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ProRes and other
Hi All,
I’ve recently discovered the wonders of ProRes, whilst in the stages of putting together a showreel, in particular when i was rebuilding an entire project…
A few quick questions…
1) what is the best way with ProRes, if at all, to convert 50i XDCAM HD footage to “ProRes HQ 1440×1080 25p” (or ProRes HQ 1920×1080 for that matter)?
Would it be best to bring in all of the footage into a ‘blank’ FCP project, then batch export as ProRes HQ 1440×1080 25p?
2)In regards to HDV footage would i be best to just convert all footage to non ‘HQ’ footage, and leave it ‘SD’ ProRes
3) will there be an noticeable difference if i capture HDV over firewire with the HDV-ProRes capture codec, compared to editing an entire project in HDV, then before final outputs (Pre Color) doing media manager and rebuilding as ProRes?
Thanks in advance
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4 Replies
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We have had so much discussion about ProRes over the past two weeks alone, have you searched this forum for your answer?
In particular you do not need to use ProRes HQ for your needs and in fact you should just stick to regular ProRes.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Biscardi Creative MediaCreative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital.
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Hi Walter,
Thanks for the reply. yep, I’ve had a look through the ProRes posts, i haven’t seen much clarity over whether it would be better to use the HDV-Prores capture codec over editing an entire project in HDV, then coverting to prores.
as for the XDCAM HD question, any ideas on the best way to covert 50i to 25p and into prores in one swift process?
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[Andrew Karczewski] “Thanks for the reply. yep, I’ve had a look through the ProRes posts, i haven’t seen much clarity over whether it would be better to use the HDV-Prores capture codec over editing an entire project in HDV, then coverting to prores. “
We never edit HDV material in a native HDV project. Ever. First we converted everything to DVCPro HD during ingest and now we convert it all to ProRes during ingest. It’s an easier and cleaner workflow to get out of HDV immediately.
[Andrew Karczewski] “as for the XDCAM HD question, any ideas on the best way to covert 50i to 25p and into prores in one swift process?”
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Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Biscardi Creative MediaCreative Cow Forum Host:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. -
great, thanks for the help with HDV, already ingested an entre project that way today…all smooth sailing.
Also for XDCAM HD, unfortunately i’m in the uneasy situation where i am a struggling film student, with none of my own editing equipment, and i am sneakily editing my own, non uni, projects late at night without the watchful-hawk-eyed tech staff shutting down my racket…
To than extent all i have in the way of hardware is the machine that reads the xdcam discs, allowing me to log and transfer files to a scratch drive of my choice, any conversion i do from 50i to 25p will have to be software based, so what is your best advice in choosing between compressor and batch exporting from final cut to ProRes?
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