Hdcam re-edit. Digitize as ProRess Hq or 4444, or something else?

Director/producer has decided to cut a scene out of his movie. It is on HDCAM. What codec should we use to cut out the scene, ProRez/Uncompressed. The show originated on Canon Mark III.

All the music has changed too. So I'm getting new tracks, and will cut scene and conform MX at the same time.

ProRes422 would be fine, as all you are doing it a re-edit, no grading.

then again, ProResHQ will not tax your drives too much, and will make the producers happier.

4444 would be overkill, i suspect.


nick

Yea, ProRes 4444 is overkill for HDCAM, with no advantages over ProRes HQ, just larger files. Go with ProRes HQ or ProRes, as Nick said.



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