What's the Easiest HD material to natively edit in CS3? at DVinfo.net

Jacob Mason · September 27th, 2007, 09:02 PM

What's the Easiest HD material/codec that I can natively edit in PP CS3?
My main priority at the moment is speed and efficiency.
In contrast, what's the most difficult?
Thank you.

Graham Hickling · September 27th, 2007, 10:39 PM

I suppose 720p30 material in a very lightly compressed codec like huffyuv avi would be the 'easiest' on your cpu, although somewhat demanding on your hardrives because of the large fiiles.

I assume you mean 'native' in the sense of not needing an external codec like Cineform installed, in which case I suppose huffyuv isnt really native (even though its free and takes 2 clicks to install).

Personally I think the cineform codecs (Aspect 1440x1080i or Prospect 1920x1080i) provide the best balance of file size vs. processor demand vs quality, but they are quite pricey.

Jacob Mason · September 28th, 2007, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Hickling

I suppose 720p30 material in a very lightly compressed codec like huffyuv avi would be the 'easiest' on your cpu, although somewhat demanding on your hardrives because of the large fiiles.

I assume you mean 'native' in the sense of not needing an external codec like Cineform installed, in which case I suppose huffyuv isnt really native (even though its free and takes 2 clicks to install).

Personally I think the cineform codecs (Aspect 1440x1080i or Prospect 1920x1080i) provide the best balance of file size vs. processor demand vs quality, but they are quite pricey.

Thanks for your response.
I'm aware of Cineform's ability to assist in HDV editing, but do either Cineform or Huffyuv provide an efficient intermediate for AVCHD to be edited in Premier?

Julian Maytum · September 28th, 2007, 10:33 PM

Cineform is too expensive and I can't get Huffyuv to work with this vista system.. either the latest or an earlier version that is supposed to work.. really sucks.

David Moody · September 28th, 2007, 11:24 PM

My time is too valuable to spend hours on workarounds with free software.

I consider Cineform to be a good value.

Graham Hickling · September 29th, 2007, 11:43 PM

Another possibility would be the Lagarith Lossless Video Codec (google for it).

It's multiprocesor aware, seems stable in XP (no clue about Vista sorry), and free.

In YUY2 mode it produces files that are about 2.4X the size of the equivalent Cineform file.

Julian Maytum · September 30th, 2007, 10:36 AM

Thanks Graham I will check it out!

September 27th, 2007, 09:02 PM	#1
Jacob Mason Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 205	What's the Easiest HD material to natively edit in CS3? What's the Easiest HD material/codec that I can natively edit in PP CS3? My main priority at the moment is speed and efficiency. In contrast, what's the most difficult? Thank you.

September 28th, 2007, 10:33 PM	#4
Julian Maytum Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mount Pearl, NL, Canada Posts: 69	Cineform is too expensive and I can't get Huffyuv to work with this vista system.. either the latest or an earlier version that is supposed to work.. really sucks. __________________ Julian Maytum www.MyWebMovie.com

September 30th, 2007, 10:36 AM	#7
Julian Maytum Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mount Pearl, NL, Canada Posts: 69	Thanks Graham I will check it out! __________________ Julian Maytum www.MyWebMovie.com

September 27th, 2007, 10:39 PM	#2
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	I suppose 720p30 material in a very lightly compressed codec like huffyuv avi would be the 'easiest' on your cpu, although somewhat demanding on your hardrives because of the large fiiles. I assume you mean 'native' in the sense of not needing an external codec like Cineform installed, in which case I suppose huffyuv isnt really native (even though its free and takes 2 clicks to install). Personally I think the cineform codecs (Aspect 1440x1080i or Prospect 1920x1080i) provide the best balance of file size vs. processor demand vs quality, but they are quite pricey.

September 28th, 2007, 11:24 PM	#5
David Moody Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 86	My time is too valuable to spend hours on workarounds with free software. I consider Cineform to be a good value.

September 29th, 2007, 11:43 PM	#6
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Another possibility would be the Lagarith Lossless Video Codec (google for it). It's multiprocesor aware, seems stable in XP (no clue about Vista sorry), and free. In YUY2 mode it produces files that are about 2.4X the size of the equivalent Cineform file.