Export Question

[Alex Elkins]

[Maurik de Ridder] “Now I want to grade that in Color and export it to the same codec
But the final deliverable is in SD PAL Uncompressed 10Bit”

In Color you can set your project to render out as Uncompressed 10bit.

Just to clarify, are you delivering a file, not a tape? If you were delivering a tape then most capture cards would do the down-conversion for you. They won’t help you if you’re delivering a file though.

If you’re delivering a file, then I’d recommend doing the conversion in Compressor.

Good luck,
Alex Elkins

[Jaap Verdenius]

I agree with Alex, Export to Compressor is the best option

[Michael Gissing]

I have never been happy with letting FCP make a down conversion with any of the methods you describe, compared to a hardware down convert. I also have a Decklink card and their down convert is not good either. Kona is the best at that.

External hardware is a better approach if you are delivering tape. Compressor is the best alternative if making a file.

[Maurik De ridder]

thnx for the comments

So through compressor for the downconvert from HD to SD

But what in the case of the XDCAM timeline (which stays in SD)???
What is there the best method to go to Uncompressed 10Bit

greetings Maurik de Ridder

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[Jaap Verdenius]

Then you might as well stay inside FCP – Just turn the XDCAM sequence into an uncompressed 10bits sequence (choose the preset in the sequence settings) and go File > Export Quicktime Movie (selfcontained of course).

Jaap

[Maurik De ridder]

Hey Jaap…

Then you might as well stay inside FCP – Just turn the XDCAM sequence into an uncompressed 10bits sequence (choose the preset in the sequence settings) and go File > Export Quicktime Movie (selfcontained of course).

Okay… this is what I always do in this situation… But trying to figure out the “recompress all frames” feature.

I always use Recompress All Frames when I’m exporting a sequence to another codec then the sequence codec
But in this situation you change the sequence settings to another codec and then render the sequence. Do you use recompress all frames in this situation, or is it better not to.
And what happens if you didn’t render the timeline after changing the codec to uncompressed 10Bit.
Then I would assume you need to use Recompress All Frames …

Still a bit confusing to me … would love to clear this up

Thanks Jaap for taking some time

Maurik de Ridder

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[Jaap Verdenius]

To be honest I am a bit confused on this point – the manual says that “media that have to be created from scratch” (things that have to be rendered) need recompressing. But I always have this option deselected. I always render to the current settings (with or without things being rendered in the timeline) and I never noticed a problem.

NB I forgot to mention a few things:
– in the Video Processing tab of the Sequence settings you should switch to 10-bits processing, if you want to take advantage of those 2 extra bits.
– what is convenient about sequences that are set to 8- or 10-bits uncompressed is that you will have more filters available in real time.