• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  print quality- ProRes(HQ) or 8 bit uncompressed

  Posted by Ashish Sah on September 23, 2013 at 3:41 am

  Is there any difference between the quality of apple ProRes(HQ) and 8 bit uncompressed or apple ProRes(HQ) convert from 8bit uncompressed file. we are making digital print for cinemas. which will be best.

  Bill Dewald replied 12 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Michael Gissing

  September 23, 2013 at 4:15 am

  If you are just making the ProRes HQ from an 8 bit uncompressed then you may as well just send the 8 bit uncompressed. ProRes is a transcode and has compression.

  ProRes HQ is 10 bit depending on the original source so would look better if your original material was 10 bit.
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  Ashish Sah

  September 23, 2013 at 4:35 am

  tnx
  my original footage is Apple ProRes (hq) and if i convent it in 8 bit uncompressed, will the quality of film be improvised.
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  Bill Dewald

  September 23, 2013 at 6:10 pm

  If your original footage is ProRes HQ, that’s as good as it will be (which is still very good).

  Transcoding to uncompressed would be a waste of time and space.

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