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slceric
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November 11, 2016
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Best Possible Quality [iPhone 7 Plus using Filmic Pro]

  • November 11, 2016
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I'm shooting some video in Portland today and I'm looking for the BEST possible quality.

I plan on shooting with my iPhone 7 Plus using Filmic Pro. I will set the bitrate to the highest setting (for 120fps it's 50mbsp and for 4k it's 100mbps).

Here's my question.

I don't know if I should shoot in 4K today then downsize the files using Handbrake (for a constant frame rate) then edit them in Premiere Pro. Or if I should just shoot in 1080p and then run them through Handbrake (for a constant frame rate) and then edit in PrPro. Or if I should shoot in 4K, run the files through Handbrake (for a constant framerate) and do the downsizing in PrPro.

I just hate working with these files in PrPro because the 4K files are SO FREAKING LAGGY. And even the 1080p files that have been run through Handbrake are laggy and it's very hard to work with them. But if I don't get the constant framerate by utilizing Handbrake first, then the video comes out looking horrid. Maybe my Handbrake settings need a tweak so these files are usable in PrPro.

Also, working with different resolutions in PrPro seems difficult as well. I never know what my sequence settings should be. Match the 1080p files? Match the 4k files? Match the 30fps files? The 120fps files?

Thanks for any help as I head out and start shooting today. I'm thinking of shooting 4K, 30fps, and 1080p, 120fps only today. That way I get the highest quality 4K files and can figure out the HB stuff later. The 120fps files can only be shot in 1080p on my phone anyway.

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    excited_Genie16B8
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    November 11, 2016

    I'm looking for the BEST possible quality.

    I plan on shooting with my iPhone

    Which is it?  Because those are two mutually exclusive statements.

    jstrawn
    jstrawn
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    November 11, 2016

    If you want "best possible quality" then you need to shoot with something besides an IPhone. No matter how much the processing power increases, quality will always be limited by a tiny phone lens which won't let much light in and is nearly impossible to keep very clean. If you don't have access to a real video device and if you don't mind the quality limitation of your phone, then I say just make it easier on yourself and shoot at 1080p.

    Or if you do decide to shoot 4k and then edit it in PrPro, you should consider using a proxy workflow to boost performance.

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    slcericAuthor
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    November 11, 2016

    Thank you for attempting to reply. I suppose I should have been more clear.  I have other video equipment. But the point of my shoot today is to get the most that I can get out of my iPhone. I want to see what it is capable of.

    So I wanted to see if it was better to scale to 1080p in Handbrake or to scale it down in PrPro.

    I also asked about a way to make PrPro perform better. It can't even handle 1080p files without a bunch of lag.  I have a $3000 PC with plenty of processing power.  I used to use Sony Vegas ( until they changed hands)  and had no problems with any lag on this computer with the same types of files.  I have recently switched over to the Adobe Cloud platform and I've had nothing but trouble with Premier Pro.  Lag lag lag.  Doesn't seem to matter what my project is.

    I asked these questions because I'm not an expert and I want to squeeze the most performance that I can out of my iPhone today.

    Thanks again.

    shooternz
    shooternz
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    November 11, 2016
    So I wanted to see if it was better to scale to 1080p in Handbrake or to scale it down in PrPro.

    Why not do a test of your intended workflow?

    It can't even handle 1080p files without a bunch of lag.

    If your system cant even handle 1080p its kind of academic whatever you do IMHO

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