Todd Bunner
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Here are some suggestions to add to what others have said above;
Use ProRes Codec. Think about using separate drives for a) store footage on one drive, b) set cache/render settings on a separate drive. Buy faster hard drives (7200rpm minimum). Look into RAIDing two drives together for speed if needed.
If all else fails, get a better computer; processing speed and memory of MacPro > iMac or Macbook pro. (**astericks on the MacPro vs iMac, considering Apple hasn’t updated their pro line in years and MacPro is still buzzing on SATA II when the new iMacs got SATA III capability, lol.)
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Shane Ross’s response hit it right on the nose. I will add, most DSLR bitrates are ~50Mbps, and ProRes (LT) is ~99Mbps, which is double the data/bit-rate, and with 422 color space, whoever informed your DP is incorrect! Doubling the bitrate and at least preserving the lossy image resolution at ProRes (LT) is the smarter choice to edit in to avoid all of those nasty ‘Out of Memory Errors’ typically associated with working with H.264 footage in Final Cut 7. I’m Not familiar with Final Cut X.
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Hi Matthew,
I have found that FCP has all sorts of anomalies when dealing with color space, whether 24-bit RGB, or YUV and color space turned off. My best bet in all my years, was to trust Adobe After Effects when dealing with video projects for exporting photos to video to ensure no gamma shifting on multiple jobs/projects. People will give you all kinds of lines about what to follow, but remember software is not infallible, I’ve learned that over the years. I remember once where Adobe CS4 had a slight gamma shift to white when using ‘save for web’ when exporting a .png, and yet if you had done a normal ‘save as’, it would be correct. -
While you are partially correct that one should pay attention to pixels, the previous user does have a valid point at not making the image any larger than 72dpi, as this IS the maximum resolution of video. (if you were to have a 150dpi or 300dpi at 1920×1080 pixels you would just be doubling or quadrupling its resolution from the needed 72dpi, which is all that is needed). Its a screen resolution, and Photoshop even currently has a default setting of 1920×1080 at 72dpi for the default HD video setting.