High quality delivery format? at DVinfo.net

Paul Cotton · March 25th, 2010, 11:50 PM

I've just finished a filmfest project that had lots of complex compositing. The filmfest requires the media to be delivered in a '.mov' format. My sequence settings are set to Pro-Res. I've exported to a self contained Pro Res file (1920/1080-29.97fps). Do you think this is the best format to give them? I'd prefer not to re-compress to anything but I'm not sure if Pro Res is playable on a machine that doesn't have QT Pro. Tomorrow is the deadline and I likely won't have time to re-upload another format. Any thoughts?

Robert Lane · March 26th, 2010, 08:24 AM

Welcome to the forums, Paul.

No, ProRes is not a delivery format and you should ask the people at the filmfest what format they want their finals in. QT is just a wrapper but they should have specifics about exactly what file/format type they have the ability to playback.

Best to ask them then have any of us guess.

William Hohauser · March 26th, 2010, 10:30 AM

Check out my post in another DVinfo forum here:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/techniqu...shed-work.html

Actually ProRes is becoming a standard HD delivery format. Especially for shorts since the files can fit on a data DVD but also feature length digital cinema by hard drive. 90gb for a feature, not bad. Everyone can read ProRes in the Windows world so re-compression to Windows based MPEG servers isn't an issue anymore. And as an editor for festivals I can tell you that I appreciate a ProRes file over an HD h.264 file any day. What your festival wants should be in their documentation.

Mathieu Ghekiere · March 27th, 2010, 03:13 AM

I also notice around me that Prores is becoming a more accepted delivery format. And I understand too, it's great quality and not too massive in size.

March 25th, 2010, 11:50 PM	#1
Paul Cotton Tourist Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kelowna BC Canada Posts: 1	High quality delivery format? I've just finished a filmfest project that had lots of complex compositing. The filmfest requires the media to be delivered in a '.mov' format. My sequence settings are set to Pro-Res. I've exported to a self contained Pro Res file (1920/1080-29.97fps). Do you think this is the best format to give them? I'd prefer not to re-compress to anything but I'm not sure if Pro Res is playable on a machine that doesn't have QT Pro. Tomorrow is the deadline and I likely won't have time to re-upload another format. Any thoughts?

March 26th, 2010, 10:30 AM	#3
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Check out my post in another DVinfo forum here: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/techniqu...shed-work.html Actually ProRes is becoming a standard HD delivery format. Especially for shorts since the files can fit on a data DVD but also feature length digital cinema by hard drive. 90gb for a feature, not bad. Everyone can read ProRes in the Windows world so re-compression to Windows based MPEG servers isn't an issue anymore. And as an editor for festivals I can tell you that I appreciate a ProRes file over an HD h.264 file any day. What your festival wants should be in their documentation. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

March 27th, 2010, 03:13 AM	#4
Mathieu Ghekiere Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,195	I also notice around me that Prores is becoming a more accepted delivery format. And I understand too, it's great quality and not too massive in size. __________________ http://productionsofthe3rdkind.com http://pr3k.com

March 26th, 2010, 08:24 AM	#2
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,823 Images: 15	Welcome to the forums, Paul. No, ProRes is not a delivery format and you should ask the people at the filmfest what format they want their finals in. QT is just a wrapper but they should have specifics about exactly what file/format type they have the ability to playback. Best to ask them then have any of us guess.