• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Final Cut X Native transcode vs 5DtoRGB

  Posted by Daniel Thomas on September 1, 2011 at 2:50 pm

  Has anyone tested the quality of transcoding natively inside Final Cut X vs transcoding with 5DtoRGB then dropping it in after transcode?

  I know that %DtoRGB blew MPEG Streamclip out of the water when it came to quality (for me at least) by lifting gamma, etc. Just haven’t seen whether Final Cut X’s native transcode is on that level. It would not surprise me if it was.

  Rafael Amador replied 14 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Matthew Celia

  September 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm

  The quality looks good to me. The color correcting (once you get past learning the new color board) is actually very nice and looks good on the footage.

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  Rafael Amador

  September 3, 2011 at 9:47 am

  [Daniel Thomas]
  Has anyone tested the quality of transcoding natively inside Final Cut X vs transcoding with 5DtoRGB then dropping it in after transcode?

  I know that %DtoRGB blew MPEG Streamclip out of the water when it came to quality (for me at least) by lifting gamma, etc. Just haven’t seen whether Final Cut X’s native transcode is on that level. It would not surprise me if it was.”
  FCPX makes a flat 420YUV to 422/444YUV conversion just by averaging Chroma value.
  5DtoRGB works in 32bFP/RGB and does “Chroma smoothing”.
  The pluging try to rebuild the Chroma as it was before the 444 downsampling. No just Chroma averaging.
  The results are much better.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Daniel Thomas

  September 3, 2011 at 1:17 pm

  Thanks Rafael,

  I actually did a few tests last night and the 5DtoRGB was MUCH better than the native FCPX transcoder. I was actually surprised how much better it was. You could see farther into the shadows, colors looked better, and the edges looked sharper.

  FCPX was similar to MPEG Streamclip. I didn’t see any difference betweent the two.

  I like FCPX so far, but for longer projects I will take the time to use 5DtoRGB. The results were just better.
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  Rafael Amador

  September 3, 2011 at 5:36 pm

  I´ve been getting that Chroma smoothing in FCP with the Nattress filters Chroma Smoothing/Luma Sharpening.
  Would be great to have the option in FCPX.
  10bYUV would do it faster. No need to go to RGB.
  Is not about color managing but algorithms to recreate the lost chroma.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com

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