The best codec for editing CG moveis?

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Rul,
The most part of the people that makes CG (I’m not one) normally export as image sequences.
I don’t like too much sequences, so when I make some CGs (no much really) I use Sheer.
Sorry to say, the best QT codec in the world.
8 or 10b Uncompress, YCbCr/ or RGB, 422[4] or 444[4]. An incredible 10b Alpha channel available.
100% lossless and make the the files a 40% smaller than Apple Uncompress.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Captain Mench]

If the final version is set to go to DVD and to TV in standard def AND (AND!!!!) you’ve already done all the compositing in Combustion then just either export from there or convert them using QTPro to DV/NTSC or PAL and edit with a normal sequence setting for DV.

Now…

If the ENTIRE movie was done in Combustion and you are just editing the output files in FCP together and you aren’t adding any SD material then you might think about exporting in some higher resolution (apple prores) and hope that maybe the singular conversion to mpeg2 will (might) look better… but I doubt it.

Look thru the options available to you in your sequence settings for editable codecs and use one of those. Stay away from editing in animation (if you can) and any type of h264 compression.

Good luck,

CaptM

[Rui Pereira]

Michael Mench

tkx

The playback is going smodly after i changed the sequence settings to the codec dvpro.

But for a better workflow it’s better to use the same codec in the output moveis from combustion as in the fcp sequence? and the dv codecs for CG suck big time.

and i’m making my reel and using all kinds os footage hd, pal, with 3 codecs h264 animation and dv pal

[Captain Mench]

[Rui Pereira] “But for a better workflow it’s better to use the same codec in the output moveis from combustion as in the fcp sequence? and the dv codecs for CG suck big time. “

You are going to have to compress it somewhere to get to DVD

CaptM