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Jim Curtis
Inspiring
August 2, 2018
Question

Anybody using Apple Compressor with Pr?

  • August 2, 2018
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Seems like buying Compressor for $50 and getting access to the ProRes 444 codec makes a lot more sense than transcoding my footage using Adobe Media Encoder and wasting 25% of my drive space using ProRes 4444, since my footage doesn't have an alpha channel, and those files are HUGE!

Is anybody doing this, and have any caveats, upsides, downsides, or success stories they can share?

Mac only, obviously.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    August 2, 2018

    Switch to DNx in the MXF wrapper.

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    Jim CurtisAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2018

    Good idea.

    I don't see an export option for DNxHR in MXF OP1a Format in Premiere (although I do see lots of other codecs).

    I do see a DNxHR codec using Quicktime Format.

    Do you happen to have a link or tip for doing this in Pr, AME, or Ae?

    Is there a good reason to use MXF instead of QT?

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    Meg The Dog
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2018

    In your first post you mentioned ProRes 444. I'm not sure I've ever heard of that flavor of ProRes. It's not listed in the Apple List of ProRes codecs:

    About Apple ProRes - Apple Support

    and does not appear as an option in Compressor running on my machine:

    MtD

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