[Lisa Rolley]

Sorry I forgot to mention that I have everything set to Dynamic as it recommends but still playback issues continue…i am hoping i just don’t understand one of the other recommendations and that someone can walk me through getting this puppy to playback.

[Lisa Rolley]

Thanks again everyone,

So for SD workflow uncompressed 10 bit is ideal and if there is alpha info then i just drop the animation QT into the 10 it timeline and render – i will not loose the alpha info?

What about for HD workflows – were you saying that this is where ProRes422HQ comes in?

The reason for the questions is that my office just got the blackmagic HD extreme card and we are running A single 8core MacPro with 2 “personalities” sharing the same 4TB dedicated of edit storage for FCP & Avid Mojo.

any advice would be great

thanks
Lisa

[Lisa Rolley]

Hey Guys thanks for the schooling, so i deliver usually to Digi beta but I do also do daily web & DVD delivery to clients and agencys so what would you guys recommend for these workflows?

I am just beginning to get my footing in this and things are busy where i work so a workflow recipe is what i am looking for.

look forward to hearing from you and have a great weekend

best
Lisa

[Lisa Rolley]

And in terms of quality its still as good if not better – also you guys had mentioned alpha channels so if i get stuff with alpha can i also use blackmagic uncompressed 10 bit?

thanks so much for the help
best
Lisa

[Lisa Rolley]

usually animators will give me animation codec qt’s that are 720×486 or 720×540 – i would like to know what format i should be bringing into final cut in order to have highest quality possible without the sluggishness that u get. I have an 8core macpro with 500gb storage on a 2nd internal sata drive.

I also do not understand the changing of compressing setting in sequence settings – if the qt’s are animation or uncompressed 10 or 8 bit and then i switch it to say JPEG, DV/DVCPRO or DVCPRO 50 when i have picture locked then want to switch back to full resolution will everything truly be at full quality again?

I know i seem pretty confused so i apologize for my lack of experience.

thank you for your time

L

[Lisa Rolley]

Hey there Thanks for getting back to me you rock!

Ok so in this case there is no alpha so but then ideally i would have them kick out uncompressed 10 bit qt’s? Is the quality just as good as animation if not better and should i be requesting this format from AE & 3D guys and/or making qt’s out of tiff sequences from these guys?

I heard that the problem with these codecs is that unless you have a super fast raid system you cannot edit in real time – i even noticed this with the animation timeline this sluggishness.

[Lisa Rolley]

Thanks for replying

I guess my question now is so then what settings to edit in and how does this workflow work exactly – again i have about 15 qt’s that are 8&10 but uncompressed, animation & none codecs and i want to be able to edit smoothly and then once its finished bring it to a high res quality and export for web & dvd.

any advice on this workflow and how it works ?

thank you

[Lisa Rolley]

wow you rock sir thanks so much for taking the time to write this up really a huge life saver – good karma coming your way indeed

best

L

[Lisa Rolley]

i am not sure i really understand how to make the sequence 422 and then once the edit is locked bump everything up to full res – also what codec should the final thing be in? The majority of the qt movies are in either uncompressed 8 or 10 bit as well as animation.

any other ideas guys any help would be greatly appreciated in that i have to finish this over the wknd.

thank you