Did you get a good answer to this - just by coincidence I'm seeing this on some 
footagr today too, and it not the issue I had had previously


Cheers

Howard



>________________________________
> From: Howard Jones <mrhowardjo...@yahoo.com>
>To: Nuke user discussion <nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk> 
>Sent: Thursday, 5 July 2012, 10:27
>Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Artefact Issues with Greenscreen Alexa (ArriRaw)
> 
>
>Yes in all fairness the company never got to the real cause of the fault, but 
>thought it was a cable and it may not have even been an alexa but another high 
>end camera, however caused though it did result in 1/2 res red and blue 
>channels which were unfixable without a more sophisticated version of the 
>solution I outlined.
>
>
>Hopefully getting back to source will fix it, if not then it will be the 2nd 
>time I have come across this.
>
> 
>Howard
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Holger Hummel|Celluloid VFX <hol...@celluloid-vfx.com>
>>To: Nuke user discussion <nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk> 
>>Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 21:06
>>Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] Artefact Issues with Greenscreen Alexa (ArriRaw)
>> 
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>what Alex said is probably a good option.
>>i chatted to a friend of mine who's close to all the technical camera-related 
>>stuff.
>>his answers in short form:
>>
>>1) wrong cabling would most likely result in wrong colors
>>2) check which camera firmware and recorder was used
>>3) check which ArriRaw Converter version was used, 2.3 being the newest - 
>>since today, actually (that
 link you already got from Alex)
>>
>>last but not least, post it on the official Arri forum. there's a chance of 
>>having someone from Arri reply to it
>>
>>http://forum.arridigital.com/forum/
>>
>>cheers,
>>Holger
>>
>>
>>Aélis Héraud wrote:
>>> Hi Howard, hi Alex
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the tips guys, we tried the TVIscale, that seems to help a bit 
>>> more than bluring the red channel, we're still looking for a lossless 
>>> solution but the TVIscale could be our best option so far.
>>> We're waiting for some original Arriraw footages in order to test the 
>>> Arriraw converter.
>>> 
>>> I'll give you feedback if we find a way to fix the problem.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> 
>>> Aélis
>>> 
>>> On 6/29/2012 11:02 AM, Howard Jones wrote:
>>>> I had something similar once - where a cable had been plugged in wrong. 
>>>> Basically both R and B were
 1/2 res blown up to full size. ie like proxies.
>>>> The quick solution was to rescale to 1/2 res at impulse then resize with a 
>>>> better filter. It worked to a fashion.
>>>> I didn't try TVIscale but that might be worth a go.
>>>> 
>>>> Assuming that is the issue of course. The blue has been rubbish on a 
>>>> number of shots for me too.
>>>> 
>>>> Howard
>>>> 
>>>>     
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>     *From:* Aélis Héraud <aher...@gmail.com>
>>>>     *To:* nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk
>>>>     *Sent:* Friday, 29 June 2012, 15:26
>>>>     *Subject:* [Nuke-users] Artefact Issues with
 Greenscreen Alexa
>>>>     (ArriRaw)
>>>> 
>>>>     -- Okay, I had some trouble sending this mail last night so I
>>>>     hope you'll receive it now. Sorry for duplicates copies. --
>>>> 
>>>>     Hi folks, I'd like to ask you something.
>>>> 
>>>>     We have to deal with some greenscreens in Alexa and I know some
>>>>     people have had some trouble with it. Overall the greenscreens
>>>>     are pretty good and we're able to get a good result, but we
>>>>     noticed something on the data and I'd like to have your say on
>>>>     this matter.
>>>> 
>>>>     We noticed some artefacts in the Red and Blue channels,
>>>>     especially on the thinner blond hairs.
>>>>     The plates are in 2880x1620, it was recorded in
 ArriRaw (via
>>>>     T-Link) and then converted in DPX (Colorspace AlexaV3LogC) so
>>>>     it's pretty much the best quality we can have, there's no
>>>>     compression.
>>>> 
>>>>     RGBsamplesAlexaArriRaw.png
>>>> 
>>>>     As you can see the RGB seems pretty much ok and the green channel
>>>>     is good, but the red one has some pixels in staircase and I won't
>>>>     even talk about the blue one. The last picture is a first key.
>>>> 
>>>>     After some investigations we're pretty sure it has something to
>>>>     do with the debayering process. It's maybe due to the algorithm,
>>>>     the interpolation between pixels isn't very good in the red and
>>>>     blue channel. I don't know exactly but that's the only
>>>>    
 explanation we could come up with so far.
>>>> 
>>>>     My question is : Is there a way to fix it in Nuke without
>>>>     altering the data (the good one) or are we stuck with that ? Any
>>>>     idea ?
>>>> 
>>>>     I tried to split the channels and to put a blur at 1 on the Red
>>>>     one and it seemed to help a bit at first but eventually we can
>>>>     feel the softness and we lose the thinner hairs, which I'd like
>>>>     to avoid. I'd keep that as my last option.
>>>> 
>>>>     Our other option would be to ask the company who did the
>>>>     debayering but I'd like to find another way.
>>>> 
>>>>     Thanks for the help
>>>> 
>>>>     Aelis
>>>> 
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