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FCP 10 bit Export vs. Kona’s
I was told by a post manager that I can download a Kona codec to do 10 bit uncompressed 4:2:2 Quicktime export on my mac even though I don’t have a Kona card. Is there a big difference quality-wise compared to FCP’s built-in 10 bit export? My original footage is 24p DV. I looked on the website and found the “AJA Macintosh QuickTime Codec v4.0” and was wondering if anyone has experience with this? I don’t want to screw around too much with my stock FCP system unless there’s a big difference. Any info much appreciated!
Thanks,
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[Alexander Lee] “Is there a big difference quality-wise compared to FCP’s built-in 10 bit export?”
About two years ago both AJA and BM switched to the Apple 8 and 10-bit codecs, so there’s absolutely zero reason to use anything but the plain vanilla Apple 10-bit codec. But, you might want to try ProRes, its has many of the benefits of 10-bit, but smaller file sizes, and I doubt you would ever see a difference when using ProRes to render DV.
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Wow, very interesting! Thanks for 411!
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