[Tig] grading split-screens?

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In a message dated 4/10/2008 1:07:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
owilliams at powderhouse.net writes:

> In applications that only support one layer of video (like Color for
> instance) how are these shots normally treated?  The only two methods I
> can think of are secondaries with mattes, in which I'd have to match
> whatever movement the splitscreen has; or I could have the offline
> editor split up the shots beforehand, I grade them, send them back, and
> then the splitscreen is assembled and sent back to me.  The first method
> could be timeconsuming to manually match the move, and the second takes
> a lot of round trips.
> 
> Do these issues exist on higher-end machines like da vinci or lustre, or
> can they deal with multi-layered effects like this?

Hello Owens, 

When I have put together programs where picture composition is made up of 
moving split screens, flying boxes, or the like, I would call in the colorist, 
and ask him/her if this is going to be an issue in DaVinci with or without power 
windows (for example). This came up many times in shows such as "Malcolm in 
the Middle", "Shark", and "Dirt", for example. Knowing what I thought the 
answer would be if I could not have that conference (like at 3:00 A.M. with DaVinci 
set for 7:00 A.M.), I would layout separate layers to the HD Cam SR tape, so 
that the flexibility would be there for the colorist, if he/she so chooses. 
Then, after the color timing session is finished, those sections would be 
dropped back into the DS Nitris timeline, and out to the colortimed master in a 
composited fashion.

David Crosthwait
DC Video 
Archive Videotape Re-mastering
177 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA. 91502
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