Creative COW | Mike Jackson | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/mikejackson/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Jackson. Sun, 03 May 2026 09:20:58 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 26480bdb4b2db6efd892e788330321e7 Mike Jackson replied to the discussion in the forum https://creativecow.net/?post_type=topic&p=363873%2F&view=all#post-363876 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:07:54 +0000 Well, there’s not much more I can say without writing an essay on the finishing process and how it relates to Premiere’s functionality.

ProRes422(HQ) gives you the best image quality bang for buck. It hits the sweet spot for image quality vs. file size vs. smooth playback, and you can push a grade pretty far in it before you see any artifacting… Read more

]]> 2828acaa8cac6441dbcee9325f8b8b6e Mike Jackson replied to the discussion in the forum https://creativecow.net/?post_type=topic&p=363873%2F&view=all#post-363874 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:50:13 +0000 Premiere can play most codecs smoothly, but some will play better than others. RED footage tends to perform poorly unless you play at half-rez or have a tricked-out system, and I find 4K H264 stutters frequently.

If you’re talking about what to render previews in and finish in, most people I know would argue for some flavor of ProRes (if you’re… Read more

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