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ProRes for DV footage?
Is it worth it to capture footage using one of the ProRes codecs for regular mini-DV footage? Will it make it look noticably better at all?
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No! However, when you’re done editing, if you change the compressor in Sequence>>Settings to ProRes, and re-render the timeline, your graphics and text will be rendered 10-bit 422 rather than with DV compression, and they will be considerably better.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Oh okay! Thanks a lot. I’ll do that.
So the DV codec is really the best one to use for regular DV footage then?
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[zeke meginsky] “So the DV codec is really the best one to use for regular DV footage then”
Yes! Think of it as Garbage In Garbage Out. You can’t make what is worse better.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Thanks guys! This forum is great.
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