Intermediate codec for 7D footage with Premiere Pro CS3? at DVinfo.net

Heiko Saele · January 9th, 2011, 05:14 PM

Title says it all - what kind of intermediate codec would you choose for 7D footage in PPro CS3?
Footage is flat, shot with 0,-4,0,0 in the 7D and will be graded with Magic Bullet in PPro.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · January 9th, 2011, 10:04 PM

Maybe you have this covered:
Keep it native if all you're doing is editing. As far as color grading is concerned, you can take one pass at it without wavering too much away from your source quality.

If you're doing a lot of effects and re-rendering/precomping, etc, then either AVI (in parts) or an image sequence (TIFF, TGA, JPEG full quality, etc) should also preserve maximum data in these phases.

Do you have a specific need for an intermediate codec?

Heiko Saele · January 10th, 2011, 06:11 AM

I was thinking something like ProRes on the Mac. Some codec that is intended to be an intermediate format.

What do you mean by avi? Uncompressed? Avi is a file container, it can contain anything from uncompressed to divx...

Jon Shohet · January 10th, 2011, 08:08 AM

Cineform is considered the best. You could also try Avid DNxHD or the Matrox vfw codec, which are free.
If you have enough disk space and speed you could also go for lossless codecs like Lagarith or ut-video.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · January 10th, 2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heiko Saele

I was thinking something like ProRes on the Mac. Some codec that is intended to be an intermediate format.

Prores and cineform have many flavors as well. Like I mentioned, how many steps are involved in your post-production workflow + your system resources + time factor will decide the use of codec. AVI uncompressed is what I was referring to, but the file sizes will be insane, but so will uncompressed image sequences.

January 9th, 2011, 05:14 PM	#1
Heiko Saele Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wurzburg, Germany Posts: 316	Intermediate codec for 7D footage with Premiere Pro CS3? Title says it all - what kind of intermediate codec would you choose for 7D footage in PPro CS3? Footage is flat, shot with 0,-4,0,0 in the 7D and will be graded with Magic Bullet in PPro.

January 9th, 2011, 10:04 PM	#2
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	Maybe you have this covered: Keep it native if all you're doing is editing. As far as color grading is concerned, you can take one pass at it without wavering too much away from your source quality. If you're doing a lot of effects and re-rendering/precomping, etc, then either AVI (in parts) or an image sequence (TIFF, TGA, JPEG full quality, etc) should also preserve maximum data in these phases. Do you have a specific need for an intermediate codec? __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

January 10th, 2011, 06:11 AM	#3
Heiko Saele Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wurzburg, Germany Posts: 316	I was thinking something like ProRes on the Mac. Some codec that is intended to be an intermediate format. What do you mean by avi? Uncompressed? Avi is a file container, it can contain anything from uncompressed to divx...

January 10th, 2011, 08:08 AM	#4
Jon Shohet Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 277	Cineform is considered the best. You could also try Avid DNxHD or the Matrox vfw codec, which are free. If you have enough disk space and speed you could also go for lossless codecs like Lagarith or ut-video.