• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Apple ProRes HQ vs Apple ProRes 422

  Posted by Angie Hauch on February 13, 2012 at 5:53 pm

  I’m editing on a documentary and up to this point have been converting footage from a DSLR H264 to Apple ProRes 422 using Compressor prior to bringing the clips in Final Cut. In Final Cut I’m setting the project settings for broadcast quality Apple ProRes 422 HQ. How big of a difference is it that I’m importing regular 422 clips and not HQ clips. Should i have converted the clips to HQ before I brought them into final cut? How big of difference is it going to be as in data loss of quality?

  I’d appreciate anyone who can shed some light on the difference between these two codecs!

  Jason Jenkins replied 14 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  February 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm

  HQ is typically used for clips that start with 10+ bits of precision in the camera.

  In the case of DSLRs, this is not the case, so ProRes is fine.

  Some people really like to use 5DtoRGB to decode the DSLR material in an attempt to rebuild what was lost through chroma smoothing, but I find that in real world applications, it doesn’t make all that much of a difference. If you are destined for the big screen, 5DtoRGB might be worth it for you: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5dtorgb-batch/id464591025?mt=12#

  In terms of ProRes vs HQ, for DSLR material, ProRes is just fine.

  Jeremy
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  Jason Jenkins

  February 13, 2012 at 11:27 pm

  [Jeremy Garchow] “In terms of ProRes vs HQ, for DSLR material, ProRes is just fine.”

  When do we get ProRes LT back? 🙁

  Jason Jenkins
  Flowmotion Media
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