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    Best workflow from Vegas 10 to Pro Res 422 HQ ??

    Posted by Mike Leonard on December 12, 2011 at 9:45 pm

    Hello everyone. I need to convert a 90 minute show into Pro Res 422 HQ and I have no idea how to get there. I edited in Vegas 10. These are the specs I need to deliver:

    File: Pro Res 422 HQ
    720 × 480 – aspect defined 16:9 = 853 × 480 / 4:3 = 640 × 480
    Native Frame Rate
    Film: 23.98
    Video: 29.97i
    Audio: PCM Little Endian
    Ch. 1 left, Ch. 2 right – Each audio channel needs to be its own track

    For HD:

    File: Pro Res 422 HQ
    1920 × 1080
    Native Frame Rate
    Film: 23.98
    Video:29.97i
    Audio: Must have 8 channels of audio
    5.1 – L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs / PCM Little Endian / Each audio channel needs to be its own track
    Ch. 7 stereo left, Ch. 8 stereo right / PCM Little Endian / Each audio channel needs to be its own track

    I appreciate any help on the workflow I should follow.

    Mike

    Mike Leonard replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Dave Haynie

    December 13, 2011 at 5:39 am

    ProRes is a proprietary Apple format. If you’re not encoding on a Macintosh, you’re not creating ProRes. Period.

    The basic workflow I’d follow: go to Avid, and get DNxHD plug-ins for both PC and Mac. Rendering out whatever standard format you’re working in to Quicktime DNxHD (it’s very high quality). Copy those files, and the Mac DNxHD plug-in, to a portable drive… I like EXFAT, since all current Macs support EXFAT without objection (NTFS still seems to be a question).

    Now, go find a Mac. If the owner of said Mac is not quite happy with your borrowing their object of desire (much less installing any non-Apple software on them), it’s a known truth that Mac fans are easily distracted by bright, shiny objects. Once said Mac owner is suitably distracted (I find chocolate also works… the nearest Mac is my daughter’s), install the DNxHD CODEC, and then convert to ProRes. Apple offers some guidelines for turning your industry-standard video into something only Mac people can use, right here:
    https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#chapter=10%26section=3%26tasks=true

    (and yeah, actually, even DNxHD is an official industry standard.. SMPTE VC-3, in fact).

    -Dave

  • Mike Leonard

    December 13, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    Thanks Dave, I appreciate it.

    Mike

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