ProRes 4444 vs. AJA Uncompressed 8 bit

[Bob Zelin]

the short answer –
most people continue to work with ProRes422HQ, which NO ONE rejects.
ProRes4444 is even better.

And what is uncompressed video exactly ? 🙂

bob Zelin

[Chad Brewer]

Next to my refrigerator, I have a D1 deck.
I archive everything to D1.
It’s basically preparation for the end of the world.

Honestly though, I know exactly what 4:4:4 is. What is 4444?
Am I color blind?

chad

[Jonny Hal]

ProRes 4444 (pronounced 4×4) is the new high end Apple codec that ships with FCP 7.0.

When you update to AJA Kona 6.5, the playback and capture options now give you not only the 10-bit and 8-bit Kona compression settings for the different frame rates, they also directly support the ProRes 422, 422LT, etc.

So when I digitize, should I choose the pure Kona codec for a particular format, or the Kona ProRes 4444 if I want the highest quality?

[Gary Adcock]

[Chad Brewer] “Am I color blind? “

ummm…
we cannot answer that

However if your male there is something like a 1 in 4 chance you have some degree of color blindness with a full 7%-10% of ALL men in North America being completely deficient in the Red/Green part of the color spectrum while women only show a 0.4% rate in the same demographic.

“I know exactly what 4:4:4 is. What is 4444? “
RGB with Alpha – ProRes alpha is up to 16 bit. (65,536 levels of grey)

and I am betting you can’t see that many levels of grey either.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, IL

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php

[Chad Brewer]

Gary,
Thank you for including the answer to my question in your unnecessary smart ass response:

“RGB with Alpha – ProRes alpha is up to 16 bit. (65,536 levels of grey)”

chad

[Bob Zelin]

keep reading this forum. You will see what a real smart ass reply is.

Bob Zelin

[Chad Brewer]

Bob,
I’ve read many of your posts and responded to some of them. I enjoy your humor and appreciate your experience in the field.

I look forward to future punishment in this forum.

chad

[Jonny Hal]

Since you fellas seem more interested in flogging each other than in answering my original post — I’m gonna look elsewhere for some expertise re: the best codec to use.

[Gary Adcock]

[Jonny Hal] “My question is, next time I digitize, for any given format, should I use the AJA KONA 3 ProRes 4444 setting or the AJA KONA 3 8- or 10-bit setting? “

ProRes was designed as a intermediate codec to offer users highest quality while offering moderately compressed content.

YOU want an answer that no one else can give you. If ProRes works for you then Use it.

ProRes is Always 10bit – 8 Bit UC is always 8bit.
Do you want to use lots of disk space and never be able to do anything in real time use 10bit UC.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, IL

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php

[Hector Silva]

[Jonny Hal] “Since you fellas seem more interested in flogging each other than in answering my original post — I’m gonna look elsewhere for some expertise re: the best codec to use.”

That’ll teach ’em!