Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: On-line DCP creation

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Posted by Carl Hetherington (Member # 7107) on 03-05-2014, 05:22 AM:

Hi all,

A couple of people have shown an interest in an on-line service to create small DCPs (e.g. for advertising, short films and so on). I've made a simple site (powered by DCP-o-matic) which is here:

http://cine-matic.com/

The idea is basically DCP-o-matic online: you upload your content and download your DCP.

If anyone would like to sign up and give it a try it will be free for beta testers (though I'll limit the number of users for now).

Any comments are welcome.

Posted by Gavin Lewarne (Member # 5397) on 03-05-2014, 06:23 AM:

fantasic idea carl, I have signed up already!

I will pass it some JPGs to test in a while

Posted by Carl Hetherington (Member # 7107) on 03-05-2014, 06:47 AM:

Hi Gavin... Ah.. JPEGs won't work yet! Give me an hour... [Wink]

Posted by Philip Jones (Member # 6677) on 03-05-2014, 10:43 AM:

Great idea!

There's a nice article about DCP-O-Matic in the latest issue of Cinema Technology Magazine (online here: http://emag.cinematechnologymagazine.com/index.aspx?issue=issue25)

you do need to register but it is free.

Posted by Carl Hetherington (Member # 7107) on 03-05-2014, 11:36 AM:

Gavin: stills should be ok now.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-05-2014, 03:35 PM:

Philip - that link doesn't work, and if you go to the magazine's website and click on the link to register, it leads to an error message (For me at least!)

Edit: If you go to:

http://emag.cinematechnologymagazine.com/index.aspx

Then click to read the latest issue, after a couple of pages it asks for a log-in and gives you a link to register....THAT one works! [Smile]

Posted by Harold Hallikainen (Member # 5405) on 03-05-2014, 04:38 PM:

I really don't like these fancy magazine web pages. Do we REALLY need sound effects as we watch the page turn? Just show me a pdf!

Meanwhile, the online DCP generator is indeed an interesting idea! It seems that upload and download times could get a bit long. USL creates a fair number of DCPs for internal use. We're considering offering a DCP creation service. Would that be of interest to anyone?

THANKS!

Harold

Posted by Philip Jones (Member # 6677) on 03-05-2014, 04:48 PM:

Thanks Mike - think the stray ) at the end is why it's not working. It's past the time for editing the post now though

Posted by Carsten Kurz (Member # 5396) on 03-05-2014, 05:47 PM:

Harold: Yes, that Pressmart Reader is a pain in the ass, but you can click 'Save' in the upper menu and choose 'download entire magazine' - this will create a local PDF version.

- Carsten

Posted by Gavin Lewarne (Member # 5397) on 03-05-2014, 07:04 PM:

Thanks carl. I will feed it some jpg's tomorrow and see what come out the other end and let you know!