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Eric Strand
July 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Exporting 1920 X 1080 comes out 720 X 480

Check that your sequence isn’t set to SD. In the menu bar go to Sequence > Settings
Eric Strand
July 17, 2012 at 2:35 pm in reply to: Alternative to Apple ProRes?

I wouldn’t use DNxHD 36, this is meant as a proxy format and while you will be saving space, you’ll also be losing quality.

Apple Intermediate is an 8 bit 4:2:0 codec meant to use when you’re editing long-GOP formats such as HDV. While mpeg2 is long-GOP it sounds like you’re shooting 50Mbps 4:2:2 video, so by using apple intermediate you’d be losing that color fidelity. Rather than spending the time to transcode all your footage and end up losing either bits or color fidelity, I would just store my footage as native mpeg2 mxf. It’ll save you time and quality to just archive it native.
Eric Strand
July 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm in reply to: Alternative to Apple ProRes?

You’re correct that the reason you don’t have ProRes is because you don’t have Final Cut Studio.

It is a good format for archiving files, but you can archive your native raw footage. This would be ideal anyway since it’s the purest form of your footage. If you want another format to archive in, you could use Avid DNxHD, since you can download the Quicktime component free of charge.

https://www.avid.com/US/industries/workflow/DNxHD-Codec
Eric Strand
July 11, 2012 at 9:02 pm in reply to: System ID got moved, FCP won’t open, please advise!

Awesome, I was really waiting to hear what if it worked!
Eric Strand
July 11, 2012 at 8:53 pm in reply to: System ID got moved, FCP won’t open, please advise!

Hey Mark,

I looked on my system and they both go in Mac HD > Library > Application Support > ProApps
Eric Strand
July 11, 2012 at 1:57 pm in reply to: Access to the compression data of a video

Try MediaInfo

https://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
Eric Strand
July 10, 2012 at 2:34 pm in reply to: compress in MOV so it’s the lightest possible

You’ll want to tweak the data rate. Your video is so small you should be able to lower the data rate to 400-500 kpbs.
Eric Strand
July 10, 2012 at 2:33 pm in reply to: Best compressor settings for high def footage for archiving?

Hey John, you should really just save the files as is, straight off the card. The files are already highly compressed to h.264. They may seem huge, but say compared to ProRes, they’re manageable, especially for archiving.
Eric Strand
June 27, 2012 at 1:35 am in reply to: x264 best H264 codec says MSU research and testing

Craig how are you using x264, the MyCometG3 plugin or a GUI or…?

I noticed they mentioned 2 GUI implementations, do you know of any good free x264 GUI programs besides Handbrake?

Just curious.

Thanks
Eric Strand
June 21, 2012 at 2:11 am in reply to: Converting PAL to NTSC in FCP, Compressor or iDVD?

Use Apple Compressor. You should transcode before editing and keep it in ProRes.

[Geoff Bell] ” Finally what NTSC video format would be ideal for HD video on DVD?”

All DVD’s are SD. If you want HD you have to author a Blu-Ray disc.

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