• Adobe After Effects

  Apple ProRes 422 HQ

  Posted by Brad Golden on March 10, 2010 at 4:55 pm

  When using Apple ProRes 422 HQ in After Effects 7 and dropping lower than full rez, the display gets a weird kind of interlacing look to it. Anyone else experience this and if so, any suggestions for fixes?

  Thanks!
  – Brad Golden
  Visual FX Instructor
  MediaTech Institute, Dallas

  Illya Laney replied 16 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Illya Laney

  March 10, 2010 at 10:57 pm

  By display, do you mean the actual footage, or do you mean the GUI? I’m assuming you mean the viewer.

  I know this may sound simple, but if you have your footage at a lower res and you keep the footage the same size then it’s going to look aliased etc. Is that what you’re talking about? Try choosing a smaller percentage size for the viewer and see if the “interlacing” goes away.

  “ProRes HQ is almost ALWAYS overkill for the video you capture or transfer into FCP.”

  I’d rather use ProRes HQ than regular ProRes for grading and effects. An hour of ProRes is about 60GB and ProRes HQ is 90GB. Not much of a difference to me if I’m working on short form projects.

  Motion Design, Color, Editing
  Simulated Wood Grain Cabinet Inc.
  Bunim-Murray Productions

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