[Garrett Unglaub]

alright thank you that is helpful.

[Garrett Unglaub]

well it is a big nested composition. I would like to render green screen elements so they are easier to manipulate.

Not preview part of the project.

So a quick decoding lossless ((I meant dv is lossy but it’s only as good as the source…) codec which is better than uncompressed processor wise.

I have an older computer.

The studio has a dual quad core xeon

I have a dual xeon from 2003 at home 🙁

[Garrett Unglaub]

Sorry to bump in on the conversation, but I have something I’d like to ask about the choice of codecs.

If I am creating my ae render in pieces, rendering out each piece so that it is easier to preview, which codec would you reccomend for HD?

Animation does not seem to give any better file size than uncompressed, and it introduces noise.

I was a huge fan of huffyuv, but it is now old and does not decompress fast, which means long render times.

DV was an easy format to export to with SD because of the quick decompress and hardware assist as well as low generational decay (canopus)

I’ve heard good things about cineform, is this what I’m looking for?

I just cannot seem to find a good full frame lossless codec which decompresses faster than uncompressed for 720p hd.

Thank you
Garrett Unglaub