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Uncompressed to prores?
I’ve had 1 hour of newly found archival 16mm and 8mm footage transferred. End result wasn’t known so opted for uncompressed SD Quicktime files, taking up 120gb on the client’s drive.
For space and accessibility reasons, I’ve compressed footage (using export from FCP) as Apple ProResHQ taking up 30gb. The result is excellent.
Any reason why I shouldn’t delete original uncompressed files now?
Thanks
Mickey
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5 Replies
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It all depends. Is the original absolutely perfect? What is your ultimate final objective in a perfect world?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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The original film footage is far from perfect but my client is working to a budget and so original was transferred at a local facility set up for SD only, not HD.
The final film will be screened at an historical property on a large possibly HD monitor and intercut with interview footage I’ll shoot on HDV (damn annoying we could only get SD xfer).
The question remains, will I have lost quality if I keep the prores not the uncompressed? Thanks.
Mickey
Mickey
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So far you have saved 90 gigs which is about $50 worth of hard drive. It probably cost you more in time to transcode than that so if you had asked before, I would have said stay uncompressed, especially if it has to be scaled up to match HD and buy more drive space if that is really a concern.
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Good on you for the reminder of the economies of the situation.
But, more a matter of keeping the project all on the client’s one drive, not to mention curiosity as to potential quality loss between two formats.
Mickey
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Mickey,
You most likely would never be able to tell the difference.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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