Re-export from Color, or CC Uncompressed file?
by Greg Lee
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Jun 29, 2008 at 8:47:30 am
Here's what is quite possibly a stupid question, but alas... I've CC'd a DVCPROHD project in Color and exported it 8-bit uncompressed (possibly overkill, but I've got the drive space, so why not). Now, I want to globally bring the luma down, and I've already exported the project from FCP into an uncompressed quicktime.
So here's the question... If I bring that single uncompressed quicktime file into Color, do a curves adjustment on it and re-render, will I lose a generation of quality, or is Uncompressed+filter-to-Uncompressed immune from generation loss?
The option, though less appealing, is doing a global primary out adjustment on all the original clips in Color, re-export to Final Cut, re-export to single Quicktime. Obviously, more steps.
Re: Re-export from Color, or CC Uncompressed file? by walter biscardi on Jun 29, 2008 at 12:04:18 pm
[Greg Lee]"The option, though less appealing, is doing a global primary out adjustment on all the original clips in Color, re-export to Final Cut, re-export to single Quicktime. Obviously, more steps."
That would yield the cleanest results.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
Re: Re-export from Color, or CC Uncompressed file? by Dean Sensui on Jun 30, 2008 at 10:43:46 am
Do a global primary out and re-render. You don't have to re-export to FCP because Color will overwrite the previous files (if you haven't changed the output file path), and FCP will re-link to the new files.
