Correct Encoding Workflow

Aloha

I have about 1000 clips I need to edit / color correct and reencode to Photo-jpeg. The original clips are from a sony ex3 - mpeg-2. In the past I would edit/correct and then export each clip using prores codec. I would then batch export using compressor to Photo-jpeg.

I understand that I can just export to photo-jpeg using fcp - the reason I created a prores master was incase I needed to re-encode to a different format - the editing / color correction would be already done.

My question is there a better way to do this? Do I risk losing quality using the above process? IE - MPEG2 to PRORES to PhotoJpeg. I always feel that after you add a second encoding you lose quality.

Thanks
Sean

Yes and No

You do loose some quality for each compresion but it is negligible. You have already lost the most by starting in mpeg2. I think your process is sound and i can't say too much to make it better. Just do a good CC on it and you will be fine.

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