Calibrated Software AVC-Intra Create User Manual

User Guide

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Contents

GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................................... 7

Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7

DEMO MODE Limitation ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

Known Issues and Limitations ............................................................................................................................................ 8

Windows Requirements and Installation .......................................................................................................................... 10

Installing on Windows .............................................................................................................................................. 10

Uninstalling on Windows .......................................................................................................................................... 10

MAC OSX Requirements and Installation ........................................................................................................................ 12

Installing on Mac OSX .............................................................................................................................................. 13

Uninstalling on Mac OSX ......................................................................................................................................... 13

ENCODE OPTIONS ..................................................................................................... 14

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Options Interface ............................................................................................................................................................... 14

Version .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

License .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Encode Options ................................................................................................................................................................ 16

Quick Colorspace Setup .......................................................................................................................................... 16

Supported Colorspaces ............................................................................................................................................ 16

RGB to YUV Matrix .................................................................................................................................................. 17

444 to 422 Chroma Sampling .................................................................................................................................. 17

RGB to YUV Gamma Correction ............................................................................................................................. 18

Watermark (For Color Testing) ......................................................................................................................................... 18

Write SPS/PPS Every Frame (Advanced) ........................................................................................................................ 18

WINDOWS APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................... 19

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5/CC ..................................................................................................................................... 20

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Output Module Settings for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AE ......................................................................................... 20

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 ....................................................................................... 21

Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro .......................................................................................... 22

Adobe Media Encoder 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC .............................................................................................................................. 23

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 23

Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME ....................................................................................... 23

Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME .......................................................................................... 24

Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 .................................................................................................................................... 25

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 25

Export Settings ......................................................................................................................................................... 25

Sony Vegas 10e or 11(Build 683) ..................................................................................................................................... 26

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 26

Export Settings ......................................................................................................................................................... 26

QuickTime Player Pro 7.6/7.7 ........................................................................................................................................... 27

Other Windows applications ............................................................................................................................................. 27

MAC OSX APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................... 28

Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Final Cut Pro 7 .................................................................................................................................................................. 29

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 29

Using a Preset Setting for exporting in FCP7 .......................................................................................................... 29

Manually configuring for exporting in FCP7 ............................................................................................................. 30

Final Cut Pro X .................................................................................................................................................................. 31

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 31

Exporting in FCP X ................................................................................................................................................... 31

Compressor 3.5.3/4.1.2 .................................................................................................................................................... 32

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 32

Using a Preset Setting for exporting in Compressor ................................................................................................ 32

Minor issue with Adobe software ............................................................................................................................. 33

Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5/CC ..................................................................................................................................... 34

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 34

Output Module Settings for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AE ......................................................................................... 34

Adobe Premiere Pro 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC ................................................................................................................................. 35

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 35

Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro ....................................................................................... 35

Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro .......................................................................................... 36

Adobe Media Encoder 5.0/5.5/6.0/CC .............................................................................................................................. 37

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 37

Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME ....................................................................................... 37

Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME .......................................................................................... 38

Avid Media Composer 5.0/5.5/6.0 .................................................................................................................................... 39

Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 39

Export Settings ......................................................................................................................................................... 39

QuickTime Player 7.6/7.7 ................................................................................................................................................. 40

Other Mac OSX applications ............................................................................................................................................ 40

SOFTWARE LICENSE ................................................................................................ 41

Software License Agreement ............................................................................................................................................ 41

After Purchase - Software License Instructions ................................................................................................................ 41

Refund Policy .................................................................................................................................................................... 41

TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................. 42

General Questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 42

DEMO MODE watermark still visible after licensing ......................................................................................................... 42

VERSION HISTORY .................................................................................................... 43

1

Getting Started

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.

Calibrated AVC-Intra Create supports encoding to the following QuickTime AVC-Intra Compression Types**:

AVC-Intra 100 Compression Types (100Mb I-frame compression):

“Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080i30” – FourCC ‘ai16’ - 1920x1080 interlaced footage at 29.97fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080i25” – FourCC ‘ai15’ - 1920x1080 interlaced footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080p30” – FourCC ‘ai13’ - 1920x1080 progressive footage at 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080p25” – FourCC ‘ai12’ - 1920x1080 progressive footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 720p60” – FourCC ‘ai1p’ - 1280x720 progressive footage at 59.94fps, 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 720p50” – FourCC ‘ai1q’ - 1280x720 progressive footage at 50fps or 25fps

AVC-Intra 50 Compression Types (50 Mb I-frame compression):

“Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080i30” – FourCC ‘ai56’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 interlaced footage at 29.97fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080i25” – FourCC ‘ai55’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 interlaced footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080p30” – FourCC ‘ai53’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080p25” – FourCC ‘ai52’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 720p60” – FourCC ‘ai5p’ - 960x720 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 59.94fps, 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 720p50” – FourCC ‘ai5q’ - 960x720 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 50fps or 25fps

The stand-alone Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options application is only used to license the software or embed metadata into the MOV file after encoding – all of the options for Calibrated AVC-Intra Create codec can only be set within the application using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create (see Chapter 2: Encode Options).

**Encoding Sony XAVC video is not supported by Calibrated AVC-Intra Create – only Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra .MOV files will be encoded by Calibrated AVC-Intra Create.

DEMO MODE Limitation

Calibrated AVC-Intra Create will have watermarks of the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Logo burned into any encoded video when running in DEMO MODE. This is the only DEMO MODE limitation – everything else is fully functional. The

burned in DEMO MODE watermarks cannot be removed from the encoded video. After ordering and licensing Calibrated AVC-Intra Create you will have to re-encode any files that you had created while running the software in DEMO MODE. Using the software in DEMO MODE is for testing only and should not be used for commercial purposes.

DEMO MODE Limitation of the post-encode feature: You can only add MetaData to AVC-Intra MOV files created by

the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create codec. In LICENSED MODE you can add MetaData to any Apple generated AVC-Intra MOV file.

Please note that if you are rendering using multiple render nodes (i.e. different computers) then each computer would need it’s own separate license.

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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).

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create supports encoding from 10-bit YUV422 and 16-bit RGB(A) 444(4)

colorspaces, thus preserving the full bit depth of AVC-Intra, HOWEVER it is up to the application using

Calibrated AVC-Intra Create to send those colorspaces to the codec. Please see the “Enable Colorspace

Watermark” in the Options Chapter to learn how to see what colorspace an application is sending to Calibrated

AVC-Intra Create, and also see the Windows Applications Chapter or Mac OSX Applications Chapter to learn

more about how to configure Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for popular applications.

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create does not convert frames from interlaced to progressive or vise-versa, please make

sure that you have selected the appropriate AVC-Intra ‘Compression Type’ to match the type of video frames you

will be encoding from.

 Encoding Sony XAVC video is not supported by Calibrated AVC-Intra Create – only Panasonic P2 AVC-

Intra .MOV files will be encoded by Calibrated AVC-Intra Create.

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create does not convert the frame rate of video, please make sure that you have selected

the appropriate AVC-Intra ‘Compression Type’ to match the frame rate of the video you will be encoding from.

 Please make sure that you have selected the appropriate AVC-Intra ‘Compression Type’ to match the resolution

of the video you will be encoding from.

 If you get a ‘codec error’ or ‘encode failure’ message when trying to encode from an application – usually that

means that the application you are encoding from does not support the colorspace you are trying to encode to (i.e

most likely 10-bit YUV422 or 16-bit RGB colorspaces), please see the Windows Application Chapter or the Mac

OSX Application chapter to see how to properly setup the Encode Options for different applications.

 Various applications reading/writing from QuickTime can treat QuickTime Gamma differently (which can make

video seem brighter or darker) – please see the Windows Applications Chapter or Mac OSX Applications Chapter

to learn more about how to configure Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for popular applications.

 Quicktime Framework cannot write files over 2GB to network volumes (AFP, SMB). Returns -1309

(fileBoundsErr).

 AVC-Intra 50 and Adobe products: In Adobe After Effects 10.0/10.5, Premiere Pro CS5.0/5.5, Adobe Media

Encoder CS5.0/CS5.5 when encoding to AVC-Intra 50 compression types, you should set the resolution and PAR

to match that of the AVC-Intra 50 format you are encoding to. This is because the Adobe software embeds a

proprietary metadata tag in the MOV file. If you attempt to encode a AVC-Intra 50 MOV file using 1920x1080 or

1280x720 Square Pixels – the file would be encoded correctly and other non-Adobe software should import them

correctly; however the Adobe software products ‘see’ the AVC-Intra 50 MOV file as 1440x1080 or 960x720 with a

PAR of 1.00; instead of having a PAR of 1.333. This is because Adobe products would get the PAR information

from their proprietary metadata tag in the MOV file and not from the MOV file wrapper itself. It is unknown but

assumed that this would be present in other Adobe versions or Adobe products.

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create is for encoding AVC-Intra MOV files only. To view or playback AVC-Intra .MOV files

in applications that support QuickTime, on Windows Computers you need to have Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra

Decode installed on your computer and properly licensed and on Mac OSX Computers you need to have either

FCP7, FCP X, or Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Decode installed on your computer and properly licensed. Avid Media

Composer 5.5.1 or greater can import AVC-Intra .MOV files natively using AMA Linking. (earlier versions of Avid

MC have not been tested)

 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). The issue can be

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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.

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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 officially support Windows 8 yet.

 QuickTime Player 7.6.6 or higher  Virtual OS is NOT supported

 To view or playback AVC-Intra .MOV files in applications that support QuickTime, you need to have Calibrated{Q}

AVC-Intra Decode installed on your computer and properly licensed. Avid Media Composer 5.5.1 or greater can

import AVC-Intra .MOV files natively using AMA Linking. (earlier versions of Avid MC have not been tested)

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create supports encoding from 10-bit YUV422 and 16-bit RGB(A) 444(4)

colorspaces, thus preserving the full bit depth of AVC-Intra, HOWEVER it is up to the application using

Calibrated AVC-Intra Create to send those colorspaces to the codec. If an application does not support

those higher bit-depths then encoding will be done using 8-bit YUV422 or 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4). Please see

the “Enable Colorspace Watermark” in the Options Chapter to learn how to see what colorspace an application is

sending to Calibrated AVC-Intra Create, and also see the Windows Applications Chapter or Mac OSX

Applications Chapter to learn more about how to configure Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for popular applications.

Installing on Windows

To install Calibrated AVC-Intra Create on a Windows 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 [System Drive]\Program Files directory*. This Calibrated

folder will contain the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options application (CalibratedQAVCIntraEncodeOptions.exe), presets and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create User Guide.

b. The CalibratedAVCIntraEncodeQ.qtx will be auto-copied to the [System Drive]\Program

Files\QuickTime\QTComponents directory. *

c. The pthreadVC2.dll will be auto-copied to the [System Drive]/Windows/System32 directory.

3. Restart your computer

* For 64-bit Windows 7 or Vista, this will be the [System Drive]\Program Files (x86)\ directory

Uninstalling on Windows

To uninstall Calibrated AVC-Intra Create on a Windows Computer:

1. If LICENSED, please use the Calibrated License Manager to DEACTIVATE your Software License before uninstalling

2. Go to the Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs.

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3. Select and uninstall Calibrated AVC-Intra Create from the list of programs.

4. Restart your computer.

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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 .MOV files in applications that support QuickTime, you need to have either FCP7,

FCP X, or Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Decode installed on your computer and properly licensed. Avid Media Composer 5.5.1 or greater can import AVC-Intra .MOV files natively using AMA Linking. (earlier versions of Avid MC have not been tested)

 Calibrated AVC-Intra Create supports encoding from 10-bit YUV422 and 16-bit RGB(A) 444(4)

colorspaces, thus preserving the full bit depth of AVC-Intra, HOWEVER it is up to the application using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create to send those colorspaces to the codec. If an application does not support those higher bit-depths then encoding will be done using 8-bit YUV422 or 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4). Please see

the “Enable Colorspace Watermark” in the Options Chapter to learn how to see what colorspace an application is

sending to Calibrated AVC-Intra Create, and also see the Windows Applications Chapter or Mac OSX Applications Chapter to learn more about how to configure Calibrated AVC-Intra Create for popular applications.

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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. The CalibratedAVCIntraEncodeCodec.component will be auto-copied to the “/Library/QuickTime” directory.

3. Restart your computer

Uninstalling on Mac OSX

To uninstall Calibrated AVC-Intra Create on a Mac OSX Computer:

1. If LICENSED, please use the Calibrated License Manager to DEACTIVATE your Software License before uninstalling

2. If no other Calibrated Software is installed, then delete the directory: /Applications/Calibrated then skip Step 2 and go to Step 3

3. If other Calibrated Software is installed, then only delete: a. /Applications/Calibrated/Applications/Options/CalibratedQAVCIntraEncodeOptions.app b. /Applications/Calibrated/Plugins/QuickTime/CalibratedAVCIntraEncodeCodec.component c. /Applications/Calibrated/Docs/ CalibratedQAVC-Intra-Encode-UserGuide.pdf

4. Delete the file: /Library/QuickTime/CalibratedAVCIntraEncodeCodec.component

IMPORTANT - that’s the Library folder on the Main Harddrive (i.e. the root folder) NOT the Library folder in your User Directory – and you must manually go to this folder and delete the component as Spotlight may not index System Folders.

5. Restart your computer.

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2

Encode Options

Overview

This chapter describes the settings available in the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options interface. Important Note: The stand-alone Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Info application is used to let you know whether the

software is running in DEMO MODE or LICENSED and where to download the latest version – all of the encoding options for Calibrated AVC-Intra Create codec can only be set within the application using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create codec –

look for a ‘settings’ or ‘options’ button in the application using the codec. Please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’ chapter for more details.

Options Interface

The Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options interface contains the version number of the currently installed Calibrated AVCIntra Create and indicates whether the codec is running in DEMO MODE or LICENSED MODE, and where to download the latest version.

Please note that the encode options are not global but local to the specific application and instance of when you are using the codec. 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 should always set the options of Calibrated

AVC-Intra Create in the application BEFORE every encode, please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’ chapter for more details.

**DEMO MODE Limitation - Calibrated AVC-Intra Create will have watermarks of the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Logo burned into any encoded video when running in DEMO MODE. This is the only DEMO MODE limitation – everything else is fully functional. The burned in DEMO MODE watermarks

cannot be removed from the encoded video. After ordering and licensing Calibrated AVC-Intra Create you will have to re-encode any files that you had created while running the software in DEMO MODE. Using the software in DEMO MODE is for testing only and should not be used for

commercial purposes.

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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.

**DEMO MODE Limitation - Calibrated AVC-Intra Create will have watermarks of the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Logo burned into any encoded video when running in DEMO MODE. This is the only DEMO MODE limitation – everything else is fully functional. The burned in DEMO MODE watermarks cannot be removed from the encoded video. After

ordering and licensing Calibrated AVC-Intra Create you will have to re-encode any files that you had created while running the software in DEMO MODE. Using the software in DEMO MODE is for testing only and should not be

used for commercial purposes.

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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.

Encode Options

Quick Colorspace Setup

These are the following quick setup options - please see the ‘Windows Applications’ or ‘Mac OSX Applications’

chapter to see which setup is best for your application. Some applications may not export and give a codec error if a Colorspace is selected that the application does not support – usually this happens with 10-biit YUV422 or 16bit RGB colorspaces.

 Custom – this setup enables you to  10-bit YUV 422/Gamma (DEFAULT) – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 10-bit YUV 422 with a

2.22 Gamma.

 8-bit YUV 422/Gamma – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a 2.22 Gamma.  10-bit YUV 422 – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 10-bit YUV 422 with Source Gamma(i.e.

disregards Gamma).

 8-bit YUV 422 – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit YUV 422 with a Source Gamma (i.e

disregards Gamma).

 16-bit RGB/FULL/GAMMA – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 16-bit RGB with a 2.22 Gamma –

the 16-bit RGB->10-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

 8-bit RGB/FULL/GAMMA – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a 2.22 Gamma – the

8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

 16-bit RGB/FULL – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 16-bit RGB with a Source Gamma(i.e.

disregards Gamma) – the 16-bit RGB->10-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

 8-bit RGB/FULL - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.

disregards Gamma) – the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 FULL RANGE Matrix.

 16-bit RGB/SMPTE – this setup requests incoming video frames to be 16-bit RGB with a Source Gamma(i.e.

disregards Gamma) – the 16-bit RGB->10-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 SMPTE RANGE Matrix.

 8-bit RGB/SMPTE - this setup requests incoming video frames to be 8-bit RGB with a Source Gamma (i.e.

disregards Gamma) – the 8-bit RGB->8-bit YUV conversion is done using the 709 SMTPE RANGE Matrix.

Supported Colorspaces

There are five Colorspace options:

 “All Supported” – 10-bit YUV422, 16-bit RGB(A) 444(4), 8-bit YUV422, and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested

colorspaces – please note though that when requesting all supported colorspaces that this can cause an application to report a ‘codec error’ if that application does not support 10-bit YUV422 exporting.

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 “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) 444(4) exporting

 "8bit YUV & 8bit RGB" – 8-bit YUV422 and 8-bit RGB(A) 444(4) are requested colorspaces – please note

though that when requesting these colorspaces that this can cause QuickTime to internally convert 8-bit RGB to 8-bit YUV422 if an application sends 8-bit RGB video frames – the internal RGB->YUV conversion by QuickTime may introduce unintended Gamma changes/corrections (this may vary from application to application and also depends on the RGB to YUV Gamma Correction setting too)

 "8bit RGB" - 8bit RGB(A) 444(4) is the requested colorspace

RGB to YUV Matrix

Setting the YUV Matrix enables you to control how RGB is converted to YUV. There are four RGB to YUV Matrix options:

 601 SMPTE (16,235)  601 Full (0,255)  709 SMPTE (16,235)  709 Full (0,255) (DEFAULT)

Generally, 601 equations are used for SD video and 709 equations are used for HD video. The Full option (the default value) converts RGB, which has black-white levels of 0-255 (0-65536 for 16-bit RGB), to YUV

with black-white levels of 16-235 (64-940 for 10-bit YUV). The SMPTE option will convert RGB to YUV with black-white levels of 16-235 (64-940 for 10-bit YUV). The Full option is usually the preferred workflow option since RGB is viewed at having a black/white level of 0-255 for 8-bit RGB material (0-65536 for 16-bit RGB) in most applications. Using the SMPTE option, users can preserve the super black/white values of YUV data when converting from RGB, but this option should only be used for specific workflows where you are working with RGB data in the SMPTE range.

Important Note: The RGB to YUV Matrix setting will ONLY be used if an application sends RGB data to the code. If an application sends YUV data for a video frame then the RGB to YUV Matrix setting will have no effect on the YUV data being handed to the codec for encoding.

444 to 422 Chroma Sampling

There are two options:

 Duplicate Values  Average Next Neighbors (DEFAULT)

This controls how chroma is interpolated when converting from RGB 444 -> YUV 422. ‘Average Neighbors’ will produce smoother colors when converting; ‘Duplicate Values’ was added to essentially ‘turn off’ the averaging.

Important Note: The 444 to 422 Chroma Sampling setting will ONLY be used if an application sends RGB data to the code. If an application sends YUV data for a video frame then the 444 to 422 Chroma Sampling setting will have no effect on the YUV data being handed to the codec for encoding.

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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->2.22 – Source Gamma is requested from the incoming RGB Video Frame; however when

converting from RGB->YUV via CPU a 1.8 to 2.22 Gamma Correction is applied. (1.8 is QuickTime Apple Platform Gamma for RGB)

 CPU Gamma 2.5->2.22 – Source Gamma is requested from the incoming RGB Video Frame; however when

converting from RGB->YUV via CPU a 2.5 to 2.22 Gamma Correction is applied. (2.5 is QuickTime Windows Platform Gamma for RGB)

Watermark (For Color Testing)

This option watermarks the video in the almost-top-left corner ( the watermark is adjusted about 400 pixels in from the left side so that it is not covered up by watermarks from our Decode codecs) – it is IMPORTANT to disable this option when doing real work as the watermark will be a part of the encoded video – this option is just meant for quick checks for the user to see what colorspace Calibrated AVC-Intra Create is being handed by the calling application. The watermark is a black rectangle. The top text will either be 8 or 10-bit YUV422 – this indicates what the AVC-Intra video was encoded as. The bottom text will either say Received 8-bit YUV422, Received 10-bit YUV422, Received 8-bit RGB444, Received 8-bit RGBA4444, Received 16-bit RGB444, or Received 16-bit RGBA4444 – this indicates the colorspace of the video frame that the calling application is sending to be encoded.

Write SPS/PPS Every Frame (Advanced)

The parameter set data (SPS/PPS) is 512 bytes and stored in the first 512 bytes of the first frame. Checking this option will write the SPS/PP2 512 byte packet to the beginning of every encoded frame.

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Windows Applications

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.

When encoding, please select the AVC-Intra Compression Type that best matches your project/sequence settings:

AVC-Intra 100 Compression Types (100 Mb I-frame compression):

“Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080i30” – FourCC ‘ai16’ - 1920x1080 interlaced footage at 29.97fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080i25” – FourCC ‘ai15’ - 1920x1080 interlaced footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080p30” – FourCC ‘ai13’ - 1920x1080 progressive footage at 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 1080p25” – FourCC ‘ai12’ - 1920x1080 progressive footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 720p60” – FourCC ‘ai1p’ - 1280x720 progressive footage at 59.94fps, 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 100 720p50” – FourCC ‘ai1q’ - 1280x720 progressive footage at 50fps or 25fps

AVC-Intra 50 Compression Types (50 Mb I-frame compression):

“Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080i30” – FourCC ‘ai56’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 interlaced footage at 29.97fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080i25” – FourCC ‘ai55’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 interlaced footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080p30” – FourCC ‘ai53’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 1080p25” – FourCC ‘ai52’ - 1440x1080 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 25fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 720p60” – FourCC ‘ai5p’ - 960x720 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 59.94fps, 29.97fps or 23.976fps “Calibrated AVC-I 50 720p50” – FourCC ‘ai5q’ - 960x720 PAR1.33 progressive footage at 50fps or 25fps

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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. To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Depth’ in the After Effects ‘Project Settings’ to either 16 or 32-bits per channel.

4. To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Preview’ in the After Effects ‘Composition Settings’ to UNCHECKED.

5. At the time of this release, After Effects 11 (AE CS 6) has not been tested but presumably it should function in the same manner as AE 10.0/10.5 for using Calibrated AVC-Intra Create.

Output Module Settings for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AE

1. [Optional] – if you are working with an interlaced project and exporting to an interlaced compression type, please be sure to set the ‘Field Render’ properly in the ‘Render Settings’ of the Render Queue in AE

2. In the ‘Output Module Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format

3. Make sure the Depth is set to ‘Millions of Colors’

4. Click on the ‘Format Options’ button and the ‘QuickTime Options’ window will pop-up a. Choose the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Compression Type that best matches your Composition 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 Composition Settings)

b. Make sure the ‘Quality’ slider is 100 c. Make sure the Width/Height is set to either 1920x1080 or 1280x720 and PAR is at Square Pixels (1.0) for

AVC-Intra 100 Encoding, OR 1440x1080 or 960x720 and PAR is at HD Anamorphic (1.333) for AVC-Intra 50 encoding - pick the Resolution/PAR that matches the AVC-Intra Compression Type you are encoding to.

d. Press the ‘Codec Settings’ button and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options window will pop-up, click on

the word ‘options’ in the window and make sure ’10-bit YUV422/Gamma’ is selected for the ‘Quick Colorspace Setup’ and then press the ‘Ok’ button and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options window will close.

e. Press the ‘Ok’ button in the ‘QuickTime Options’ window and the window will close

5. And you’re ready to render

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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. To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Maximum Bit Depth’ and ‘Maximum Render Quality’ CHECKED in the Premiere Pro ‘Sequence Settings’.

4. You can then choose to either manually configure the export setting or you can use one of our pre-built preset to configure the export settings.

Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro

1. Calibrated AVC-Intra Create ships with pre-configured Adobe Export Presets that can be used in Premiere Pro

5.0/5.5 or Adobe Media Encode 5.0/5.5. If you’d like to manually configure the export in PPro, please go to the next section Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in PPro

2. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format

3. If you’ve already installed the preset that you want to use just choose it from the ‘Preset’ drop-down menu and skip to step 5. If you haven’t installed the preset you want to use please go to step 4 on how to import a preset.

4. To import the preset you want to use - press the ‘Import Preset’ button on the Adobe Export Panel - the ‘Import Preset’ button is circled in red in the picture below

In the window that pops-up, please go to the below folder and choose the preset best matches your Sequence Settings. There is also ReadMe PDF in the below folders that describes the presets to help you better choose.

Mac OSX: /Applications/Calibrated/Presets/AVC-I Create/PPro Windows 64-bit*: [System Drive]:\Program Files (x86)\Calibrated\Presets\AVC-I Create\PPro

*on Windows 32-bit OS use the ‘Program Files’ folder

5. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Make sure that ‘Use Maximum Render Quality’ is CHECKED b. Make sure that ‘Use Previews’ is NOT CHECKED

6. And you’re ready to export

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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. Press the ‘Codec Settings’ button and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options window will pop-up, click on

the word ‘options’ in the window and make sure ’10-bit YUV422/Gamma’ is selected for the ‘Quick Colorspace Setup’ and then press the ‘Ok’ button and the Calibrated AVC-Intra Create Options window will close.

c. Make sure the ‘Quality’ slider is 100 d. Make sure the Width/Height are at either 1920x1080 or 1280x720 and PAR is at Square Pixels (1.0) for AVC-

Intra 100 Encoding, OR 1440x1080 or 960x720 and PAR is at HD Anamorphic (1.333) for AVC-Intra 50 encoding - pick the Resolution/PAR that matches the AVC-Intra Compression Type you are encoding to.

e. Make sure the Field Type matches the Calibrated AVC-Intra Compression Type you are exporting to -choose

‘Upper First’ for interlaced compression types or ‘Progressive’ for progressive compression types.

f. Make sure the ‘Frame Rate’ matches the Calibrated AVC-Intra Compression Type you are exporting to –

please see the ‘Overview’ section at the beginning of this chapter to see the proper frame rates for the

different AVC-Intra Compression Types. g. Make sure that ‘Render at Maximum Depth’ is CHECKED h. Make sure that the Bit Depth is set to ’24 bit’ (bit depth needs to be 24 are you will get a render error) i. Make sure that ‘Use Maximum Render Quality’ is CHECKED j. Make sure that ‘Use Previews’ is NOT CHECKED

3. And you’re ready to export

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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. Exporting an Adobe Premiere Pro Project or Sequence from AME: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Maximum Bit Depth’ and ‘Maximum Render Quality’ CHECKED in the Premiere Pro ‘Sequence Settings’ for any sequence in the Premiere Pro Project.

4. Exporting an After Effects Project from AME: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Depth’ in the After Effects ‘Project Settings’ to either 16 or 32-bits per channel.

5. Exporting an After Effects Composition from AME: To preserve the maximum bit depth, please make sure you have the ‘Preview’ in the After Effects ‘Composition Settings’ to UNCHECKED.

6. You can then choose to either manually configure the export setting or you can use one of our pre-built preset to configure the export settings.

Using a Preset Setting for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME

1. Calibrated AVC-Intra Create ships with pre-configured Adobe Export Presets that can be used in Premiere Pro

5.0/5.5 or Adobe Media Encode 5.0/5.5. If you’d like to manually configure the export in AME, please go to the

next section Manually configuring for 10-bit YUV422 Export in AME

2. In the ‘Export Settings’, please choose ‘QuickTime’ for the format

3. If you’ve already installed the preset that you want to use just choose it from the ‘Preset’ drop-down menu and skip to step 6. If you haven’t installed the preset you want to use please go to step 4 on how to import a preset.

4. 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. To import the preset you want to use - press the ‘Import Preset’ button on the Adobe Export Panel - the ‘Import Preset’ button is circled in red in the picture below

Windows 64-bit*: [System Drive]:\Program Files (x86)\Calibrated\Presets\AVC-I Create\PPro *on Windows 32-bit OS use the ‘Program Files’ folder

In the window that pops-up, please go to the below folder and choose the preset best matches your Sequence Settings. There is also ReadMe PDF in the below folders that describes the presets to help you better choose.

5. Click on the ‘Video’ Tab in the ‘Export Settings’ a. Make sure that ‘Use Maximum Render Quality’ is CHECKED b. Make sure that ‘Use Previews’ is NOT CHECKED

6. And you’re ready to export

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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. (Please see the ‘Overview’ section at the beginning of this chapter to see

what Compression Type matches best with your Sequence Settings)