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Workflow HDCAM to QT & DVD delivery
Hello there,
I’d appreciate it if anyone can point out any glaring holes in the following workflow…I’m about to start a project shot on HDCAM but destined for
a few different non-broadcast outputs, primarily:1. SD DVD (Pal)
2. Quicktimes for playing from hard disks for some on site installation videos.I would usually use FCP for a project like this, but on this occasion I have to use MC4 (on an intel 2x 2.66 dualcore with the media on a FW800 drive.)
My plan is to get the rushes captured DNxHD 145 and without an online use compressor or similar to make the SD DVDs and quicktimes.
There’s a possibility we might be asked to supply HD versions later on..
Any thoughts?
Much obliged.
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3 Replies
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Process is pretty straightforward. Once edit is complete, render your timeline and export a QT reference for use with Compressor or encoding application of your choice. Just remember that digital video for broadcast assumes 16-235 RGB for black and white levels and compressor expects 0-255. If you export out as REC709, Compressor will lift the blacks since it assumes (makes an ass of u and me) that it is 0-255.
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If you export out as RGB, Media Composer will create full range 0-255 as part of the QT ref process so that if makes up for the inability to address that in Compressor.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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Thanks for the reassurance Michael,
Yes the RGB/ 709 issue – remember that confusing the hell out of me when i first started using FCP
(I still don’t understand it fully, i remember doing some tests once – DVDs looked the same weather i started with a 709 export or an RGB export…)I was more worried about the DNxHD codecs causing me any issues when it comes to delivery – i’m used to more of an offline/online process when using avid – but i guess i don’t see why it would – even if i have to err… deliver something like h.264 quicktimes..
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DNxHD145 will serve you just fine for those deliverables as well as a potential broadcast down the road.
Michael
Michael Phillips
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