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prores 422 or prores 422 hq
Hi:
I mostly edit with footage shot on the XDcam pmw-ex 3 and the XDcam pmw-350. Projects are usually corporate, non-broadcast.
I normally convert to prores 422 hq, but if I’m not outputting to anything larger than 1920×1080, would I be better off editing in standard prores 422?
I haven’t found a straight answer to this.
Thanks.
M.
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7 Replies
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HQ is for 10 bit and 2K or larger formats only. Your camera records 8-bit.
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Why convert? Why not simply edit native and render prores?
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Does it really matter if you render after the fact or render non-prores source out of Compressor, and then start editing? You’re still converting to prores at some point.
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Sorry, I should’ve said that I was already working in a Prores timeline.
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So you convert all of your media to ProRes and then start editing? Why? You can edit an xdcam sequence and only render to prores the parts that require any rendering. Dissolves, graphics, etc. Converting everything to prores before you start eats up quadruple the harddrive space, requires more power and faster drives to play back the files (means less rt effects) and takes time. XDcam and HDV are the only two shooting codecs in which FCP has this special workflow. Seems crazy not to take advantage of it.
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There is only one reason to compress a signal: Economy.
Use always the less compressed format that you can afford.
rafael
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