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best format for final cut pro
I am about to cut a trailer for a movie. The film is on HDSR. I need to have that transferred to a Quick time to import into final cut pro. Can anyone please tell me the best one? Is it just ‘quicktime’ or would a prores
4444 be better?Thankyou in advance.
Dan. -
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I would have it transferred to ProRes HQ.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Dan,
QuickTime is just an architecture – you’re right that you ought to use ProRes. The question will be, which ProRes is best is about two things:
The speed of your drives/system and the quality of your source footage.The ‘cleanest’ ProRes is 4444 – but it requires pretty fast drives- it’s about 330mb/s
If you use ProRes HQ, it’s about 220 (full uncompressed HD is about 880) – and it’s a decent trade off between quality and playability. You won’t be able to see the compression here.If I was working feature length, I’d capture at ProRes Proxy (35mbs), edit and then do an online at ProRes 4444.
TL;DR – Probably ProRes HQ is good enough without stressing your system.
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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