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1. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
JSS1138 May 27, 2011 11:29 AM (in response to Webshark2000)best format I should send them in to keep from losing any quality, but still keeping the file sizes managable?
Those are two polar opposite targets. Choose one.
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2. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
able123 May 27, 2011 11:40 AM (in response to Webshark2000)=============
and I don't know what editing software this other company will be using.
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is there any way to find out ?? Since they will go to SD with DVD authoring you have some leeway but I would talk to them if you could and ask what they prefer to edit if that's possible.
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3. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
Webshark2000 May 27, 2011 11:59 AM (in response to JSS1138)JSS1138 wrote:
Those are two polar opposite targets. Choose one.I guess I just meant, I didn't want to unnecessarily increase the file sizes without gaining any quality.
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4. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
Harm Millaard May 27, 2011 1:05 PM (in response to Webshark2000)gaining any quality.
is not possible. It is about minimizing quality loss. Uncompressed, Lagarith or UT are your best options, but they will all increase file size.
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5. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
shooternz May 27, 2011 1:17 PM (in response to Webshark2000)AVID: DNxHD is an excellent intermediate codec for cross platform or cross facilty workflows.
Google it. Its free and there is a version for both platforms.
I know it works in Premiere, Avid and FCP. I dont know about Vegas
You can control the file size with in it but everyone else is right about quality vs. file size. YOu cant have both.
Why would you worry about file size anyway? You are handing it off and you want your work best represented quality wise.
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6. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
Webshark2000 May 27, 2011 1:59 PM (in response to Harm Millaard)Harm Millaard wrote:
is not possible. It is about minimizing quality loss. Uncompressed, Lagarith or UT are your best options, but they will all increase file size.Sorry Harm, I'm not communicating myself well. What I meant is that I know I can't gain any quality by increasing the file size, just like converting an MP3 file to a WAV isn't going to increase its quality, even though the size will be much larger. So what I was looking for was the best method for compression that wouldn't lose any quality over the original files (which were AVCHD), but also wouldn't unnecessarily increase the file size.
The reason I didn't want to increase the file size for no reason was because we will be delivering the files on DVD-R discs and I rather burn and ship as few of them as I need to.
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7. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
JSS1138 May 27, 2011 2:04 PM (in response to Webshark2000)What we're trying to say is that any compression will involve some degree of quality degradation. To retain all the original quality of the already compressed AVCHD originals, you will have to increase the file size by a significant amount.
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8. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
shooternz May 27, 2011 3:36 PM (in response to Webshark2000)Can I suggest you transfer the files on something like a USB Drive. I have a WD Elements 500GB drive that cost about USD$50.00 .
Basically disposable.
Sure beats all that burning of files and organising it so that they fit on a DVD file size limit.
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9. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
John T Smith May 27, 2011 3:54 PM (in response to shooternz)I don't remember the size and cost, but I signed up for Newegg sales notices a long time ago, and they have a Memorial day sale going on right now that has external drives
If the OP will go to Newegg and find their "membership" page and sign up, he will receive discount notices
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10. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
Webshark2000 May 31, 2011 5:24 AM (in response to John T Smith)Thanks guys. I wasn't think about the fact that recompressing them, even using a relatively lossless codec (like Lagarith) will still lose a little quality.
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11. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
JSS1138 May 31, 2011 9:54 AM (in response to Webshark2000)Lagarith is actually a lossless codec. It should not degrade the quality in any way. The same for UT codec or Uncompressed. Any MPEG based codec, like H.264, will involve some degree of degradation.
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12. Re: Best format to export 1920x1080i clips that will undergo additional editing?
Webshark2000 May 31, 2011 11:32 AM (in response to JSS1138)JSS1138 wrote:
Lagarith is actually a lossless codec.
I didn't realize it was completely lossless. Good to know.
Thanks Jim!




