Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:35 am
The flavor of ProRes makes a big difference, and it depends on what you need. If you need responsive editing, ProResLT is significantly faster than ProRes422. There’s not as much of a difference between proxy and LT as there is from LT to 422.
But all of those are only suitable for editing, not grading. For grading, it’s best to stay in RAW if you can, but if not, at least use 4444.
This all depends on your machine, too. If you can decode better quality with no hitches, go for it. Do some A/B testing between different flavors and use the scopes to judge where you’re sacrificing quality.
The amount of fast drive space you’re willing to dedicate may also be worth considering.
Also, the quality of the source footage matters. If the originals used 411 chroma subsampling, transcoding to 4444 wouldn’t improve the quality, for example.
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Jason Conrad on Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
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