• Avid Media Composer

  Transcoding 5d MK III, Which settings do I use.

  Posted by John Keating on March 20, 2015 at 5:25 pm

  I have been trying to figure out which of the DNXHD settings to transcode my 5d footage to. Now it seems that there is a scaling option.

  I think that it makes sense for my workflow to transcode at the highest possible setting so that the editor can just export without any additional steps. To that end, which of the scaling and transcode options should I select.

  Thanks,

  John

  Shane Ross replied 11 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  Richard Sanchez

  March 20, 2015 at 5:51 pm

  It all depends on how you plan to work. If you have a ton of footage and need conserve hard drive space, you should transcode to DNxHD 36 for offline, and then conform you footage at the end to DNxHD175. If hard drive space isn’t an issue, you can transcode to DNxHD175 or DNxHD115 and work at that resolution all the way through.

  Richard Sanchez
  Los Angeles, CA

  “We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
• 

  John Keating

  March 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm

  Thank you. And then the new scaling options? If I go with DNxHD 36 which option should I select for scaling. Which for 175?
• 

  Shane Ross

  March 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm

  Scaling? What did you shoot, 1920×1080, right? What’s there to scale?

  Shane
  Little Frog Post
  Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up