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It's really unfair that nobody told me this before.

  • 25-04-2012 10:21pm
    #1
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭


    I finally realized that I should be transcoding all my footage from my 600d to mpeg2 / DNxHD / cineform, before I edit.

    I feel like an idiot. Gah.

    That's it really. just a serious f#


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  • #2
    Ballyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Ballyman


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    I finally realized that I should be transcoding all my footage from my 600d to mpeg2 / DNxHD / cineform, before I edit.

    Why? Why can't you edit it natively??


  • #3
    m83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭m83


    Many people, myself included, struggle to edit compressed video. ProRes 422 FTW.


  • #4
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    I don't have a decent enough pc to edit the files natively, anyways you're only getting 4:2:0 out so transcoding lets me push the colours further (4:2:2) when making the footage look pretty ;D.


  • #5
    Ballyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Ballyman


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    I don't have a decent enough pc to edit the files natively, anyways you're only getting 4:2:0 out so transcoding lets me push the colours further (4:2:2) when making the footage look pretty ;D.

    So I should convert all my footage to mpeg2 before I start editing?? I have hours and hours of footage from 4 different cameras to edit!!!!! Is there a quick way that you recommend that I do this??


  • #6
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    A lot of cameras use Long Gop compression which is CPU/memory intensive to decode on the fly, also if you apply a real time effect in Avid/FCP the clip will have to be rendered as these platforms run Mpeg compression.

    The never ending argument as to why "Tapeless" isn't always cheaper once you get to post production.


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  • #7
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    My use of 'you're' was directed to myself, I could never be so ignorant as to presume others are using an identical setup to mine. I need to grade flat 24p CineStyle footage in 1080p, I can't do that using the native codec. I found a way to get around that and also a way to edit with more control over my colours. I don't deal with hours and hours of footage so it's not a problem for me to spend 2-3 minutes transcoding a clip, colouring it, and then using in my main project window.


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