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EDITING AND S AVING A CINE
Using the following 'Video Control' buttons, locate the first image of the Cine to be saved
and click the 'Mark-In'
button. Locate the last image of the Cine to be saved and click
the 'Mark-Out'
button.
Click 'Play, Speed & Option' and enable (check) 'Limit to Range.'
Under the 'Video Control' buttons, click the play button and review the edited Cine.
Click the 'Save Cine...' button to save the edited Cine to
the computer's hard drive.
If you wish to save the clip to an attached Phantom
CineMag, click the down arrow to the right of the 'Save
Cine...' button and select 'Save RAM Cine to Flash.'
W ORKING WITH CINE FILES
The images recorded on the camera's RAM or Phantom CineMag are stored in a Vision
Research proprietary RAW (uncompressed) file structure called a 'Cine' file.
These Cine files can be converted to industry standard formats (ProRes, H264, DPX,
DNG, TIFF, JPEG and more) with PCC software provided by Vision Research.
Phantom PCC and PVP software are compatible with Windows operating systems. There
are third party solutions available for working with Phantom cameras in Mac OS X.
COMPATIBILIT Y WITH VIDEO EDITING PROGR AMS
Several popular video editing programs, such as DaVinci Resolve, have incorporated the
Phantom Cine Raw file format into their software. This means Cine files do not have to
be converted and no additional software is required.
Please test the footage with the program you choose before committing, as updates
to the program or Cine file format can sometimes break compatibility. For this reason,
it is important to know how to properly convert Cine Raw files using PCC.
CONVERTING CINE R AW FILES
Single Cine files can be converted by selecting the desired format from the 'Save as
Type' selection list in the 'Save Cine' dialogue window.
The file formats above the separator line in the 'Save as Type' selection list are 'movie-
Re-saving a clip in the Cine Raw format can be useful for creating sub-clips
with no loss in image quality or metadata.
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like' formats (meaning the entire clip will be saved as a single
file), while the formats below the line are image formats
(meaning each frame of Cine will be saved as a sequence of
images).
To convert a Cine to a 'movie-like' format, select the desired
format from the list, navigate to the destination folder, assign a
file name to the clip and save.
Some valuable parameters can be found in the 'Advanced
Settings' window, such as the particular codec.
Other formats, like .avi and .mp4, allow the compression ratio
to be entered. The lowest compression is the default.
CONVERTING TO A SERIES OR STACK
OF IMAGES
Beginning with PCC software version 3.5, the autoname
functionality eliminates the need to add a special character
to create a sequence of images. Use one of the presets in the
save dialogue. Vision Research also recommends setting a
project name, in the 'Auto-name settings' menu found in the
top bar pull-down arrow next to the snapshot functions.
BATCH CONVERT
The 'Batch Convert Files'
toolbar button can be used to convert a single saved Cine file,
or multiple saved Cine files, into any one of the supported file formats.
Use the shift and/or control keys to select the Cine files you wish to convert in the 'Open Cine'
dialogue window, then click the 'Open' button.
Navigate to the destination folder in the 'Multifile Convert Destination' dialogue window and
select the file format.
PCC creates a separate folder for each Cine file, assigns the original file name and appends
the appropriate image number and extension to each image.
Once the 'Convert' button is clicked, a progress window
appears for the duration of the conversion process.
Each converted Cine will be placed in its own folder
named after the original Cine file.
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