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Best Output Option
Hello,
I have just finished a project with a footage from XDCAM EX3.
For distribution and watching I preferred BluRay, I selected H.264bluray preset for that purpose at a bit rate of around 12 as my length of sequence was plus 4 hours.
But now to archive my edited sequence which is the best option to go for so that its quality remain intact. -
14 Replies
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Hi Puneet,
Uncompressed video is the “best”, but due to huge file sizes, not always practical. If you’re on the Mac, then ProRes is a good choice of a “visually lossless” codec with 4:2:2 color. On the PC, you might look at the AVID codec, or Lagarith (both free).
Jeff Pulera
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why not copy the entire project to a hard drive?
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Hi Chris,
While saving the entire project is of course an option, it is not the best option for every case. For instance, there may be hours of unused footage in the project, making it much larger than it needs to be. I know, you can “trim” the project, but still, more extra work and such.
Then if you archive the project to another drive and later try to open it, you have to relink assets because the drive letter changed. Maybe you had plug-in effects installed and used two years ago, which are no longer installed…and so forth. Nice to have a FINISHED copy. Period.
Personally, after I deliver a project and know there will be no re-edits, I make a single .avi “Master File” on another drive, then completely delete all the original mess.
Jeff Pulera
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Hiya…
Master File = h264 = good quality small footprint and can always be reconverted back to something more editing friendly if necessary.
Trimmed/collected file assumes you have footage that can be trimmed (this can be a problem with GOP based media from some cameras).
relinking a trimmed/collected project is not a problem because all media should end up in the same media folder. so once 1 is linked, the rest should be found in that folder….
from what I hear CS6 will be even smarter about translating path relative changes when you’ve moved a folder structure from one drive to another.
Alex
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As someone who has worked at video production facilities. I always save a “master” in either the Prores or the DNxHD format. That way you can have a high resolution master that you can copy and convert to any codec with negligible loss. And it wont be as humongous as an uncompressed file.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
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[Tom Daigon] “I always save a “master” in either the Prores or the DNxHD format”
I do as well.
Unless a client refuses, a Full archive of everything is mandatory at my facility.
A lot of my work is commercials and indie movies.
Can’t be deleting that. -
Smart.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
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Thanks Tom but my NLE platform is Premier CS5 and I think DNxHD is not available in that. So what you recommend next…
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Dnxhd codec is free from Avid. Download it and install it. Then the codec is available for export! 🙂
JB
Jon Barrie
Adobe Video Solutions Consultant ANZ
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Jon is correct. Follow his advice.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3
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