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compression codec for both Mac & PC?
I finally got all kinds of techno kinks worked out in my HD workflow.
DVCPro HD is great. It is making my animations completely manageable.
Of course, there had to be a catch.
Ends up my online editor is on a PC system. DVCPro HD is for Macs only, right?I need a codec to render animations to in After Effects on my Mac that will transfer to an online editor on a PC.
I know there are non-compession codecs that will work.
I really need a compression codec though.My system can’t handle playing back uncompressed HD. And I have ONE HD project. I already bought a new G5 for this project and the budget is not big enough for me to also buy a raid array (which I would only need for this one project). The producers are new to HD and failed to recognize that EVERYTHING is more expensive in HD, including the graphics. They did not leave much for graphics.
I can view DVCPro HD animations via my Blackmagic Decklink HD Pro card on a HD CRT monitor and everything looks great. It chokes on the uncompressed Blackmagic codec or Animation codec animations though.
I am fearful of ‘checking’ my stuff DVCPro HD but then outputting and delivering something that is uncompressed and that I have not actually ‘seen’ myself. It is starting to look like my only option though. Is it?!?Time is running out before I have to deliver these!
Thanks for any help….Alisa