Development in 4K Workflow Technical Guide
4K Workflow Development To record 4K footage, an external recorder is required. Workflow varies depending upon the recorder used. Canon provides a RAW development application for file processing. Development of the Canon RAW image files prepares them for use with color grading software. All information is subject to change. 4K RAW Workflow... Pg 3 Canon RAW Development Software. Pg 9 4K/HD In-camera Workflow... Pg 10 2
EOS C500 General 4K Workflow Shooting Post-Production On Set Monitoring RAW Recording RAW Development Required SDI MON. 1 Portable Monitor RAW Development Software MON. 2 RAW Recording 3G SDI 1 3G SDI 2 3G-SDI x 1 for 24p/25p/30p 3G-SDI x 2 for 50p/60p/120p External recorder is required to record 4K footage Compressed Recording Compressed Recording ProRES, DNxHD, etc. Transcode External recorder is required to record 4K footage 2K/HD 4K RAW Intermediate Codec 3
THIrd PARTY vendor SUPPORT Innovation Through Cooperation External Recorder RAW Development (Canon Software) Color Grading RAW Recorder NLE AJA* Adobe Autodesk Codex Digital Apple Blackmagic Design Convergent Design* Avid (up to HD) Filmlight S.Two ASTRODESIGN Grass Valley Quantel Others Keisoku Giken (KG) *RAW and compressed recording. 4
4K RAW Recording Workflow Codex Digital Shooting Post-Production Live Monitoring RAW Workflow MON. 1 Portable Monitor Transfer Station Transfer station and Mac are connected by SAS I/F*. Codex application on Mac restores Canon RAW file format. *Serial Attached SCSI I/F SDI Canon RAW development application processes RAW file and creates primary picture file and file. MON. 2 HD-SDI 3G SDI 1 3G SDI 2 3G-SDI x 1 Up to 30 fps 3G-SDI x 2 Up to 120 fps RAW Recording RAW data is stored as a vendor unique file format. Industry Standard File Workflow Transfer Station Codex application develops the RAW data and transcodes to industry standard formats such as ProRES and. Primary picture file and file are created by the Codex application. 2K/HD 4K RAW Intermediate Codec 5
4K RAW Recording Workflow S.Two, ASTRODESIGN and KG Shooting Post-Production Live Monitoring MON. 1 Portable Monitor HD-SDI RAW Recording MON. 2 RAW Recording 3G SDI 1 3G SDI 2 3G-SDI x 1 For 24p/25p/30p 3G-SDI x 2 For 50p/60p/120p Extracts RAW data and restores Canon RAW file format. This application is provided by recorder vendor. SDI Canon RAW development application processes RAW file and creates primary picture file and file. RAW data is stored as a vendor unique file format. RAW data is stored as a vendor unique file format. 2K/HD 4K RAW Intermediate Codec 6
4K RAW and ProRES Recording Workflow AJA Shooting Post-Production On Set Monitoring RAW Workflow SDI Canon RAW file MON. 1 MON. 2 Portable Monitor ProRES Recording Thunderbolt HDD Recorder *Recorder cannot capture 4K and simultaneously. Canon RAW development application processes RAW file and creates primary picture file and file. (ProRES)* 3G SDI 1 3G SDI 2 3G-SDI x 1 for 24p/25p/30p 3G-SDI x 2 for 50p/60p/120p Due to system performance, internal recording is limited to 30p. 4K Recording Thunderbolt 3G-SDI x 4 4K Live Monitoring ProRES Workflow Thunderbolt HDD 4K Monitor ProRES Recorder AJA Application on Mac captures RAW data from recorder via Thunderbolt then writes Canon compliant RAW files to Thunderbolt HDD. Recorder will debayer and output 4K image data using 4 SDI cables. 2K/HD 4K RAW Intermediate Codec 7
4K RAW and DNxHD Recording Workflow Convergent Design Shooting Post-Production Live Monitoring MON. 1 Portable Monitor HD-SDI MON. 2 RAW and DNxHD Recording RAW and DNxHD Recording 3G SDI 1 3G SDI 2 3G-SDI x 1 For 24p/25p/30p 3G-SDI x 2 For 50p/60p/120p 4K RAW files comply with Canon RAW specification. Recording of DNxHD files is supported. SDI Canon RAW development application processes RAW file and creates primary picture file and file. 2K/HD 4K RAW Intermediate Codec 8
Canon RAW Development Software Canon RAW File Processing software is necessary to convert footage to a usable format. View RAW Files in 4K Convert RAW Files into 4K 10- or 16-bit Files Change file attributes White balance Brightness Gamma Sharpness Select clip in and out points Generate proxy file for editing 720 x 480 10-bit 1920 x 1080 10-bit Mac or PC supported, software available on the Canon website for download. System Requirements OS Windows 7, SP1, 64-bit version Mac OS X v10.7 or 10.8 CPU Intel Core i7, 3.30GHz recommended Intel Xeon, 2.8GHz Quad recommended GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX680 Quadro 6000 Recommended NVIDIA Quadro 4000 RAM Any with read/write speed of 600MB/s *1 Any with read/write speed of 600MB/s *1 Storage 2 Drives Recommended (1 Read/1 Write) 16GB 32GB Recommended 16GB 32GB Recommended SDI Expansion Card *2 AJA KONA 3G with driver v10.3.0 *3 AJA KONA 3G with driver v10.3.1 *3 Available Now Now *1 Keeping RAW clips on a separate drive from the save destination of developed clips is recommended. (933MB/s on Write Drive Recommended) *2 Required only when checking SDI output on an external monitor. *3 As of September 2012. 9
EOS-1D C 4K/HD In-camera Workflow 4K / HD Production Workflow 4K Motion-JPEG CF Card Full HD 60p H.264 Server Alternative Industry Format 4K Motion-JPEG Full HD 60p H.264 HD-SDI External Recorder Uncompressed 4:2:2 Transcode Signal (if required) HDMI Output Full HD 4K Intermediate Codec 10
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