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GH5 workflow
Hi all,
It’s been a while since I’ve been editing a lot, and happy to be back on this forum.
I just got a GH5 and I just switched to Adobe Premiere Pro CC from FCP7. I have questions about basic workflow.
I shot in 8-bit H.264 1080 and my output has to be in ProRes 422.
I see that via Ingest I can create ProRes on the way in, but is that unadvisable for any reason?
Appreciate any advice.
Maria Luisa Gambale
DP/Producer
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it’s advisable to transcode to a better editing codec if you don’t have a very beefy machine (fast processor, gobs of RAM, high end graphics card with gobs of RAM) because editing H.264…decoding it on the fly…takes a lot of computing power. And the longer the project, the slower it’ll get. So if you are on something like a laptop, or base iMac, best to convert. And know that the file sizes will increase 3-4 times what they are now.
Shane
Little Frog Post
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Thanks Shane – and would you recommend using Media Encoder or are there known problems with that route? (Obviously I’m trying to cheap out and not buy a third party software.)
Maria Luisa Gambale
DP/Producer
Brooklyn, NY -
Media Encoder is fine, no need for third party software.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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