rick.lang wrote:Pat, thanks for that link. I always optimize my raw to ProRes HQ for editing/grading in Resolve on my iMac. Wondering if anyone here would recommend DNxHR as a better intermediate codec for my use case?
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If you're not using Avid, or better yet Avid News or those products it won't really matter, I think the discussion is a workflow or/and delivery option - where either the ENG/DOC must be in as fast as possible in AVID consumable or quickly send out to post to it without AMA plugins or transcode - So if lack of DNxHD never impacted your workflow - or you don't cut or deliver raw in AVID formats then it won't impact you much, esp. if you have a GPU where you can re-dump the stuff. I did have jobs where the memory cards were from the studio, so there yeah, they will create hell if even 30 seconds of delay to prime exist. - Unless all the +1's just really like AVID. Some folks like to get things out the door quick, and DNxHD and MXF container support would help them or their post people. Post tools that handle ProRes well may not be best for DF broadcast and tight deadlines. This is why everyone is asking about it - that is my assumption.
Like I literally spent a ton of time with a team from Phillips figuring out what the generational loss was on ProRes422 interlaced for ATSC 1080 broadcast, while someone else asked from business - but what do we do for Avid News? - So options are good, but that does not mean that ProRes or DNxHD are some how not neck and neck. I think it's more a workflow issue, tooling issue more than colorspace or codec per se of codec issue. Because if you have a long post cycle, ProRes is very very good, but if you need something right away in Media Composer DNx... is much much better.
Basically if you were never in a situation where you dump your SSD media on a NetBook in a Starbucks on their WIFI so you can go to air or social media first, then this won't impact you at all. - Sort of like the photo crowd that shoots on MicroSSD cards so they can plug it into the android phones and send it up.
But just to be clear. I support all options given the duality of our business all the way from scripted and lit all the way to ENG in the trenches - and I also support each persons workflow preferences be it PC or MAC, be it AVID, FCP, Resolve or Premiere.