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    Best intermediate format with alpha

    Posted by Marten Köpp on March 6, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    Hi guys,

    While working on a product movie I noticed my sincere lack of knowledge about formats, codecs, compression etc. So I thought it might be time to jump into the unknown. But since my current project can’t wait for my brains to soak up everything there is to know about this subject I would like to know the following:

    I am working on a project where I need to render out into intermediate files to go from After Effects to Premiere (no I don’t like Dynamic Link). While I already done some research and found out DNxHD MXF OP1 (RGB 444 10-bits) is a great format for intermediate files, I also notice this one doesn’t support Alpha channels. So I figured trying out OPENEXR would be a good alternative. But then I got confused, do I really need to use multiple formats?

    What would be a good all-round format to use for intermediate files? Or, if I need to use multiple, what formats would be good for 1080p animations.

    And, for the future, who can point me in the right direction regarding the compression. There is a lot of info about this subject but I am looking for a good source that tells me everything but in a nutt-shell. Any tips?

    Thanks!

    Marten Köpp replied 9 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
  • 4 Replies

  • Jeff Pulera

    March 6, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    Mac or PC?

    Thanks

    Jeff Pulera
    Safe Harbor Computers

  • Marten Köpp

    March 7, 2017 at 9:26 am

    PC. So I sadly can not use Prores ☹

    Regards,
    Martern

  • Jeff Pulera

    March 7, 2017 at 2:49 pm

    Hi Marten,

    Choose QuickTime as the Format and for Preset use GoPro Cineform RGB12-bit with alpha

    Of course, make sure to set frame size, frame rate, pixel aspect, and fields to match your source.

    Thanks

    Jeff Pulera
    Safe Harbor Computers

  • Marten Köpp

    March 8, 2017 at 8:35 am

    Hi Jeff,

    Thanks! I have tried that and it looks good so far.

    Regards,

    Marten

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