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intermediate semi lossy codec for graphics
Hello,
I am a motion graphics artist submitting graphic to an editor remotely. As a result I need to upload my graphic files to ftp. This causes the animation codec to be too large to deliver via ftp.I have been using Blu Ray quality H264 but after my client imports it into the AVID, the AVID recompresses it and gets massive gamma shifts. The usual result is it is much darker.
If I was delivering to FCP I would use PRO-RES.
Anyone have any suggestions on a codec simliar that I could for AVID?
Cheers,
Terry Hahin
Designer and Editor
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6 Replies
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PNG or Tiff sequence will work. Or a Quicktime movie in the DNxHD codec. You can download that codec for free from the Avid site. Ask your editor which DNxHD compression they want first though.
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Michael Hancock
Editor -
Use DNxHD. It’s Avids HD codec. Freely available as a QT codec on https://www.avid.com/codec. Much like ProRes (actually, the other way around), but available for both PC and Mac.
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Unlike Pro Res, DNXHD is only for HD though…
If you want SD, you’ll have to use Avid Uncompressed, which is still smaller than Animation
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Plus the DNX codec will save the editor some time on his import.
Scott Cumbo
Editor
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No need for Uncompressed, you can pick one of the Meridien compression flavors. All of them live in that same Avid codec package, though.
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“No need for Uncompressed, you can pick one of the Meridien compression flavors. All of them live in that same Avid codec package, though”
I wouldn’t subject my graphics to Meridien Compression, …but maybe I am just picky. Regular video, sure…but not graphics.
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