ProResSD - On a G5? You might want to avoid it
Aug/17/2007 18:41 Filed under:
Post-Production
After
the results of the ProResSD tests I performed, I've started using
it in situations where pristine quality wasn't a concern. And the
more I use it the less likely it is I'll continue to use it.
This has nothing to do with its quality and everything to do with the fact that I'm still on a G5 (Dual 2.5).
If I do *anything* to ProResSD compressed images, the image quality drops to "Preview" - meaning I have to render before doing any outputs. After 18 months of working on this machine in which I can often have two 3-Way Color Correction filters, plus Broadcast Safe, with a crop or reposition and have everything playback at full quality with no rendering - having to force a render for even the slightest repo is driving me nuts.
I can safely say I'll be using ProResSD a lot less than I thought I would. Considering that a Quad-Core is in the near-term future I don't have the time or inclination to deal with the extra overhead forced upon me by this new codec.
If anyone has any experience using ProResSD on a Mactel, please drop a message in the Comments box. I'd love to know your experiences.
- pi
This has nothing to do with its quality and everything to do with the fact that I'm still on a G5 (Dual 2.5).
If I do *anything* to ProResSD compressed images, the image quality drops to "Preview" - meaning I have to render before doing any outputs. After 18 months of working on this machine in which I can often have two 3-Way Color Correction filters, plus Broadcast Safe, with a crop or reposition and have everything playback at full quality with no rendering - having to force a render for even the slightest repo is driving me nuts.
I can safely say I'll be using ProResSD a lot less than I thought I would. Considering that a Quad-Core is in the near-term future I don't have the time or inclination to deal with the extra overhead forced upon me by this new codec.
If anyone has any experience using ProResSD on a Mactel, please drop a message in the Comments box. I'd love to know your experiences.
- pi
