Posted by Spex on 06/12/07 16:33

Steven H wrote:
> Thanks for that
>
> But I am a bit confused - If I am outputing from the timeline in -
> lets say PremierPro, am I not re compressing back to HDV.. To stop
> the second pass, should I output directly to another format that is
> less compressed and possibly take the hard disk to a transfer service
> to output to HDCam hence reducing second a high level compression.
>
> Sorry - HDV is completely new to me, and once I am editing in it,
> these things may be so obvious, but I am really unclear on the
> workflow that keeps the quality high.
>
> Steven
>
>
>

If you are archiving try the Sheer codec. They have a demo on their site.

http://www.bitjazz.com/en/products/sheervideo/

Playing out to HDCAM is good too.

The best way to work with HDV in Premiere is to immediately transcode to
Cineform's Codec. You can edit you your heart's content without putting
your footage through the HDV mincer. You can even export the final edit
to this codec for archiving.

I normally agree with most things Martin says but I have to disagree
with mastering to HDV. If cost is an issue then by all means go the HDV
route but if quality is the issue try one of my suggestions above.
Rendering back to HDV IMHO is not a good idea as there is an appreciable
quality drop.

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