10 bit video on PPRO

[Lance Bachelder]

It can using Propect HD software from Cineform. You will get realtime 10bit 1920×1080 4:2:2 color – very good codec and perfect solution for HDV editing. Your HDV footage will get converted into 10 bit true HD for editing, color fx etc.

Right now you must have an approved system to run ProspectHD – hopefully they will make it a stand alone app that anyone running PPro can purchase and also add Decklink support.

Lance Bachelder
Southern California
Cow Forum Host- Magic Bullet

[Eyal Gordin]

Lance,
Thanks. In other words, If I get some footage that was taken from my Beta SP in 10 bit file, I can’t edit it in PPRO? I know Final Cut can…

[Wally Tham]

I’ve edited 10bit Uncompressed QT files on PPro with no problems.
The source was captured off a FCP system and transferred over for some minor cuts and eventual authoring to DVD.

Hope this helps,

Wally

[Eyal Gordin]

Thanks Wally, that’s very encouraging to hear. Do you have a super fast machine and Hard drives?
Eyal

[Wally Tham]

Nope, just a P4 3.0GHz with 2 drives at RAID 0.
Of course I must qualify that the footage was 10 bit Uncompressed SD off a Digital Beta tape.
That’s 720 x 576 resolution, PAL.

Wally

[Eyal Gordin]

Thanks again. I’ll give it a shot!
EG

[Tim Kolb]

At the moment, the internal engine of PPro is only 8 bit. You can put in 10 bit footage but anything that PPro has to “touch” (transitions and effects requiring re-rendering) is constrained to 8 bit.

CineForm’s Prospect system actually replaces the principle “engine” running in PPro with their own 10 bit engine, but even then once you add a PPro effect (as opposed to a Cineform transition or effect), you are once again, rendering through an 8 bit engine.

TimK
Kolb Syverson Communications
Creative Cow Host
2004, 2005 NAB Post Production Conference Premiere Pro Technical Chair
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Bill Buchanan]

Tim:

Why then when doing a render using 10-bit footage in PPro1.5, using a BMD Decklink card, is the resulting render file, when checked for “properties” indicate its a 10-bit “clip?”

Bill Buchanan