[Tel Jaba]

hello Walter. thanks for your help
so basically I can work in native format and that should be fine!
now, the finla output is going to be both HD and SD, so do you suggest that I work in XDCAM and only at the end to down convert to SD?
what about all the color correction work? the chroma key? will there be a problem when converting from HD to SD? will I have to do it separately on each format?

where does ProRess 422 come in this process?

[Tel Jaba]

sorry about the incomplete information
the media is shot on Sony EX3, it is XDCAM 1080 25p
and about the G Raid it is the G-SPEED eS !

[Tel Jaba]

it is 1080 25p
we are going to be working with Raid hard drive
but the question is, that since we have lots of chromakey shots, and I’m gonna have to upload it to ho the client on the web to watch and approve
so is there a difference in time?

[Tel Jaba]

is that the same with all formats?
we are going to be working 1080 25p
no difference between Interlace and Progressive?

[Tel Jaba]

that is not possible for our production!!

[Tel Jaba]

any other Sony camera you could suggest?
what if we this is the only option (camera)?!!! should we just avoid the Chroma key and come up with another idea?

[Tel Jaba]

that doesnt sound good at all!
but what about transcoding to ProRes while capturing? would that change anything?

[Tel Jaba]

hey Craig , thanks a lot for your reply
we want to get as close as possible to a “film look” so we are going to be shooting 1920×1080 25p

did you trascode to ProRes or did you work with the native format?
will I need to transcode to proRes at all? (like at the end of the editing process for better result?)

what is the difference between XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX?

[Tel Jaba]

well I can say for sure that you cannot transcode to ProRes while Log and Transfer, I have been looking for that option for days now, and downloaded everything that is possible to download and still can’t find that option.

God it feels good, after all the silly questions I’ve been asking I am finally able to contribute a piece of information!!!

[Tel Jaba]

Thanks a lot for your encouraging words Rafael, that’s very kind

I knew it was going be a challenging since the day I took the project, and sometimes this whole thing sounds like “gebrish” to me, I appreciate all the help and advices I’m getting here because I want to hear from experience people in addition to the reading and testing that we are doing.
on top of all the confusion we are dealing with right now with the HD format we are going to be working with a FC server, so we have that too to worry about!!! so yeah… it is challenging

I want to make sure that we are working the right way so that we wont have to deal with technicalities too much and put all of our energy on the creative side of our job.

I think I will go with native material because we are going to have a huge amount of “rushes” we are going to be working on a series of 25 documentaries!!
we are going to purshase the AJA Kona 3 because we have lots of Archive material that is in different SD formats.