Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD or…) for 4K export from Vegas 14?

[Ole Kristiansen]

Hi Ben

Magix ProRes mov works fine in After Effects CC 2015!

Avid codec, you need to download and install Avid DNxHR codec and restart your computer before it works in Vegas Pro 14 !

[Ben Gareb]

Hmm. I’ll try in 2017, but 2014 (my preferred because 2015 and 2017 seem buggy as hell still) rejects the Magix ProRes every time.

Also, I have restarted, but the MOV container options in Vegas 14 are Intel or Magix and neither gives me the option to switch to the Avid codec (or any other codec). How do I trigger that?

[Ole Kristiansen]

[Ben Gareb]

So you have to have the full, super insecure Quicktime codec installed to use it?

That makes it kind of a really terrible go-between now that Quicktime isn’t supported by Apple, right?

[Ole Kristiansen]

1. Yes

2. .mov is not the best choice if you are using a Windows computer and Vegas! Install GoPro Studio and then use Cineform.avi

[Ben Gareb]

Ahh, thank you. I have nightmares of Cineform. I wish there was another way to get Vegas to switch up the codec used for the .mov container.

Does Magix ProRes require Quicktime to be fully installed as well? That may be why AE isn’t picking it up.

[Aaron Star]

“Best non-compressed codec (PRO-RES or DNXHD” both of which are compressed, along with the Cineform suggestion.

The best uncompressed codec in Vegas is EXR. If you are doing short AE animations, compositing, and transitions. Why not use image sequences the way the pros do? You can use PNG too, if exr is to alien.

[Ben Gareb]

I mean, I guess I just only know what I know. I’m not afraid of anything hahaha.

I just want a good solution that isn’t h.264.

[John Rofrano]

[Ben Gareb] “This guide doesn’t seem to work any longer: https://johnrofrano.com/training/video-tutorials/avid-dnxhd-template-for-veg...”

It does if you have QuickTime installed. Of course, it won’t if you don’t because movies made with QuickTime codecs need to have QuickTime installed.

It sounds like you don’t have QuickTime installed which its why After Effects can’t read your QuickTime files.

MAGIX Vegas Pro has a built-in ProRes encoder/decoder but it only works inside of Vegas Pro. For other programs that don’t have native QuickTime decoders, you need to have QuickTime installed.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasstsoftware.com

[John Rofrano]

[Ben Gareb] “Does Magix ProRes require Quicktime to be fully installed as well?”

No it does not. MAGIX Vegas Pro 14 has native ProRes support.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasstsoftware.com