ProRess vs. DNXHD in MC6

I have quiet a bit of ProRess HQ material that I need to ingest. I also will have quiet a bit of material that I will transcode to DNXHD145. I'm wondering if there is a reason for or against bringing the ProRess in via Fast Import and keeping as ProRess or AMA'ing it and transcoding it to DNX145.

Scott Davis

Thanks for the reply, once again, Richard.

Scott Davis

Isn't it only the X DNxHD codecs that are 10 bit (185x, 220x)? Also important to say that all versions of ProRes are potentionally 10bit but only if you feed them a 10 bit source.

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ProResHQ is 10bit, ProRes(noHQ) is 8bit.

http://www.postproduction.be

Yup. All flavours can be 10bit. But again, only if they are fed a 10bit source. They do not convert 8bit up to 10bit.

Andy

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[Dirk DeJonghe] "OK, we are both right then."

No - not to pick holes, but this is a common misconception - you were wrong in your first statement.

Standard ProRes is 10-bit, exactly like ProResHQ (which just has a higher bitrate, so is less lossy).

It's misleading within this discussion to bring in the notion that converting an 8-bit source to 10-bits won't make it 10-bit; of course it won't. You could say that about any 10-bit codec.

Just making sure there's no confusion for anyone searching this thread, as I suspect this issue will come up for many 'switchers'.

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