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if trans-coding before editing – color correct before transcoding or after?
I have to trans-code most of the footage i receive to make it cross platform.
It come as GV HQX 1080 59.94 10bit I am trans-coding to DNxHD 1080 29.97P
After tons of render test for both speed / size and quality, I landed on DNxHD to be the most versatile for the different editor MAC & PCs.
The question is a “Quality for editing Question?”
I use my Vegas to trans-code, should I do my basic color matching before or after trans- codingThank You
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Hi Don
I would do it before. There is always a certain amount of loss every time your file is processed, regardless.
Way better to start off with as decent of a picture as possible.
Remember that you will be going from 59.94 down to 29.97.
You can always do some fine tuning afterwards.
Cheers !
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Thank You Francois! will do!
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I would do some gradient tests when using vegas to process to DNxHR from a 10-bit source. I might be wrong, but I think there is a problem with quicktime not passing the 10bit info through the workflow. Regardless you need to do your processing in 32-bit video levels.
Resolve, or FFMPEG transcode might be better.
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