[Tig] Color Render times question

[timothy norman huber]

I'd plan on about a second per frame for HD material.  Split your  
show up into reels, as crashes happen.  I haven't graded a long form  
show yet in color, but Final Touch had a nasty habit of refusing to  
open project files once there were too many events in the timeline.

I got in the habit of saving each grade with a clip number (eg. 001,  
002, etc) in case this happened.   Faster than naming it with long  
clip names, and the grades save in separate files in their very own  
bin of your choosing.

I haven't tried a render farm, so I can't comment on that.

Also, Color doesn't like interlaced material.   If you plan on doing  
more than just primary grades, you might consider de-interlacing your  
show prior to sending to Color.     There is an update :   v1.01,  
which addresses broadcast safe, stability issues nVidia graphics card  
support, etc.
release notes here


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On Jul 11, 2007, at 9:47 AM, simon astbury wrote:

> I will be grading a 2 hour documentary (HD 59.94) in a couple of  
> months. How
> long roughly do you think it would take to render on a mac pro quad  
> core.
> This will be my first "proper job" on Color and although I am  
> confident it
> will work fine as far as the grading goes, I am a little concerned  
> about how
> long the render will be. While I'm writing any other workflow tips?  
> I've
> heard that Color doesn't deal well with longer sequences. Also do  
> render
> farms have a place in a color workflow ? I have heard otherwise.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon Astbury
>





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