Re: HDV archive

Craig- Don't you loose the benefits of prores when you export using hdv?

Good question. I've gone down the path (and the assumption) that if I shoot, edit and export in HDV native I can't keep it any cleaner. Except for the added graphics and effects I have a clone of what I shot.

But just what does the FCP 'render in ProRes' option do? I assume that every video render in the HDV timeline is rendered in ProRes... but when it is exported the ProRes is conformed to HDV. So I have the best of both worlds..... no re-compression on my basic clips and a clean codec on my video effects. And I have a very small file size.

I digitize, edit and export in ProRes (an intraframe codec) when I know I'm going to have lots of layered graphics and effects to speed up the editing process, not for quality.

I may be off base here. I hope someone jumps in an corrects me if I'm wrong.
Jerry

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