renegadewill
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best archive(spell check) format? I am really stuck, the h.264 look way better than the much of the other compressors. What is the best format for exporting to dvd?
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best archive(spell check) format?
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Depends on what you mean by "Archive." If you want to store video for later re-editing/repurposing, then you need to keep a full-rez master on either tape, or a drive, or on data DVD (for shorter pieces like commercials).
If you're talking about storing all the source footage for a project to be pulled back into Final Cut later, then you need to store the project on a drive. This is really only necessary if you are on a tapeless workflow, though. With tape, you can save the FCP project file and if you need to resurrect the project, use batch capture.
If you're just talking about keeping edited projects archived for later viewing, then h.264 would work, or a video DVD. I always keep a full-rez master of each project.
If you're talking about storing all the source footage for a project to be pulled back into Final Cut later, then you need to store the project on a drive. This is really only necessary if you are on a tapeless workflow, though. With tape, you can save the FCP project file and if you need to resurrect the project, use batch capture.
If you're just talking about keeping edited projects archived for later viewing, then h.264 would work, or a video DVD. I always keep a full-rez master of each project.
jumpthewire
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H264 works if you have a ton of material to backup, otherwise i say go full resolution.
another thing to consider is exporting a "Clean" version without titles/music so you can
alter those later if need be. Say if you use it in a reel highlight where it calls for different
music.
Shawn
another thing to consider is exporting a "Clean" version without titles/music so you can
alter those later if need be. Say if you use it in a reel highlight where it calls for different
music.
Shawn
William_Robinette
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I back up my projects to data DVD (I do short form) with the footage included, and then keep the tapes as well. I also export a full res master that I keep on two different HDDs.
renegadewill
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I was thinking like so I have finished my projet and I wanna keep a dvd worthy file around on my hdd. What compressor or what are the settings? WHen I have exported straight out of FCP the mov looks weak, but the h.264 looks way better. And that is with me exporting with the project settings.
jumpthewire
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H264 WILL look better than a mpeg encode, but if you back up H264 you will have
to do another converstion to mpeg
with hard drives being so cheap, i find it hard to justify not keeping full resolution files around!
shawn
to do another converstion to mpeg
with hard drives being so cheap, i find it hard to justify not keeping full resolution files around!
shawn
If you're editing DV: back it up on quality DV-tape over Firewire (print to tape), the whole sequence / program.
It's easy to restore years later and the quality is the same, plus it doesn't take 13GB from you hard drive. I wouldn't trust any hard drive to keep anything more that 10 years max, then it's gone. Tape lasts, if stored right.
If you have complex graphics, compositing and color correction applied, then H264 in original pixel dimensions is fine, but it is lossy codec, so... Uncompressed is best, but takes huge amount of space from HD.
For DVD it's best to: make a Quicktime reference of your project, then open it with Compressor and encode to MPG2 / M2V. If you send it straight to Compressor from FCP, oddly it takes about 2-3 times longer to compress than opening the separate QT reference file?!
It's easy to restore years later and the quality is the same, plus it doesn't take 13GB from you hard drive. I wouldn't trust any hard drive to keep anything more that 10 years max, then it's gone. Tape lasts, if stored right.
If you have complex graphics, compositing and color correction applied, then H264 in original pixel dimensions is fine, but it is lossy codec, so... Uncompressed is best, but takes huge amount of space from HD.
For DVD it's best to: make a Quicktime reference of your project, then open it with Compressor and encode to MPG2 / M2V. If you send it straight to Compressor from FCP, oddly it takes about 2-3 times longer to compress than opening the separate QT reference file?!
renegadewill
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weird? So just go file export quicktime, not quicktime conversion and use the projects original settings is the best way to go about storing the projects? Cool.