size does matter

[Michael Phillips]

SD or HD? an uncompressed SD file is ~1 min/GB.

Michael

Michael Phillips

[Kris Anderson]

Best quality is always uncompressed.

Please specify PAL/NTSC/SD/HD and what editing system you’re using, also what your images have been shot on.

[Dan Newton]

IT WILL BE EITHER ONE OF THE THREE —-

SD
HD
PAL

THEY WOULD BE SHOT ON EITHER ONE OF THE TWO

RED
35 MM

AND SOMETIMES I JUST GET AN ANIMATION — WHICH WAS CREATED FROM SCRATCH —- ON AFTER EFFECTS

PLEASE ADVISE THE SIZES AND HOW BIG THE FILES WOULD BE

CHEERS MATES

[Kris Anderson]

Mate, the file size will vary depending on the compression rate applied. Can you be more specific? What editing system are you using and what is the desired end result/output format? Are you the editor? Are you cutting offline or online?

All of these are required to answer your question accurately.

[Dan Newton]

Hey

I will be editing on both final cut pro and avid media composer — depends i guess

the footage is offline

so if it is offline — what would the size normally be — for a 30 second to 1 min clip

and if is online — what would the size normally be —- for a 30 second to 1 min clip

and would the best size be — 720 x 576

please advise

[Joe Womble]

Dan,

For storage requirements:

https://avidtechnology.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/avidtechnology.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=71032&p_created=1107790676&p_sid=166ZzlAj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NTQsNTQmcF9wcm9kcz0yNzYmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0xLjI3NiZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PXN0b3JhZ2UgcmVxdWlyZW1lbnRz&p_li=&p_topview=1

Regards,

Joe Womble

[Kris Anderson]

Dan, if you are only performing an offline edit then compression and ‘best quality’ is not really an issue. If you have limited space then compress it heavily, if you have lots of storage, back off on the compression for nicer looking pictures.

You’re going to run into trouble if you bounce back and forth between FCP and Avid…. you’re creating a lot of work for yourself that you really need not do. Pick a platform and cut on it until you finish the job would be my advice.

[Job Ter burg]

Here’s the Avid storage calculator widget:
https://www.avid.com/dnxhd/widget/storage_calc_widget.html.

You can also check out the section “Estimated Storage Requirements” in the Help files.

From what I’m seeing around me, most folks working on feature films use 14:1p (±75 MB/min) for SD offline editing. Now that drive space is getting cheaper, some choose 3:1p (±300 MB/min). Others prefer to work at DV25p (200 MB/min), which is sort of in the middle.
If you prefer to work in an HD resolution (only useful if you are supplied with HD dailies), there’s DNxHD36 (±250 MB/min) – which is a resolution that looks way better than it ought to, based on specs – or DNxHD115 (±800 MB/min).

Especially if you can offline in HD, the Avid DNxHD36 solution is pretty ideal, since it has a fine quality with low storage requirements. AFAIK, ProRes only has two flavors, both of which require way more storage.