HELP equivalent of PRO RES 422 on Windows?

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Hi, I used to work with premiere on MAC now I just start working with premiere on Windows 7. Every time I render o Export a Master on mac I Use PRO RES 422 HQ which format and codec would be equivalent on windows?
 
For rendering with Premiere, I just use the default mpeg2 setting. Premiere, unlike FCP, doesn't use the render files during the final export, so it is not important to have the rendering codec match your export format, or for it to be a high quality intermediate file like ProRes.

2 good editing/intermediate/master file formats for Premiere are Cineform and DNxHD. DNxHD is a free codec but you'll need to download some software to convert it (Mpeg Streamclip might do the job?). Cineform costs a bit over $100 for the codec as well as the conversion program for doing batch transcodes. DPX or PNG sequences are other popular formats for master files.
 
The best Mastering format will be something lossless, a quality that ProRes, DNxHD and Cineform can't claim.

For Windows, two good options are Lagarith and UT. Both are free, lossless codecs that you can install and will be available in Premiere Pro in the AVI file format.
 
I guess it depends on your definition of "master"

Most similar to prores422 HQ would be dnxhd - in fact that's what prores was developed from . But beware of gamma shifts and inconsistencies between programs

There is a free version of cineform now (Go Pro Cineform Studio). But it doesn't come with HDLink or batch conversion utility

Lagarith and UT are lossless, but 8-bit. And beware they aren't necessarily treated as lossless by all programs - For example Premiere and Vegas treat the Y'CbCr variants as RGB, so you can get clipping and colorspace conversion losses
 
deltoidjohn said:
For rendering with Premiere, I just use the default mpeg2 setting. Premiere, unlike FCP, doesn't use the render files during the final export, so it is not important to have the rendering codec match your export format, or for it to be a high quality intermediate file like ProRes.
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You can enable that option in Premiere.
 
PDR said:
Premiere and Vegas treat the Y'CbCr variants as RGB
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Vegas might, but Premiere Pro keeps YUV media as YUV until something you do forces a conversion, such as applying an effect that only works in RGB mode. (And even that will only force the conversion on that clips the effect is applied to, not the entire sequence.)

Further, you can create RGB Masters using both Lagarith and UT if you need to.
 
Jim Simon said:
Vegas might, but Premiere Pro keeps YUV media as YUV until something you do forces a conversion, such as applying an effect that only works in RGB mode. (And even that will only force the conversion on that clips the effect is applied to, not the entire sequence.)
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That's true for native camera formats, but not for Lagarith, UT, HuffyYUV. (Also not sure about CS6)
 
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