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Rendering reframed and retimed shots
Monkey Extract is good for automating the bulk of your rendering.
However there are some things that may be better to do by hand.
Resizing shots
The following assumes that you are finishing in 2k or smaller and have shot in a larger format.
There are 2 ways to Resize shots:
1. Do it in the grading software
Advantage: quick and easy. Disadvantage - you will lose some resolution.
If you're resizing a shot only a small amount, it probably won't be noticeable and will be much faster to do it in the grading software.
2. Manually resize the shots in REDCINE
Advantage: No resolution will be lost. Disadvantage: Needs to be done by hand for each shot.
The method here is to export your entire cut, and then go through the timeline identifying which shots are to be resized. Make a list of the shots, and load them into REDCINE.
Make the adjustments required to resize the shot, and then export using the same naming convention that you used in Monkey Extract.
You can now copy the resized shots into the correct reel folders, overwriting the non-resized footage. These shots can now be imported into the grading software.
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Retiming shots
We have been asked if Monkey Extract supports retiming of shots. Yes it does, using the same workflow that footage shot on film is scanned and retimed.
Monkey Extract will export all the required frames of the clip being retimed, but the retiming itself needs to be done in another application.
This could be the grading software, (typically for simple retimings like doubling or halving the speed) or in some post software such as After Effects, Shake, or Combustion.
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