Tom Evans September 6, 2016 Share September 6, 2016 (edited) Next month I need to deliver a commercial to a local theatre and was hoping I could create the DCP myself. Is it very complicated and what software should I use? Edited September 6, 2016 by Tom Evans Link to comment Share on other sites
Ildus gabidullin September 8, 2016 Share September 8, 2016 (edited) One of the fastest software for DCP FinalDCP http://www.innovative-pixel.de/shop/finaldcp/ but the qualitative results can be achieved using EasyDCP Creator https://www.easydcp.com/product.php?id=1. And there are turnkey systems (Hardware+software solution) Clipster https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/product/clp6-productstartpage_63493-229148.html - the gold industry standard Colorfront Transkoder http://www.colorfront.com/?page=SOFTWARE&spage=Transkoder - is an advanced Color engine (hi-end) Marquise Technology Tornado http://www.marquise-tech.com/tornado.html This is the paid solution, but you can use free software OpenDCP https://www.opendcp.org/ Edited September 8, 2016 by Ildus gabidullin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites
Mazze September 8, 2016 Share September 8, 2016 You don't need Tornado for creating a DCP - this is only for high throughput orchestrated use. For creating and authoring DCPs you can use Marquise Technologies MIST:http://marquise-tech.com/mist.html Other than that, there's other commercial softwares (cheaper), such as Fraunhofer EasyDCP, Wraptor, FinalDCP. On the freeware-side: I don't like OpenDCP, as it has not been doing a great job for me - gamma-wise and also metadata-wise. When you check an OpenDCP-created DCP with a validation tool (like MIST), you'll see that it produces lots of metadata errors. I can recommend DCP Creator on the freeware side: www.terminal-entry.de. There's also DCP-builder and DCP-o-matic. Plus, here's tutorial on SCRATCH, where you can do a very controlled gamma / color space transform in SCRATCH, plus do the jpeg2000 encoding there, so in the end you just need to re-wrap your content to MXF/DCP, but not encode it a second time: This workflow should also work with any other grading package - principle is the same. Cheers, Mazze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites
Tom Evans September 15, 2016 Author Share September 15, 2016 Thank you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites
Margus Voll September 17, 2016 Share September 17, 2016 I use Final DCP and it is super simple just price is not super cheap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites
dermot.shane February 2, 2017 Share February 2, 2017 i use DCP-0-Matic for festival screeners, works perfectly, and is both fast and free i send all bonded deliverables to a facility, includeing encrypted DCP's but i do create the DCDM myself so i know the color pipeline is solid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites
Nicolas Hanson February 3, 2017 Share February 3, 2017 DCP-o-matic is great, and has some code copy-pasted from OpenDCP for those who are familiar with that. Link to comment Share on other sites
João Gabriel Riveres August 29, 2017 Share August 29, 2017 On 9/17/2016 at 5:11 AM, Margus Voll said: I use Final DCP and it is super simple just price is not super cheap. And quality wise, Margus, is it really good? Do you share Ildus gabidullin's opinion on FinalDCP vs EasyDCP? Link to comment Share on other sites
