Cineform...

[Michael Panfeld]

Cineform was purchased by GoPro and a form of it is bundled with their GoPro cameras. I literally got this email today from Cineform:

Dear Neo, Neo 3D and GoPro CineForm Studio user,
CineForm Neo and CineForm Neo3D are now called GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional, respectively.
GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional incorporate the same functionality you've grown to know and love with the previous versions, but now have an improved user interface, and new and improved product features.
These new product features include:
More intuitive user interface
Non-destructive Color correction
Non-destructive Reframing/Image manipulation
Support for a wide range of consumer and professional 2D and 3D (single body) video cameras
Support for HD and beyond
Active Metadata additions for key framing, white balance, rotation and dynamic stretching
Ability to load and save projects
Update of Hero camera firmware
Support for SEI packets (YouTube uploads will recognize 3D without manual tags)
Support for popular .mov/.mp4 video formats (including Canon DSLRs)
Support for MVC 3D video format (currently Windows only)
Support for the pro codecs pack, including AVC-Intra (currently Mac only)
Independent eye control for professional 3D camera rigs (Professional Version only)
And more!
Please check the CineForm web site for updates and to purchase these products:
CineForm
The GoPro CineForm Team

[Tom.Wong]

it can if you are finishing inside of da vinci. i've been able to output cineform all i want, the biggest unfortunate thing about cineform is that it really hasn't caught on as a industry standard, and only works in your own personal workflow. sending it off to clients are post houses hasn't worked out, for some reason you tell them they need to install a codec to open up a file and they freak out, and wind up converting it all to pro res anyway. It's happened to me a few times, and i just haven't bothered with it anymore.

[Luca Immesi]

If you install the trial version of cineform studio premium you can render out of resolve cineform files, when the trial expires you have to buy the license. The codec is brilliant, also the possibility to apply lut with metadata is really smart and there's no gamma shift with cineform.

[Dave Blackham]

Ok, so I'm trying to move away from a little from the pro res way of doing things. It's a cool codec, it looks good, but in the end it still needs a overhaul in efficiency. I was thinking about jumping to the other side of things and going for a cineform workflow. Transcode to it, deliver in it. If the client specifically asks for pro res I can do that for them anytime and keep a cineform master file for myself. The codec to play back cineform is free. So my question is, who's working in cineform right now?

Do you find it easy on your computer to edit in?
Has it shown any kind of conflict in workflow, client delivery, etc? any minor detail is welcome.

does it save or add more hard drive space?

finally, the cineform website is a little confusing... which version do i need to buy to write in cineform? should I get he one that lets me write in 4k? does it cover all the lower resolutions? the 4k one is really expensive...

Cineform works well. I recomend it.

[Radim Schreiber]

possible to download 4k or 3k cineform file sample anywhere? My trial has expired.

[StevenMore]

Hi Paul,

It does convert R3D files, you just have to use the command line interface or Scripts. The Scripts will do bulk processing of a directory. You can find the command line format in the manual and the Scripts are installed under Tools in the Ciniform application launcher in the Start menu.

[Paul Russell]

Hi Paul,

It does convert R3D files, you just have to use the command line interface or Scripts. The Scripts will do bulk processing of a directory. You can find the command line format in the manual and the Scripts are installed under Tools in the Ciniform application launcher in the Start menu.

K, thx, I'll check it out

[StevenMore]

Well, I found the documentation for the Davinci Resolve supported Codec's here: http://blackmagic-design.com/media/2...codec_list.pdf

I am now very sad, as Cineform is supported on both Mac and Linux, but NOT Windows.

[Subhadip Sen]

Well, I found the documentation for the Davinci Resolve supported Codec's here: http://blackmagic-design.com/media/2...codec_list.pdf

I am now very sad, as Cineform is supported on both Mac and Linux, but NOT Windows.

As of Beta 2 there's Cineform on Windows. I haven't tried it, but the option is there.

[Saied_M]

Does anyone know if Cineform works in Edius 6 at all please?