workflow help, i look inefficient!

[Joel Peregrine]

Hi Nate,

Transcode from the 5DM2 footage to ProRes. You’re shooting yourself in the foot by going to HDV. Even though you’ll be using a lot more drive space the time saving when both rendering and exporting (there is no conforming necessary as there is with HDV) will be worth every extra gigabyte. And you can use QT if you just export your timeline as a reference movie and encode that with Quicktime. That allows you to move on to another project in FCP.

[Nate Abraham]

Hey Joel,

Thanks for getting back to me, I really appreciate it! I was afraid you’d say that. I did a few tests and while the ProRes files were quicker/better, they were also *much* bigger. Going from a couple of hundred megs to gigs. I suppose that means i’m going to have to fight for the drive space.

If I can’t get it, is the way I’m going about it going to work all-be-it slow?

I trust you, go ProRes but I don’t know if I can have that much drive space. We only have 2 TB on our server 🙁

Thanks for the note about QT. I thought you might be able to do that…I couldn’t remember though. When I make the reference movie do I then do the final encoding though QT or Compressor?

Thanks again for getting back to me!!

…my head is throbbing from relearning everything.

Nate

[Rafael Amador]

I agree with Joel: Avoid the HDV and go to Proress.
I would avoid also the QT Conversion. Go through Compressor and use the Frame Control.

[Nate Abraham] ” keyframe every 10000, data rate 1800 kbits/sec and size is 854×480) wh”
A key-frame every 10.000 frames..?
Why don’t you try Auto?
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Nate Abraham]

Hi Rafael,

Thanks for the advice. I get the feeling ProRes is the only way to go. I’m going to have to find/make/fight for space along the way. Dealing with 5dmkii footage is tricky I suppose…something to be learned.

I have a feeling that a few extra HDs are going to be needed…

And I have no idea why there is a keyframe every 10,000 frames…they just said I should do it that way. I’ve been out of the game for so long I can’t really offer a reason not to. Everytime I would do it the way I used to it looks very different…

So anyway, I’ll give auto a try…see if it makes the file size small but maintains the quality…

THANKS! It’s good to be editing again, I am so thankful to be able to have the community like the cow again to help me out.

Thanks Again
Nate

[Rafael Amador]

[Nate Abraham] “..see if it makes the file size small but maintains the quality… “
Same file size, because you already have set the data rate.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Nick Meyers]

what frame size are you working at?
do you need to be an HD frame size?
can you work at a Standard Def frame size?

nick

[Nate Abraham]

Thanks Rafael. Yea, that makes sense. I really appreciate your help.

[Nate Abraham]

Hi Nick,

Well, HD aspect ratio…I have been maintaining an HD workflow at the request of my boss (all 5DMKII footage) but mainly uploading to the web for the client to view. Thus we are going from 1920×1080 to 854×480 if that makes sense.

But are you asking to see if I can edit in standard def thus converting the files from the 5dmkII to standard def in the beginning then edit the converted footage as opposed to the prores?

Thanks for your help!!
Nate

[Nick Meyers]

i was asking as i thought you might get smaller file sizes,
but 854×480 is so close to standard def it wont make much difference.

in fact i wonder if you might just as well convert to SD for better RT effects, etc.
i imagine your non-standard frame size means more rendering while you work?

nick

[Rafael Amador]

[Nick Meyers] “854×480 is so close to standard def”
In fact is the same frame than SD NTSC Anamorphic, but build with Square frames to be played in a computer.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com