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Brainiac
February 20, 2018
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Exporting, Archiving The Master File

  • February 20, 2018
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Hello Everyone.

I have a Sony PXW-Z150. Please look at the Attachment files. When Import the 4k Files, I Drag My files Into New Item, and after editing, I go to the Export

Media, and I use the Format: DNxHR/DNxHD MXF OP1a. 

I heard different stories. Some people say, Its better to use H264, and some say, use the HEVC (H.265)  and I also heard, only Check the Match Sequence Settings Box.

Would you please look at my Screen-Shots, and let me know what you recommend for Mastering and Archiving.

Also, Is there any Codec, that  I can Download for this  camera, or whatever is Inside the Premiere Pro, I should use.

Thank You Very Much.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Brainiac
    February 20, 2018

    For Masters, I'm a fan of the Cineform and UT codecs.  The first is built-in to Adobe software, the latter can be added to your system below.

    https://www.videohelp.com/software/Ut-Video-Codec-Suite

    Cineform is visually lossless at a Quality level of 4.  It's comparable to ProRes HQ and DNxHR, but often with a better quality/file size ratio.  UT is mathematically lossless.  You just can't get any better than that.

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      SAFEHARBOR11
      Participating Frequently
      February 20, 2018

      Good advice from Jim. I will add that H.264 and H.265 are VERY highly-compressed formats really meant for delivery, not mastering. You want a larger, less-compressed file for that, which will be pretty much "lossless quality" from what you edited. Then from that high-quality master, you can later export to various other compressed delivery formats as needed.

      I saw a post yesterday from a person that got their indie movie accepted for distribution, but the only copy they had was an .mp4, ouch!!

      There really are no export formats that "match" exactly what the camera recorded in, nor is that something you should strive for because again, camera recording formats generally have high compression applied and you want subsequent copies to not be compressed like that again.

      I'd never rely on "Match Source" since you don't know what you will get - choose a good intermediate codec like the ones Jim mentioned or DNxHD (or ProRes on Mac) - and just make sure the settings match yourself, meaning frame rate, frame size, pixel aspect, and fields.

      Thanks

      Jeff Pulera

      Safe Harbor Computers

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        SAFEHARBOR11
        Participating Frequently
        February 20, 2018

        I Downloaded the utvideo 1901, and I Installed It. But, inside Premiere Pro I don't see It.

        Inside Sequence Settings- Video Preview- Codec, I do see DNxHD, and DNxHR

        and Inside Export Settings: I see the same setting as Above Image

        Also, I like to know If these are the correct steps.

        1- Import the Clip to Premiere Pro.

        2- Drag the Clip to the New Item

        3- Continue Editing, adding Effects, color correcting, Adjustment Layers, and other Effects

        4- Export the Master, and change the Codec To: UT.

        my Confusion Is: are these correct steps ?

        Would you please correct me with the Steps.

        Also, can you send me a Screen-Shots of Sequence Settings,  and Export Window.

        Thank you very much.


        You always want to have Premiere closed when installing new codecs, or you will need to close/restart it before newly-added codecs show up.

        In Export Settings, choose AVI as the FORMAT, then under the VIDEO tab, hit the drop-down for VIDEO CODEC and you should find UT then (and any other available Video for Windows .avi codecs that are installed). Be sure to correctly set parameters as mentioned earlier. You can then SAVE that as a PRESET for use next time.

        Having not used UT before, just installed it and found that there are MANY variations of it, so I'll have to let Jim advise which are appropriate. Probably one of the 422 versions, but I'm not sure which to recommend myself!

        Thanks

        Jeff

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