I realize that ProRes is "visually lossless", but I'm concerned about generation loss when exporting my final master Quicktime for my finished film. Here are my generations:
1) Shot in AVCHD
2) Transcoded to ProRes 422 for editing in FCP
3) Exported from FCP to ProRes 422 for color correction on Davinci Resolve 9
4) Exported from Davinci Resolve 9 to ProRes 422 for mastering, which yielded 3 reels (82-min film total)
Now I'm at the mastering stage where I'm compiling my final film – color-corrected reels, titles, and final mix – into my final Quicktime that I'll use for creating my HDCAM, DVDs, etc. So, I realize I may have already incurred a bit of generation loss, but is there any way to avoid this in the final export? In other words, is there any way to merge those three color-corrected reels into a single file without re-encoding? I don't believe FCP allows it to pass-through without re-encoding since it takes a bit of time to export this final sequence, however I acknowledge that it's possible (and I hope it's true) that I have not been experiencing any generation loss and it does actually pass through.
Thanks!
1) Shot in AVCHD
2) Transcoded to ProRes 422 for editing in FCP
3) Exported from FCP to ProRes 422 for color correction on Davinci Resolve 9
4) Exported from Davinci Resolve 9 to ProRes 422 for mastering, which yielded 3 reels (82-min film total)
Now I'm at the mastering stage where I'm compiling my final film – color-corrected reels, titles, and final mix – into my final Quicktime that I'll use for creating my HDCAM, DVDs, etc. So, I realize I may have already incurred a bit of generation loss, but is there any way to avoid this in the final export? In other words, is there any way to merge those three color-corrected reels into a single file without re-encoding? I don't believe FCP allows it to pass-through without re-encoding since it takes a bit of time to export this final sequence, however I acknowledge that it's possible (and I hope it's true) that I have not been experiencing any generation loss and it does actually pass through.
Thanks!
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