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HDV / Pro Res Workflow
Hey everyone I posted a question the other day and i have some more questions and the exact specs for this documentary:
25fps
pixel format HD (1440×1080)
Compressor 1080i50
Upper fields (odd)
Audio 48 khz
Audio format 16-Bit integerThis project is happening between here in NYc & Berlin where 10 hours of footage has already been captured and editing has begun. My original question was about how to send the FCP project itself and most agreed that send XML is safer…it was explained to me how to export and import one part that was missing was whether or not i then resave the project with the new date to keep it sensible and then just re-export and email to Berlin.
The idea is that eventually a hard drive will be sent from Berlin with the additional footage and edits and that will be joined with footage and edits we are doing here in NYC.
1) I am wondering if i should bother transcoding to Pro Res or just stay in HDV. I know file sizing reduce by 30% but i am not sure that it even matters.
2) Here in NY we have a macpro, the latest version of FCP and a RAID attached but should we be editing off the external; hard drive or bring everything onto the RAID. I guess one big question is whether people want to edit outside of this office – having it on an external drive would allow for that but with HDV will everything run smoothly off the firewire drive?
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated
thank you
Lisa Rolley
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1 Reply
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ProRes HQ for 1080 is about nine times larger than HDV. So you’re better off keeping it as HDV.
Sean
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