Calibrated Software MXF Import v3 - Manual (Page 27)

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DNxHD MOV file is imported into the same application. All of the comparisons were done visually on the computer screen
in the application being tested.
File Reference for below tests:
XDCAM-MXF
– this is the original XDCAM HD MXF file.
XDCAM-MOV – this is the MOV file create by re-wrapping the XDCAM MXF file to a MOV file using Sony XDCAM
Transfer.
DNxHD-MXF
– this is the DNxHD 220 MXF file we generated in Avid MC6 by AMA linking the above XDCAM MXF file
and then transcoding to a DNxHD 220 MXF file.
DNxHD-709-MOV
– this is the DNxHD 220 MOV file we generated by exporting the DNxHD-MXF file as a MOV file in
A vid MC6 and using ‘Same as Source’ with the Color Level Setting set to ‘601/709’
DNxHD-RGB-MOV
– this is the DNxHD 220 MOV file we generated by exporting the DNxHD-MXF file as a MOV file in
Avid MC6 and using ‘Same as Source’ with the Color Level Setting set to ‘RGB’
DNxHD-709-REFMXF
– this refers to a QT Ref MOV file of the DNxHD-MXF file created by Calibrated{Q} Import Assist
when the ‘dnxhd’ option is set to ‘SMPTE RGB (16-235)’. This should behave in the same way as file DNxHD-709-MOV in
the applications we are testing.
DNxHD-RGB-REFMXF
– this refers to a QT Ref MOV file of the DNxHD-MXF file created by Calibrated{Q} Import Assist
whe n the ‘dnxhd’ option is set to ‘Full RGB (0-255)’. This should behave in the same way as file DNxHD-RGB-MOV in
the applications we are testing.
DNxHD-RGB-GAMMA-REFMXF
– this refers to a QT Ref MOV file of the DNxHD-MXF file created by Calibrated{Q}
Import Assist when the ‘dnxhd’ option is set to ‘Full RGB (0-255) & Gamma Ext.’. This may or may not behave in the same
way as file DNxHD-RGB-MOV in the applications we are testing
– it depends on if an application uses the Gamma
Extension.
We used the 3 generated QT Ref MOV files as an easier way to compare Color Level differences between the different
‘dnxhd’ options side-by-side in an application. Importing the DNxHD MXF file natively in application that support
Calibrated{Q} MXF Import would yield the same results as using the QT Ref MOV files for Color Level Testing.
Also, we used DNxHD-709-MOV & DNxHD-RGB-MOV to make sure that DNxHD-709-REFMXF & DNxHD-RGB-
REFMXF appeared as expected in the test applications and this was always the case. The only difference we will make a
notation of in the experiments is if DNxHD-RGB-REFMXF & DNxHD-RGB-GAMMA-REFMXF have the same Color
Levels or not in an application.
Please note that the following tests should be considered guidelines since your setups/workflows may be slightly different
than how we tested. Also, please remember w
hen you change any of ‘dnxhd’ options, you will have to close and re-open
your application for these settings to apply, and in rare circumstances you may have to re-import the files back in your
application. Also, if you generated QT Ref MOV files from the DNxHD MXF files then whenever you change the options
–
you would have to generate new QT Ref MOV files from the DNxHD MXF files if you wanted to ‘see’ the option change in
the QT Ref MOV file.