Re: FxPlug vs Core Image vs Core Video filters question
Re: FxPlug vs Core Image vs Core Video filters question
- Subject: Re: FxPlug vs Core Image vs Core Video filters question
- From: Darrin Cardani <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:27:50 -0800
Brian,
My answers are inline below:
On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Brian wrote:
Sounds like FxPlug is where I should focus. (pro apps)
Curiousity... What does DVD Player use?
What does DVD Player use for what? I wasn't aware that DVD Player had
the ability to use any sort of plugin. (Or do you mean DVD Studio Pro?
I'm also not aware of any plugins that DVD Studio Pro uses, other than
maybe QuickTime Components.)
If needed to write some Film LUT code
or custom video manipulation for a project,
can I run an FxPlug (or CIFilter) via
the DVD Player app (or a custom DVD player app)?
FxPlugs currently only work in Final Cut Pro and Motion. I don't think
that DVD Player can use CIFilters either. If you write your own custom
DVD Player app, you could make it use CIFilters. (Technically, it
would be possible to make it use FxPlugs, but it would be so much work
as to probably not be worth it, and we wouldn't really be able to help
you do it.)
I'm often working on film projects.
And issues come up, like specific film stock color matching,
and custom anamorphic image squeezed formats, or AOV imagery, etc.
occassionally passed around in QT movies (I'll use FxPlugins)
or on DVD (I'll use ??? - no idea - CI, FxPlug?).
Can you elaborate a little? Currently it's possible to create an
FxPlug or CIFilter which applies a LUT to some footage. Final Cut Pro
and Motion both support anamorphic formats already, so that shouldn't
be a problem. (You may need to tell the application what the pixel
aspect ratio of your footage is, if it doesn't figure it out
automatically.) I don't know what AOV means, so I can't comment on that.
In what setting are the movies being viewed that they need a LUT
applied to them? Is this only while editing, or is this to send off to
a client who just has a stock system and is viewing them in, say
QTPlayer or DVD Player?
Can I get DVD Player to use (or write a DVD player app
that can use) FxPlugins?
I don't think you can get DVD Player to use plugins. You could write
your own DVD playback app, but you would have to implement all of the
FxPlug host methods yourself. And you probably don't really want that,
anyway. (Are the people viewing your footage supposed to be able to
change the parameters for your filters during playback, for example?)
Since it's not entirely clear what you're trying to accomplish, I'm
not sure what to suggest. If you could give us a little more context,
we might be able to give you a more clear answer.
Darrin
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Darrin Cardani
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