Possibilities:
- My presumption (yet to be tried):
- Edit in Avid with AMA link to Cineform files and FirstLight open (simultaneously). Do the primary grading in FirstLight, possibly via a parallel/collaborative workflow.
- Later, Avid-import as Avid controlled media, at which point the Cineform files get transcoded to DNxHD or whatever and the primary grading gets baked-in (but can of course still be further tweaked in Avid). For resilience and flexibility, retain the Cineform files (or at least the ability to regenerate them) and the FirstLight project file (which stores the grading data).
Research:
- http://www.strongmocha.com/2009/07/01/avid-to-support-cineform-media/
- by Thorsten Meyer on July 1, 2009
- CineForm is working with Avid to enable compatible workflows for CineForm media within Avid Media Composer and DS. Now it is possible to import CineForm AVI and MOV files through MetaFuze into Avid DNxHD files. Currently, imported media does not retain timecode information. Additional tools will be provided in the future to assist with timecode retention.
- by Thorsten Meyer on July 1, 2009
- http://community.avid.com/forums/p/99404/572782.aspx#572782
- (already referenced in one of my previous posts)
- http://community.avid.com/forums/p/97386/558425.aspx#558425
- May 2011: Some issues someone experienced importing Quicktime-Cineform into Avid
- http://community.avid.com/forums/p/84923/487414.aspx#487414
- July 2010
- Hi Guys, David Taylor from CineForm here. I guess now that we’re MC compatible we need to spend a bit more time here! We usually hang out on DVInfo as Kevin knows.
- The side-by-side problem reported in May/June has been fixed.
- July 2010