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Looking for decent codecs from pc to open on a mac
Hi there,
I’m working on Mac but I have a lot of clients working on pc. I often advice to deliver in Animation codec since I have thoroughly tested it and I know what it does to gamma levels/colors etc. Many other uncompressed formats say “unknown codec” in FCP. So even if they show the footage I never know if what I am seeing is right.
Since a lot of clients deliver over the internet it takes a lot of time downloading the Animation files. (mostly because of poor upload connections at the clients side)
So I am wondering if anyone has an idea on what formats could alternatively be used to make the transfer of data faster without too much loss of quality. I am hoping for something similar to ‘Prores HQ’ but then something that communicates well between pc and mac.Karel van Gelder
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4 Replies
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Hi Karel,
PhotoJPEG (75/95%) is a great option: 422YUV and quite light files.
rafael -
Hi Rafael,
Thanks for your reaction. I have been testing with both photo-jpeg and jpeg2000 but unfortunately there are some problems accuring that I can’t seem to solve.
Photo-jpeg is slightly greener than the original uncompressed file.
jpeg2000 is much lighter and somehow I don’t seem to be able to adjust the gamma-interpretation of the file (don’t want to use filters for that)I want a compression method that is visually losless so that I won’t have any trouble with clients claiming that I changed the files.
Karel
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You may try the Blackmagic codecs.
They should work in both platforms.
No idea if you will get any color/gamma issue.
Avid codecs should do it as well.
rafael -
Thanks, i’m gonna give them a try!
Karel
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