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best free intermediate codec for DSLR footage in Windows CS4
Editing a DSLR job for a client in Premiere CS4 on his Windows system… he won’t buy Cineform and needless to say I am not buying it for him.
What’s the best free intermediate codec for DSLR footage in PPro CS4 on Windows? Would Avid DNxHD work for this purpose?
Cinematographer – Editor – Motion Graphics Artist – Colorist
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Are you wanting to use them as proxies and an offline edit or for complete edit to end?
You could go with JPEG MOV files or high bit rate mpeg-2 CBR.
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I use DNxHD for this purpose. I see some loss when choosing the DNxHD 35 setting so I use the 120 setting. Works great.
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Yeah I could use it just as a proxy for offline or all the way through, either one is good. Thanks guys! I’ll try DNxHD also but I believe my client is running Windows 7 Home and the DNxHD download page says it won’t work with Home, can anyone verify?
Cinematographer – Editor – Motion Graphics Artist – Colorist
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Did some testing today and as it turns out with a powerful/new enough machine, even PPro CS4 handles H.264 like a champ… no need to transcode.
Windows Media Player on the other hand… not so much.
Cinematographer – Editor – Motion Graphics Artist – Colorist
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