From PC to ProRes - workflow advice?

[Timo Teravainen]

So if there's a need to output ProRes when when working with the Windows Resolve.. any cross-platform workflow suggestions/experiences? I'm most worried about possible gamma issues. What intermediate format would be the smartest choice - DPX/TIFF/Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 Quicktime/DNxHD...?

 

[Dermot Shane]

Almost everyone will take DNx175/10bit in place of ProRezHQ these days... that's where i start the discussion

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[Nikola Stefanovic]

DNxHD is 1920x1080 10 bit codec, Prores 4444 is 12 bit RGB codec with alpha and up to 4K.

 

[Rosario Balistreri]

I advise TIFF 16bit and then ProRes 4444

 

[Chase M. Wrenn]

Almost everyone will take DNx175/10bit in place of ProRezHQ these days... that's where i start the discussion

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Unfortunately for us, Apple won't

 

[Alexis Vanier]

I'm with Dermot and Rosario. I'll be glad to see ProRes go. Even though it's a nice codec, the gamma issues are a godawful nightmare. Right now I'm exporting for a client zipped 4k DPX. Perhaps you can do DPX to mac AE to ProRes?

 

[Alexis Vanier]

Google is your friend, and this is really good night reading.

EDIT : Enhanced post's niceness.

 

[Timo Teravainen]

Thanks for your comments. That's what I also figured, DPX and TIFF sequences being the best options for an intermediate. Would be simpler workflow-wise not to involve a round in After Effects, that's why uncompressed QT seems also a good option, straight from Resolve to Final Cut. Have to do some testing..

 

[Dermot Shane]

Unfortunately for us, Apple won't

that not correct, DnxHD codec's have been supported in Apple for years and years now.

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[Chase M. Wrenn]

that not correct, DnxHD codec's have been supported in Apple for years and years now.

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For our deliveries, iTunes will only accept ProRes 422 HQ or Apple Uncompressed, or certain mpeg streams.

DNxHD is not an option.

 

[Yohance Brown]

How about exporting your resolve project file and opening up the project in Resolve lite on a Mac? Then do your pro res export from that machine.

Just a thought.

 

[paulherrin]

dpx, tiff, or exr...

however, when you start worrying about an intermediary format... i'd start thinking about an alternate deliverable. discuss it with your client... long story short, it always saves $$$ to render once.

prores hardly makes since coming off a pc workflow.

 

[Timo Teravainen]

How about exporting your resolve project file and opening up the project in Resolve lite on a Mac? Then do your pro res export from that machine.

Just a thought.

That's a good idea, worth trying.

 

[jake blackstone]

How about exporting your resolve project file and opening up the project in Resolve lite on a Mac? Then do your pro res export from that machine.

How about BM start writing Prores on Windows side, like FilmMaster? It is obviously doable...

 

[Paul Sage]

How about BM start writing Prores on Windows side, like FilmMaster? It is obviously doable...

Yep and Clipster has been able to write Prores for a while now. So its obviously a licensing issue with Apple. Hopefully BM gets this worked out for Resolve.