User Guide Calibrated Software, Inc.
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Contents GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................... 6 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 DEMO MODE Limitation .....................................................................................................................................................
Final Cut Pro X.................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Exporting from FCP X .........................................................................................................................................
Getting Started 1 Overview Calibrated AVC-LongG Create is a Compressor and Adobe set of plugins that enables you to create P2 AVC-LongG MXF files from FCP X, Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2, and Premiere Pro or AME (CS6, CC,CC2014). Calibrated AVC-LongG Create supports creating the following Panasonic P2 AVC-LongG MXF files: 1920x1080i @ 29.97 or 25 fps BitRates: 50Mb, 25Mb, 12Mb 1920x1080p @ 59.94 or 50 fps or 29.97 fps or 25 fps or 23.976 fps BitRates: 25Mb 1280x720p @ 59.
Known Issues and Limitations The following known issues and limitations are associated with Calibrated AVC-LongG Create codec: Calibrated AVC-LongG 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 2005 (see the Windows Requirements section). Calibrated AVC-LongG Create is for creating P2 AVC-LongG MXF files only.
Windows Requirements and Installation Ensure your PC meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated AVC-LongG Create: Pentium 4 processor with SSE3 support or greater; recommended at least Intel Core 2 Duo with two cores or two physical processors 64-bit Windows 7/8/8.1 for Adobe CC or greater, and 64-bit Vista (or greater) for Adobe CS6 Virtual OS is NOT supported Installing on Windows To install Calibrated AVC-LongG Create on a Windows Computer: 1. Quit all applications. 2.
MAC OSX Requirements and Installation Ensure your Mac meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated AVC-LongG Create: Mac Intel 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 greater for Compressor 3.5.3 Mac Intel with OSX with 10.9 (Mavericks) for Compressor 4.1.2 or FCP X 10.1.2 Mac OSX 10.7 for Adobe CS6/CC or Mac OSX 10.8 or greater for CC2014 Installing on Mac OSX 1.
AVC-LongG Create Info Application 2 Overview This chapter describes the settings available in the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Info interface. Important Note: The stand-alone Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Info application is used to license the software. Info Interface The Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Info interface has one screen: about.
Adobe Applications 3 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated AVC-LongG Create in Adobe Applications.
Adobe After Effects CC/CC2014 Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have AME CC or AME CC2014 is installed. ( Exporting from AE CS6 is not supported) Exporting 1. When exporting from an AE Composition, please choose the ‘Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue…’ 2.
Adobe AME & Premiere Pro CS6/CC/CC2014 Getting Started 1. On Windows - Please make sure you have ExpCalibratedAVCLongG.prm installed in the Adobe\Common\Plugins\7.0\ for CC/CC2014 support, and in the Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\6.0\MediaCore directory for CS6 support. 2. On Mac OSX - Please make sure you have ExpCalibratedAVCLongG.prm installed in the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore for CC/CC2014 support, and in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/6.
‘Video Tab’ in the ‘Export Settings’ for PPro/AME CC ‘Audio Tab’ in the ‘Export Settings’ for PPro/AME CC Page | 14
‘MetaData Tab’ in the ‘Export Settings’ for PPro/AME CC Page | 15
FCP & Compressor (Mac OS X Only) 4 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated AVC-LongG Create for OSX in a FCP 7, FCP X, and Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.
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. Other versions of Compressor have not been tested. 2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-LongG 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.
b. Audio: The default audio will be 16-bit 48Khz uncompressed audio with either 2, 4, 6, or 8 discrete audio channels. (If the export is for 6 audio channels then 8 audio channels will be exports with the last two channels filled with silence) c. TimeCode: The default TimeCode will be to use the Start TimeCode from the source (if possible) d.
Creating a Preset in Compressor 3.5.3 First select the ‘+’ button in the Settings window and choose ‘Calibrated P2 AVC-LongG MXF’ in the drop-down menu This will add a new ‘Untitled Calibrated P2 AVC-LongG MXF’ preset in the Settings window. Make sure that this new preset is highlighted and then press the ‘Options’ button to open the preset options. By pressing the ‘Option’ button you will bring up the ‘Options’ panel to configure the preset. See the section below: Options Panel in Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.
Creating a Preset in Compressor 4.1.2 First select the ‘+’ button in the Settings window and choose ‘New Setting…’ in the drop-down menu In the window that pops-up, choose ‘Calibrated P2 AVC-LongG MXF’ from the last of formats This will add a new ‘Untitled Calibrated P2 AVC-LongG MXF’ preset in the Settings window. Make sure that this new preset is highlighted and then press the ‘Configure’ button to open the preset options panel.
By pressing the ‘Configure’ button you will bring up the ‘Options’ panel to configure the preset. See the section below: Options Panel in Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 for setting the different options in your new preset.
Options Panel in Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 Calibrated AVC-LongG Create supports creating the following Panasonic P2 AVC-LongG MXF files: 1920x1080i @ 29.97 or 25 fps BitRates: 50Mb, 25Mb, 12Mb 1920x1080p @ 59.94 or 50 fps or 29.97 fps or 25 fps or 23.976 fps BitRates: 25Mb 1280x720p @ 59.94 or 50 fps BitRates: 50Mb, 25Mb, 12Mb 48Khz Uncompressed audio with 2,4,or 8 Channels at either 16-bits or 24-bits.
The below Options panel can help you configure your preset in Compressor 1. Video Options a. Video Codec: This lets you set the resolution, framerate, and field type that you wish to encode into b. Video BitRate: This lets you set the bitrate of the encoded video c. Colorspaces: (i) (ii) The ‘Enable All Colorspaces’ option tells Compressor that the plugin can accept 10-bit and 8-bit colorspaces for encoding.
2. Audio Options - IMPORTANT: When exporting from FCP, if the number of output audio channels is smaller than the number of FCP audio channels then each output audio channel is a mix of all FCP audio channels. a. Audio Rate: Always set to 48 kHz b. Audio BitRate: 16-bits or 24-bits (default is 16-bits) c. Audio Auto: The below options will let the preset tell Compressor the Audio Layout that the plugin wants to receive.
Final Cut Pro X Getting Started 1. Please make sure you have FCP X 10.1.2 or greater installed 2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compressor 4.1.2 presets are installed in the folder For Compressor 4.1.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) P2 User Clip Name will default to the ‘Exported FileName’ P2 Creator will default to the ‘Creator’ in the FCP X Share MetaData P2 Program Name will default to the ‘Show’ in the FCP X Share MetaData P2 Scene will default to the ‘Episode ID’ in the FCP X Share MetaData (numbers only) P2 Take will default to the ‘Episode Number’ in the FCP X Share MetaData (numbers only) P2 News Reporter will default to the ‘Actors’ in the FCP X Share MetaData P2 News Purpose wil
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. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compressor presets are installed in the folder For Compressor 3.5.3 use this folder: /Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/ 3.
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.
Troubleshooting 6 General Questions 1. I cannot see any of the ‘Calibrated AVC-LongG’ Compression Types when trying to export from my application? Calibrated AVC-LongG Create plugins may not be properly installed: On Mac OSX: For PPro/AME CC/CC204 support, please make sure the ExpCalibratedAVCLongG.prm is in the folder /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore For PPro/AME CS6 support, please make sure the ExpCalibratedAVCLongG.
DEMO MODE watermark still visible after licensing 1. Did you restart your computer after licensing? If you haven’t, then please restart 2. Did you re-export the files from your application? The burned in DEMO MODE watermarks cannot be removed from video encoded while in DEMO MODE. After ordering and licensing Calibrated AVC-LongG Create you will have to re-encode any files that you had created while running the software in DEMO MODE. 3.
Version History 6 Version 1.0.
