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Aftab Asghar
January 10, 2011 at 9:03 am in reply to: DaVinci Resolve for Mac Configuration Guide, December 2010

Hello,

Last month I bought a 2×2.93 GHz 6-Core (Total 12core) Intel Xeon with 16Gb memory with ATI Radeon HD 5870 card… Please advice What GPU card should i install further to so can buy Resolve and use it on my new Mac Pro… If you think i need to have any other combination of GUi and GPU cards please advice… but I really don’t see anything written and talk about ATI Radeon HD 5870 with Resolve.

Please help!

Thanks

Best regards
Aftab Asghar
Aftab Asghar
September 28, 2009 at 10:32 pm in reply to: Which Codec is better prores 4444 or uncompress 10 bit ?

Hello Don,

Yes, ProRes 4444 is a part of the new Final cut pro (i.e FCP 7) and Once you upgrade to it, it will automatically install all new codecs in your system which will also be available for other application like : Adobe after effects (If you are woking in Mac), there is no other way to get these codecs except upgrading to FCP 7.

also remember FCP is a MAC base application where as Adobe After effects works both with Mac and Windows, so these ProRes Codes are all Mac based, but yes if you have Quicktime installed on windows you can play the files exported through these codecs.

Hope it helps,

Best
-Aftab
Aftab Asghar
September 6, 2009 at 2:48 am in reply to: Which Codec is better prores 4444 or uncompress 10 bit ?

Well guys I did some experiments and I have compared the results, I exported a QT from After effects as I was also designing some graphics for the same project. I exported a same file in uncompressed 10bit, prores 4444, prores 422HQ and simple prores 422, I compared which format is best while keeping rendering time, file size and quality in mind results are as follows:

1. Prores 422 (very nice file size is really low, quality excellent)
2. Prores HQ ( quality same as Prores 422, i mean you hardly see difference, but file size increases alot)
3. Uncompress 10bit ( good quality but file size is huge compare to 422 and 422 HQ)
4. Prores 4444 (Definitely the winner, amazing clarity and color very nice dynamic range of colors with low file size and even at 1980×1080 frame size FCP work flawless.

I understand 4444 has an extra alpha channel, but i am going to use it anyways.

Please keep updating with your results !

-Aftab
Aftab Asghar
September 5, 2009 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Which Codec is better prores 4444 or uncompress 10 bit ?

Thanks Shane, I appreciate your help !

-Aftab