Tox Line color the text box To delete drawings select the line and click Me bi 2 on the delete sign x next to text tool button 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 66 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with Look Files 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 6 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Look Files FrameCycler DDS saves color grading
87. subset of the DM2 Digimag 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Universal RAW 5 0 Setup FrameCycler DDS uses the NVIDIA GPU for debayering on all formats but R3D RED ONE R3D support is based on the RED SDK and requires a fast Dual Nehalem CPU setup or a RED rocket for one stream and two red rockets for DualStream playback R3D support features Dynamic Qualities for adjusting playback performance according to your hard ware setup and requirements for quality speed see the chapter on Dynamic Qualities and the chapter on Working with RED The recommended standard FrameCycler DDS setup based on the Quadro 5000 SDI establishes real time capabilities on all formats listed on the previous page Please be sure that your disk system is capable of delivering the bandwidth required for the format you intend to use This varies widely depending on the resolution and the compression of each RAW format Here are 2 Examples for minimum and maximum bandwith Minimum bandwidth requirements Cineform RAW 2K 1 3 5 compression The bayer pattern itself would require roughly 4 MB at 2K with 1 3 5 compression each frame is less than 1 2 MB At 24 fps your disk system has to deliver roughly 28 MB s This is still within the specs of USB 2 0 and can be achieved with just one disk There fore a FrameCycler DDS workstation with local storage will always perform nicely on Cineform RAW at 2K Maximum bandwidth r
88. t lt ALT Delete gt lt ALT Numpad 1 to 9 gt lt ALT Numpad gt lt ALT Numpad gt gt lt Numpad O gt lt Numpad gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com Saves the selected grading and mask as a preset Applies previewed preset to the timeline Rejects previewed preset and returns to the original state Changes current color selector display mode Resets the grading on the current clip Also removes masks and all custom layers Resets the grading on the current panel only Other panels won t be affected Copies the grading setup from the previous or next 1 to 9 edits to the current setup Copy Grade Feature set to copy from next edits Copy Grade Feature set to copy from previous edits Copies the grading setup from a grading or video clip under the mouse Hold down to turn off grading Hold down to turn off grading on current panel only 148 IRIDAS Analysis Tools Hotkeys Toggle Histogram lt H gt Toggle Waveform lt W gt Toggel Vectorscope lt V gt Toggle Zoom Overlay lt Z gt Toggle Zoom Overlay lt SHIFT Z gt Follow Mouse Channel View Hotkeys Lightness Channel lt L gt Show Alpha lt A gt Show Quick Alpha lt SHIFT A gt Show Quick Alpha lt CTRL A gt inverted Red Channel lt R gt Show Green Channel lt G gt Show Blue Channel lt B gt Hide Red Channel lt SHIFT R gt Hide Green Channel lt SHIFT G gt Hide Blue Channel lt
89. t can be loaded onto a FrameCycler DDS timeline directly It is 3K RAW each frame is 9 1 MB requires disk system with at least 220 MB s for 24 fps playback RAW format acquired as dpx RAW using S TWO disk recorders The RAW files recorded with S TWO systems are using the DPX container to es dam m Cm me place RAW data into it This format is a re E DN special use of the dpx format and requires EM e ani Cina a change in the FrameCycler DDS settings Open the Settings Panel select File Formats enable the checkbox for D21 DPX support Note you can t mix regular RGB DPX files with files recorded as ARRI RAW dpx Exposure and Matrix presets for ari and dpx RAW FrameCycler DDS provides presets with Matrix and exposure settings designed by ARRI These presets are in the default folder for Looks in the subfolder called D21 They are in look format you can apply them via the look browser see the chapter on working with looks 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 1 4 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide ARRI M Scope This format utilises the 2 SDI outputs of the D21 to record anamorphic HD images The data captured with SCSPE tape or disk recorders is not RAW but 2 channels of RGB data each containing half of the image resolu se tion FrameCycler DDS can recombine these 2 channels as part of its Dualstream capabilities Note that bandwidth and other requirements are similar to stereo playback and grading please re
90. t ratio lt Numpad gt Increases the zoom level lt Numpad gt Decreases the zoom level lt SHIFT CTRL Home gt Adjusts the zoom level to 100 lt CTRL Home gt Adjusts the zoom level so the entire image fits on screen lt SHIFT CTRL ALT Home gt Ensures that all viewports fit within the current viewing Splitscreen View Hotkeys Change Split Change Split Orientation Flip Split Channels area lt F9 gt Changes the current split screen mode Oe Changes the orientation vertical horizontal of current split screen mode e Pl be Switches the channel positions in the current split 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 44 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Timeline and Navigation Hotkeys Next Clip Prev Clip Select Previous Clip Select Next Clip Isolate Current Clip Isolate Previous Clip Isolate Next Clip Select Clip Below Select Clip Above Center Master Playhead Move Master Playhead to Selected Clip Lock Timelines Unlock Timelines lt CTRL ALT Cursor Right gt lt CTRL ALT Cursor Left gt lt SHIFT CTRL Cursor Left gt lt SHIFT CTRL Cursor Right gt lt CTRL Spacebar gt lt CTRL Left gt lt CTRL Right gt lt SHIFT CTRL Cursor Down gt lt SHIFT CTRL Cursor Up gt lt CTRL Numpad 0 gt lt ALT Numpad 0 gt lt SHIFT L gt lt SHIFT U gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com Sets the master playhead to the
91. ted from EDLs are now named after the EDL When reels are replaced they will keep their existing Reel ID Added SDI time code offset Updated tangent mapping with new sensitivity values Updated CinemaDNG timecode support to the current and final spec 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 5 5 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Default Dynamic Quality setting is now 16f 8 M hotkey will now invoke the metadata control ALT M will mirror mirror was too easily invoked in many scenarios When the timeline is empty clicking the stereo check box will change the default mode for timelines When detaching the scopes the desktop will be hidden when desktop is shown the scopes will be hidden Added new standard render sizes Support for vertically flipped cine files Bugfixes In a very rare scenario the 64 bit render output had vertical line artifacts in the highlights Some EDL properties got lost when connecting footage to placeholder reels Negative scale values changed to positive value in a special scenario You could move past max min values for some grading parameters using the tangent panel Crash when hovering over reel browser in some scenarios Extended ranges in some color controls were not accessible with the Tangent panels Application stopped responding when path was set to Home in pop up browsers Some render settings were not persistent across SpeedGrade sessions When the timeline name is too long the ren
92. the Reels Browser to associate the reels displayed in the Desktop with the placeholders in the Reels browser Reels used in timeline Untitled Rebuld all reels Load from desktop Don t replace loaded reels 6 If your material is distributed over several locations repeat this process with different directories Sometimes both reel ID and file names don t match and the footage cannot be auto matically associated In this case you can manually drag and drop material from the Desktop onto the placeholder reels in the Reels Browser EB Al TEMMES Tip To make the Reels browser appear larger or smaller Reet click on the Label Reels used in Timeline and move the mouse up or down Move it up to make it as large as you need it to see all ranges used with each reel see picture below EE EELS Tip You can adapt the way the desktop Is organizing Ea ando it DE UE EE files By default the desktop shows all files from the cur Sequences from folder split at gaps sequences fram folder subtree rently selected folder You can switch this to other modes Sequences from subtree split at gaps Each subfolder as one sequence Sequences from folder subtree for example will show Each subtree as one sequence all data of the currently selected folder plus all folders from its subtree If you have all reels that belong to an EDL within one folder structure just select the topmost folder then use this view to show all material that
93. the left half of the split To show just the corrected picture instead of the splitscreen press lt F9 gt 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Working with alternating Screen Layouts The Screen Layout allows for setting up two alternate layouts You can use this to create a general purpose layout that will work for all standard viewing purposes and a second layout with either an advanced setup or a setup you alter whenever you need viewing options aside from Automatic Layout By default layout 1 is active To change to layout 2 click Automatic layout on 2 The button will turn blue Changes you make Prefer vertical orientation Match channel sizes in layout 2 will not affect layout 1 you can interactively switch between them Auto zoom Off 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 80 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Editing Features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 8 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Editing Features Split clips You can split the clip currently selected at the position of the master playhead Move the playhead to the position where you d like to split the clip then press lt CTRL ALT S gt to split it If you have a complex setup of video and grading tracks you can split them all at the same position at once by us ing lt SHIFT CTRL ALT S gt Trim clips If yo fer to tri just k with th you prefer to trim using your mouse
94. the new Placeholder you want to add The full list of Placeholders for the file format you d like to use is available in the All Fields view inside FrameCycler DDS the item in front of the colon can be used as a Placeholder in a text note Here s a list of typical Placeholders that would apply to formats such as DPX CIN TGA Src FileFormat Src Sequence Name Src SequencePath Src FrameNumber Timeline Position Timeline FrameRate 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 30 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide If you d like to add a text note for Playhead Position this could look like this lt textnote gt lt text gt Timeline Position lt text gt lt textsize gt 2 lt textsize gt lt textcolor gt 255 255 255 255 lt textcolor gt lt backgroundcolor gt 0 0 0 0 lt backgroundcolor gt lt arrow gt 0 lt arrow gt lt position gt 40 100 lt position gt lt textnote gt After adding or changing text note elements save the burnin file The new template is ready to use and will show up in the pull down for Burn Ins next time you launch FrameCycler DDS 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 1 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Adapting the Sensitivity of the Tangent Controls You can adjust the sensitivity of all color wheels for both Trackerball and Ring and also for all Knobs by changing the Tangent Settings press lt S gt select Tangent Use the slid ers to increase or decrease the sensitivity Contro
95. tional features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 3 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tangent Wave Features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 38 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Tangent Wave Features The Tangent Wave offers control over a wide range of FrameCycler DDS features Please refer to the following pages to learn about the workflow The Wave in Grading Mode O Reset Tip If you d like to speed up operations on the rotary encoders or the trackballs just hold down ALT Once you release the ALT button speed is back to normal To adjust the overall sensitivity of trackballs rings and knobs open the settings select Tangent scroll down to the Controls section Increase or decrease the sensitivity as needed 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 39 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Playback Controls Jog Shuttle Previous Next Clip or Keyframe Backwards Stop Forward 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 40 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Hotkey Overview 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 41 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide FrameCycler DDS Hotkeys Application Hotkeys Help a pj gt Displays hotkey shortcuts and functions Settings lt gt Shows or hides the settings window Desktop lt D gt Shows and Hides the Desktop Save Timeline lt CTRL S gt Saves the current timeline and all its components Render lt CTRL R gt Shows or hides the render
96. tup starts this section about using DualStream To take advantage of FrameCycler DDS s capability to automatically load left and right eye footage be sure to adopt one of the file naming conventions listed in the section after the display setup scenario Finally the fun part learn more about the 3D adjustment features in the last section on using DualStream NX 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 84 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Stereo 3D Setup Scenarios FrameCycler DDS can be used on either a single screen with both 3D image and UI on one display or as a dual monitor setup A basic dual monitor setup uses two monitors connected via 2 DVI outputs the advanced dual monitor setup utilises the NVIDIA Quadro SDI technology to allow for real time 10 bit output over 2x Single Link SDI The NVIDIA Quadro SDI setup requires Windows 7 or a certi fied Linux build Basic Setup Single Screen Ul and S3D The best setup for FrameCycler DDS Image on one screen depends on the display technology for the 3D display Typical Setup for Dailies and workstations for assistants 24 or 27 display for Ul 46 S3D display for footage 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 8 5 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Selecting the correct out EB daa Display Options put signal on DVI output ia suo CO Display z EmgIne Min PRE cil OpenGL stereo oil The settings for S3D displays can be Editing ar E Desktop gwap stereo
97. wn Tip If you don t intend to work with 3rd party products don t change the default LUT size Increasing the size to 64x64x64 will result in a Look file in the range of 6MB whereas a typcial Look file with 8x8x8 LUT default is only few hundred KB Related Links Clne tal Cinemage Support http doc iridas com index php Cine tal Live Integration Updating existing LUTs within a Look file with new LUT size http doc iridas com index php LU Translator 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Complex Timelines and Advanced Viewing Features 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 2 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Managing Complex Timelines To keep an overview of a very long or complex timeline FrameCycler DDS offers a variety of timeline views In addition you can collapse and expand timeline tracks manually or automatically when you want to focus on specific clips Press lt Tab gt to hide and show the timeline Timeline View Tabs All View shows the entire timeline If you have many clips they will appear compressed together 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 3 IRIDAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Selected displays the currently selected clip A selected clip is highlighted with yellow outlines If you re in this mode the playhead will move along one clip and keep the full length of the clip visible As soon as the playhead hits the next clip the vi
98. yes are swapped you most likely need to swap the BNC cables If you re using a device like the Stereobrain check the settings for the processing unit 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 90 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Organizing Stereo 3D Footage DualStream applications automatically find the corresponding footage for the other eye stereo or other channel ARRI Mscope when you drop a sequence into the timeline In order for this to work the sequences need to use either one of the following naming conventions in the same position in their fully qualified path e left and right Left and Right LEFT and RIGHT 4 and _R if and rt LF and RT CamA and CamB LinkA and LinkB Link A and Link_B The folder naming that includes the Link definition is usually used for Mscope only File Path Examples Scenario A both left and right eye are on the same Volume e X Footage left Shot Version Test frame dpx X Footage right Shot version Test frame dpx e X Footage left_eye Shot Version Test frame dpx X Footage right_eye Shot Version Test frame dpx e X Footage left Shot Version Test_L frame dpx X Footage right Shot Version Test_R frame dpx e X Footage left Shot Version Test left dpx X Footage right Shot Version right dpx 2011 IRIDAS www iridas com 9 1 IRI DAS FrameCycler DDS 2011 User Guide Scenario B

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