David Newman |
December 31st, 2005 12:56 AM |
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Originally Posted by John Hewat
1. Would Aspect be powerful enough to handle the HD footage?
2. Do you foresee future versions of a Cineform product for integrating HD footage from this camera directly into Premiere Pro?
3. Is the footage you converted to Cineform AVI degraded? And if so, is it substantial?
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1. Yes that is what it is designed from the ground up to do. Remember DVCPRO-HD is lower resolution than its HDV equivalent, so for the Aspect HD workflow today I would recommend up-res'ing the P2 source to 1280x720 or 1440x1080 as appropriate, as Aspect HD is designed for those resolutions (although it can handle 960x720 today if needed.)
2. Yes, at some future time a CineForm product will more directly support the new camera. If Panasonic would be more open to such support, it will be sooner more than later.
3. Technically any transcode is not mathematically lossless, we get about as close as you can get or need. Any work that uses compositing tools will actually benefit from the CineForm compression, resulting in lower generation losses than if you tried to stay within DVCPRO-HD, which is not designed for post. The CineForm approach will protect the image quality, even in more complex work-flows.
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