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Pro Res verses 8bit 1080 24p uncompressed
We are in the process of doing final conformation on a 90 minute doc. Have 5TB of SCSI drive space Using 8 core, wondering if we should finish in pro res or stick to uncompressed 1080 24p. Will output to D5 or HDCAM SR for projection, possible film out later. Source material includes HDCAM, DVCPROHD 720 24p, DV 24p Beta 60i and DV 60i. Planning to use Kona 2 to upres of all 24p material and go to a post house for 60i upres. Post house will either give us a drive to plug the material back into a FCP timeline, give us HDCAM tape, or cut the material back into our master in house. (any suggestions on this process?)
Planning to do a tape to tape color correction at a post house using a projector.
I think the Kona card will help with reduced rendering in the 1080 24p timeline if we go with non pro rez?
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James,
There are many ways to skin this cat, and its a judgement call at best, but I think the fact that your source material is so diverse, i.e. “material includes HDCAM, DVCPROHD 720 24p, DV 24p Beta 60i and DV 60i,” makes choosing a compressed format such as ProRes or DVCProHD an easy call.
Choosing between DVCProHD and ProRes is a bit of a toss up. DVCProHD is a proven workhorse format, while ProRes is still a bit of a mystery. DVCProHD is 8-bit compared to 10-bit ProRes. That favors ProRes, but makes the files larger. DVCProHD is scaled by Kona card, while ProRes is full raster, so they are about even in render terms where from that standpoint.
All in all, I’d probably choose ProRes 422 (HQ), choosing to be one of the first kids on the block to finish in that format.
David
“No job is worth doing more than once…”
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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