User Guide Calibrated Software, Inc.
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Contents GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................... 7 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 DEMO MODE Limitation .....................................................................................................................................................
Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC ................................................................................................................................. 21 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro .......................................................................................
Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro .......................................................................................... 36 Adobe Media Encoder 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC .............................................................................................................................. 37 Getting Started .........................................................................................................................................................
Getting Started 1 Overview Calibrated AVC-Intra Create is a QuickTime Codec(Encode Only) that enables you to encode QuickTime AVC-Intra MOV files** from 3rd party applications that support QuickTime. IMPORTANT: This version of software (v2.0 or greater) will require a new Software License and an upgrade fee if you had purchased a Software License for a previous version.
Known Issues and Limitations The following known issues and limitations are associated with Calibrated AVC-Intra Create codec: Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for Windows will crash if run on a computer system that does not support SSE3 instructions which were introduced in Pentium 4 processors circa 2004 (see the Windows Requirements section).
easily addressed by right-clicking on the MOV file in the Adobe bin and adjusting the properties of the PAR of the file to 1.33.The exported 1440x1080 interlaced PAR1.33 MOV file opens with the correct PAR1.33 in all other Apple applications we tested. Also this problem does not appear dependent upon the type of video as we tested AVC-Intra and ProRes exporting and the issue was present in both. Also the issue is NOT present when exporting to a 1440x1080 progressive PAR 1.33 file.
Windows Requirements and Installation Ensure your PC meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated AVC-Intra Create: Pentium 4 processor with SSE3 support or greater; recommended at least Intel Core 2 Duo with two cores or two physical processors 32/64-bit Windows 7 or Vista (Business or Ultimate) or Windows 32-bit XP with SP3 (Win XP 64-bit is NOT supported) BETA Support for 32/64-bit Windows 8 - our software should work fine on Windows 8; however QuickTime Player does not offi
3. Select and uninstall Calibrated AVC-Intra Create from the list of programs. 4. Restart your computer.
MAC OSX Requirements and Installation Ensure your Mac meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated AVC-Intra Create: MacIntel Computer Only; recommended at least Intel Core 2 Duo with two cores or two physical processors Mac Intel with OSX 10.6.8(Snow Leopard) or 10.7.5(Lion) or 10.8.5(Mountain Lion) or 10.9.4 (Mavericks) BETA Support ONLY for OS X 10.10 ( Yosemite ) QuickTime Player 7.6.6 or higher To view or playback AVC-Intra .
Installing on Mac OSX To install Calibrated AVC-Intra Create on a Mac Computer: 1. Quit any applications using QuickTime. 2. Run the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Installer: a. A folder named Calibrated will be created in the /Applications directory. This Calibrated folder will contain the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options application (CalibratedQAVCIntraEncodeOptions.app will be located in the /Applications/Calibrated/Applications/Options folder), presets, and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create User Guide. b.
Encode Options 2 Overview This chapter describes the settings available in the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options interface.
Version The version box shows the version of Calibrated AVC-Intra Create you are running and it display a webpage link of where to download the latest version. License The license box is where you enter in your Software License after purchase. It will display a green LICENSED if you are properly licensed. Please note that the stand-alone Calibrated License Manager application is used to license the software. Please see the ‘Software License’ chapter in this User Guide for more information.
The following encode options are available for Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Important Note: The options can only be set from within the application that is using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create – look for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application. You may have to set the options of Calibrated AVC-Intra Create in the application BEFORE every encode depending on the application using the codec, please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’ chapter for more details.
“10bit YUV & 16bit RGB” ” – 10-bit YUV422 and 16-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note though that when requesting these colorspaces that this can cause an application to report a ‘codec error’ if that application does not support 10-bit YUV422 exporting “16bit RGB” –16-bit RGB(A) 444(4) is the requested colorspace – please note though that when requesting this colorspace that this can cause an application to report a ‘codec error’ if that application does not support 16-bit RGB(A
RGB to YUV Gamma Correction This settings enables you to control how Gamma is handled when converting RGB to YUV. There are four options: Off – all Gamma Correction is turned off and the Source Gamma is used from the incoming frame. CVBuffer Tag '2.22' – The video buffer is ‘tagged’ with 2.22 – this means that QuickTime will auto-correct incoming video frames to 2.22 Gamma. CPU Gamma 1.8->2.
Windows Applications 3 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for Windows in a few popular Windows applications. Important Note: The Calibrated AVC-Intra Create options page can only be accessed from within the application that is using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create – look for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application - You may have to set the options of Calibrated AVC-Intra Create in the application before every encode.
Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for Adobe CS 6.0 software as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0.3/5.5.0. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for PPro CS 6.0 as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro 1. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Choose the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compression Type that best matches your Sequence Settings in the ‘Video Codec’ drop down menu. (Please see the ‘Overview’ section at the beginning of this chapter to see what Compression Type matches best with your Sequence Settings) b.
Adobe Media Encoder 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe Media Encoder 5.0.3/5.5.0. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for AME CS 6.0 as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME 1. Right-click on the source you are exporting from AME and from the drop-down menu choose’ Export Settings’ for the Adobe Export Panel window to appear. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Choose the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compression Type that best matches your Sequence Settings in the ‘Video Codec’ drop down menu.
Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. IMPORTANT: Please note that Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 appears to only export thru QuickTime using 8bit RGB colorspace which will be converted to 8-bit YUV422 and then encoded to AVC-Intra in Calibrated AVCIntra Create. Export Settings 1. In the ‘Export As’, please choose ‘QuickTime Movie’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Custom’ Option and then press the ‘Format Options…’ button a.
Sony Vegas 10e or 11(Build 683) Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. IMPORTANT: Please note that Sony Vegas 10/11 appears to only export thru QuickTime using 8-bit RGB colorspace which will be converted to 8-bit YUV422 and then encoded to AVC-Intra in Calibrated AVC-Intra Create. Export Settings 1. From the ‘File’ menu, choose ‘Render As…’ 2. When the ‘Render As…’ window pops-up a. Vegas 10 – from the ‘Save as type’ drop-down menu, choose ‘QuickTime 7 (*.
QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 To export to any format you need to have QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 from Apple – HOWEVER – due to differences in how QuickTime Gamma is handled with different QuickTime codecs it is RECOMMENDED that you do NOT use QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 for exporting using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for Windows. Other Windows applications When encoding AVC-Intra MOV files from other Windows applications, please be aware of the following: 1.
Mac OSX Applications 4 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for OSX in a few popular Mac OSX applications. Important Note: The Calibrated AVC-Intra Create options page can only be accessed from within the application that is using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create – look for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application - You may have to set the options of Calibrated AVC-Intra Create in the application before every encode.
Final Cut Pro 7 Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have FCP7.0.3 installed (earlier versions of FCP have not been tested) 2.
Manually configuring for exporting in FCP7 1. In the ‘File->Export’ menu options, please choose ‘QuickTime Movie…’ 2. In the ‘Save’ window that pops-up, go to the ‘Setting:’ menu at the bottom of the window and choose ‘Custom…’ 3. The ‘Sequence Preset Editor’ window will pop-up 4. Go to the ‘Video Processing’ tab in ‘Sequence Preset Editor’ window and please make sure you have the ‘Render 10-bit material in high-precision YUV’ selected OR ‘Render all YUV material in high-precision YUV selected 5.
Final Cut Pro X Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have FCP X 10.1.2 installed 2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compressor 4 presets are installed in the folder For Compressor 4.1.
Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 Getting Started 1. If you are using Compressor 3.5, please make sure you have Compressor 3.5.3 installed, and if you are using Compressor 4, please make sure you have Compressor 4.1.2 installed. Earlier versions of Compressor have not been tested. 2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compressor presets are installed in the folder For Compressor 3.5.3 use this folder: /Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/ For Compressor 4.1.
Minor issue with Adobe software There appears to be a very very minor issue when directly exporting from Compressor (i.e. not exporting from a ‘Send to Compressor’ by FCP) when using a 1920x1080 interlaced source file and exporting to a 1440x1080 interlaced PAR 1.33 MOV file and then using the exported file in Adobe software. The exported 1440x1080 interlaced PAR1.33 MOV file will open in Adobe software with a PAR of 1.00 (not PAR 1.33).
Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for Adobe CS 6.0 software as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0.3/5.5.0. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for PPro CS 6.0 as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro 1. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Choose the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compression Type that best matches your Sequence Settings in the ‘Video Codec’ drop down menu. (Please see the ‘Overview’ section at the beginning of this chapter to see what Compression Type matches best with your Sequence Settings) b.
Adobe Media Encoder 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. Please make sure you have the Adobe CS5.0/5.5 Performance booster installed: This modified Adobe XML file is necessary to export at 10-bit YUV422 in Adobe Media Encoder 5.0.3/5.5.0. You can learn more and download it by clicking here. (This is not needed for AME CS 6.0 as it already ships with the necessary modifications in the XML file) 3.
Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME 1. Right-click on the source you are exporting from AME and from the drop-down menu choose’ Export Settings’ for the Adobe Export Panel window to appear. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Choose the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compression Type that best matches your Sequence Settings in the ‘Video Codec’ drop down menu.
Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have QuickTime Player 7.6 or 7.7 installed 2. IMPORTANT: Please note that Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 appears to only export thru QuickTime using 8bit RGB colorspace which will be converted to 8-bit YUV422 and then encoded to AVC-Intra in Calibrated AVCIntra Create. Export Settings 1. In the ‘Export As’, please choose ‘QuickTime Movie’ for the format 2. Click on the ‘Custom’ Option and then press the ‘Format Options…’ button a.
QuickTime Player 7.6/7.7 To export to any format you need to have QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 from Apple – HOWEVER – due to differences in how QuickTime Gamma is handled with different QuickTime codecs it is recommend that you do NOT use QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 for exporting using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for OSX. Other Mac OSX applications When encoding AVC-Intra MOV files from other Mac OSX applications, please be aware of the following: 1.
Software License 5 Software License Agreement By downloading, installing, ordering, or using the software - you are agreeing to the Software License Agreement. You can download or view the Software License Agreement on our website: http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/SoftwareLicenseAgreement.php After Purchase - Software License Instructions IMPORTANT: This version of software (v2.
Troubleshooting 6 General Questions 1. I cannot see any of the ‘Calibrated AVC-Intra’ Compression Types when trying to export from my application? Calibrated AVC-Intra Create may not be properly installed: On Mac OSX, please make sure that the CalibratedAVCIntraEncodeCodec.component is in the /Library/QuickTime folder (that’s the Library folder on the Main Harddrive NOT the Library folder in the User directory) On Windows, make sure QuickTime Player 7.6.
Version History 7 Version 2.0.0 Added New Software Licensing and Software License Agreement Changed name to Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Updated User Guide Update GUI Removed Post-Encode Metadata feature IMPORTANT: This version of software (v2.0 or greater) will require a new Software License and an upgrade fee if you had purchased a Software License for a previous version. Version 1.3.0 Added option to write SPS/PPS to every frame Version 1.2.0 BETA Only Support for 10.
