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Dailies spec for Premiere Pro
Like many disillusioned FCP editors, I’m going to switch to Premiere Pro for my next project, which begins later this this week.
My question is: our dailies spec used to call for everything to come to us in ProRes 422, but with an impending switch-over to Premiere, what is the highest quality, mid-level file size, one should request for their dailies?
Is there a standard currently used by experienced PP editors?
Lastly, I will not be finishing out of Premiere, instead following the traditional transfer/mix/online route at outside facilities.
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3 Replies
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You can natively edit ProRes in PP. Even on Windows like I did last month for a short documentation.
I cant make out a standard used by PP editors. Because its trying to work natively with any format from DV to R3D. In most cases there is no need to transcode for editing.
In case I need to, I like to use cineform which works fine with my BlackMagic DeckLink output.
LG, Robert
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Thank you Robert. I’ll take a look at Cineform for sure, but it’s reassuring to know that we can continue to specify ProRes for the time being.
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I use Avid’s DNxHD codec. It’s free and (to me at least) looks very comparable to ProRes.
https://www.avid.com/US/industries/workflow/DNxHD-Codec
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