• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Preferred editing codecs if Pro Res not available

  Posted by Tristan Summers on October 24, 2012 at 11:19 am

  Hi
  So it has started to happen.
  I now work on MAcs WITHOUT Final Cut installed for the first time in 12 years.
  I am happily switching to Premier, like everyone else.
  BUT
  What codec can I edit in if there is no Pro Res on the machine?
  What are people’s choices/options?

  Would seem weird to be editing in 100% PJPEG in 2012 but I want faithful colour reproduction, and do not want to transcode to YUV if I can help it.

  I know I can DL the Read only ProRes Codec for free.
  But workstations I am using in freelance world are coming with default CAS6 only and I often do not have permission to update them.

  I am often on a single drive Mac, and have been transcoding to Pro Res to edit in.
  My files are normally rendered 8 bit (ANIMATION) from After effects as they are made from 8 bit AI/PSD in a graphic design world. If I put a keyframe on every frame, FCP would play these on a 3drive RAID 0 in a mac Pro…

  Can Premier playback ANIMATION?

  THEN
  10 bit
  I had just about worked out making people render from 16bit AE projects to ProRes 4444 (no Gamma correction) as a playable 10bit RGB master
  (Even though it would be incorrectly gamma f•••ed if played in Quicktime, correct as a source file)
  What advice to people have with regards RGB 10 bit outputs for mastering?

  Maybe it is time to embrace the TIFF SEQ workflow, a la Flame, but I have always converted to a quicktime for editing on desktop…

  Nevin Styre replied 13 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  October 24, 2012 at 4:41 pm

  Why not edit native and master to whatever, like 8 or 10 bit UC?

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Greg Jones

  October 24, 2012 at 4:52 pm

  Or have whomever machine you are editing on, purchase Compressor for $49 and then you can have all the ProRes Codecs you need.

  Greg Jones
  D7,inc.
  Orlando,FL.
  https://www.d7-inc.com

  Greg Jones
  Orlando,Fl.
  https://www.d7-inc.com
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  Angelo Lorenzo

  October 24, 2012 at 4:55 pm

  Avid DNxHD, it has a free quicktime codec https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/en392959

  Angelo Lorenzo
  Fallen Empire Digital Production Services – Los Angeles
  RED transcoding, on-set DIT, and RED Epic rental services
  Fallen Empire – The Blog
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  Nevin Styre

  October 25, 2012 at 5:25 am

  I believe you can also opt to get motion 5 instead and you can also get the codecs.

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