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Most Compressed Editing Workflow Possible?
I have a project that will involve lots of small batches of 1080p24 footage shot on Canon DSLRs. The footage then needs to be spread over FTP to a group of FCP editors. All the videos will be posted to youtube in h264 1080p format. We would like to compress the footage to another codec (and/or wrapper) to save both space (its ok if there is a cut in image quality) and to edit smoother than the native GOP-based H264 files that come out of the Canon DSLRs. I don’t honestly know much about compressed codecs. I think I’m asking for a miracle, but if there is a solution, let me know. Thanks ahead of time.
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Well, you never edit the original format…H.264 isn’t edit friendly. You need to convert to an editing format. For that you use THIS workflow:
Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial
With that workflow you can use ProRes Proxy.
Shane
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Shane,
Thanks for the quick response. The process, when it was small, was done this way because there was little editing or graphics added. But it was already eating up all their processors and time anyways. This time around there are small edits, transitions, and graphics. With Apple Pro Res Proxy, would all the editors need FCP 7 import and edit natively a APP Proxy file? Are there other codecs (like maybe PhotoJPEG) that might also work? -
[Andrew Roger] “With Apple Pro Res Proxy, would all the editors need FCP 7 import and edit natively a APP Proxy file?”
Every editor will need FCP 7, yes.
[Andrew Roger] “Are there other codecs (like maybe PhotoJPEG) that might also work?”
PhotoJPEG isn’t all that small. Smaller than uncompressed, than ANIMATION, but not as small as ProRes LT or ProRes Proxy. And besides that, while it is a decent editing codec, you might not get all the RT settings you do with the other formats that you find in the EASY SETUP list.
Does this footage that people will be using need to be high quality? Something that the other editors then end up mastering out to the web with? If so, you need to provide a decent quality codec. If not, you can get them Offline RT…VERY small files. And then you “online” on your end.
Do tests! That’s how you figure things out. Try out all the codecs and see what works best. That’s how the rest of us figure things out. We test and test and test some more.
Shane
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