[Amber Miller]

That’s what I was concerned with Mark– the amount of hard drive space it would take it up.
So, do you just drag and drop footage straight off the SD cards to a hard drive to archive? How large in size would a 32GB card be for instance before transferring to the ProRes 422 codec? Would burning on a dvd or blue ray disc be an option? I would just prefer to have a hard copy away from the computer.

Also, what would be the best format to give someone else other than giving them the SD card?
Is ProRes the only way to handle this footage? Obviously those files are huge.

I hope I’m making sense…..
Thanks for the tips!

[Amber Miller]

ok. I tried dumping new footage with these settings. Seems to be a TON better. 🙂

Several more questions if you would~

Now, how should I have the sequence settings setup?

Frame size I have set to 1440×1080 of course

What about the pixel aspect ratio? Difference b/w HD 1440×1080 vs. square/ anamorphic?

Field dominance I match to the clip (that being upper)

And the compressor to Apple ProRes 422

Should I keep it interlaced I assume? (under the advance tab)

What is 4:4:4 chroma filtering?

What would be the best way to convert all my pre-made animations to suit this format better?

ALSO:

I just noticed I’m getting ECC errors in my memory status for one stick.
From what I read.. says not to worry. Should I?

Thanks for the help. The Apple dude obviously didn’t know much.

[Amber Miller]

OK– Nevermind. I found it in the A/V settings. HDV- Apple ProRes 422

Now, you’re saying I should just capture it this way and edit? Or then convert to something else like DVCPro HD?

[Amber Miller]

I think you got me confused now.
In the easy setup- I selected ProRes 422 TO BEGIN WITH under the format option. That’s what my current project is. And I thought you said ProRes was my problem and to use something more like DVCPro HD.
Is it actually supposed to say HDV to ProRes422 – Sony – 1080i60 in the easy setup? Because I don’t see that. This is what I’m looking at below…… I appreciate the help!

[Amber Miller]

So, would you recommend capturing my HDV footage as:

HDV 1080i and then convert to DVCPro HD

or

ProRes and then convert to DVCPro HD

And by converting– I am using the batch export.

[Amber Miller]

Now, I guess I don’t understand what you mean by “logging purposes only”
What about HDV 1080i60 vs. DVCProHD? Would DVCProHD be better then?
Because i was trying 1080i60 and it still seemed to be a drag.

[Amber Miller]

Thank you for all the feedback guys. I need it.

Here are screen captures of my timeline and how it looks all together.

I shoot on a HDV Sony FX1
Capturing via firewire to an External HD
All clips are captured as Apple ProRes 422
1440 x 1080
29.97 fps
The juicer (american flag) AND sequence settings are both converted to Apple ProRess 422 1440 x 1080
The Render Control Codec is also set to ProRes 422
I’ve tried 8 bit, 10 bit, and RGB under the video processing settings.

[Amber Miller]

They must be working on commission. Unreal, eh? Glad I’m researching.
The juice file is .mov and not keyed. But, I do have a garbage matte on it and the regular video files.
And a color corrector. And that’s all.

6 tracks cuz it was a multi- camera shoot.
This is dragging me down. Augh!

So, other than a fast processor- any other suggestions?
My external drive? Wrong settings? I don’t know.
This is crazy considering I have a $5,000 machine here.

[Amber Miller]

Yes, 2 hours to render 3 minutes of video. The only filters i’m using is an 8 point matte and 1 color corrector. And 1 track is a “Juicer” (pre-made animation). Something has to be wrong. I was using firewire and the apple guy suggested to upgrade to esata. I did that and haven’t notice any difference in rendering speed. And then he suggested the kona card. So, what might you suggest? I am very frustrated here.

Thanks!
Amber