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    Most CPU friendly codec

    Posted by Jim Bachalo on September 30, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Because of the number of effects and nested layers I need to render a flat pass which I will bring back into AE to grab tracking data with the Tracker. Can anyone recommend a CPU friendly codec? I understand that H.264 is fairly heavy on the CPU and I need to be able to play back HD content in era time on my 2 yr old iMac.

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    Jim Bachalo replied 12 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • David Baud

    September 30, 2013 at 5:24 am

    Jim,

    I would recommend an intra-frame codec, like ProRes.

    David Baud
    Post & VFX
    KOSMOS PRODUCTIONS
    Denver – Paris
    http://www.kosmos-productions.com

  • Mato Kokotic

    September 30, 2013 at 8:54 am

    Maybe PNG sequence?

  • David Moritz

    September 30, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    PSD sequences are super cpu friendly – filesizes can balloon out of control though, so just keep that in mind.

  • Jim Bachalo

    September 30, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    Thanks
    So I guess some type of image sequence , either tiff, png or perhaps DPX would be my best bet.

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