Cineform compression vs ProRez
 

Hi David,

Could you help me here, I am trying to do a quality analysis between ProRez and Cineform compression technology. The reason I ask is some of the post houses here swear by prores.

My question is quite simple, which is better? I know there are many variables to consider but at the best settings which produces a better picture?

Is there an article somewhere I could refer?

Thanks

Visual quality: Cineform wins
OSX workflow: ProZ
Win workflow: ;)

these are my opinions in daily usage of both codecs, not scientific facts
-Kaspar

Thanks Kaspar, I welcome all other feedback too. :-)

Cineform works on a Mac too...

We have found it difficult to do a perfect job with the objective evaluation as you have requested. The reason is that After Effects is our preferred tool for doing this evaluation, but ProRes only appears as 8 bits in AE, unless Apple has done an update in the mean time.

Thanks David,

I realise that objectivity is key to producing meaning results, however I don't mind some bias towards one or the other.