Great, simple illustration of the difference between inter and intraframe compression. Also, the practical demonstration of the difference in editing performance is pretty dramatic! Great video.
Super Helpful! Nearly bought a new computer based on advise elsewhere. After watching this I transcoded and played around with proxies and presto!! Cheers my dude, keep up the good work, subbed :)
Totally understandable. ProRes has been a dream codec since the earlier versions of FCP. It took a bit of researching to understand what was going on under the hood. thanks for watching.
Thanks for this tutorial. I have a question which I am sure many of the viewers might be having. You did not check the Maximum Render Quality and Maximum Bit Depth boxes. When do we really use them? What do they exactly do? There is a lot of confusion about these two in general. Rule of thumb being you get better quality when you tick them. Can you help. Thanks.
Yeah... good question. Maximum bit depth deals with Raw footage or footage that is 32-bit. If the footage isn't raw, it's typically 8-bit or 10-bit. Maximum render is a high-quality resize operation that should be used when outputting to a different frame size from your sequence. It can reduce aliasing (jagged edges) when resizing images but is of no use when outputting to the same frame size.
Re: the space... isn't there a way to make proxies closer to the original video file's size (or smaller) without losing any of the quality? Pro Res is GIGANTIC. Can you do another video using a less-huge file type, but still getting the same vibe? I did this a few years ago but I don't remember the format I used for the proxies. Editing was a breeze and the files were like less than half the size of the original clips. Thanks!
Question - I just received a show that was originally cut on FCP7, and on an old Mac, so the codec isn't supported on my new 2022 Premiere & Mac. I'm transcoding to ProRes 422 HQ, but the old timeline (now in Premiere) keeps linking to the old NG codec clips - leaving me with only audio. Do I need to delete the original clips, or just create a new folder with all the new transcoded clips and direct the linking to that? Not sure of the workflow steps. Thanks. 🙏🏽
I just purchased a M2 Mac mini 16GB. What I find strange is any mp4 (h.264) footage I add to the timeline it is a breeze to edit. scrubs through it no problem in 1/1 Quality. For a test I encoded some mp4s to Apple proRes HQ 422 in Adobe media Encoder. When I add these .mxf files to my timeline and try and scrub through them, to my surprise it is really slow and glitchy compared with the original MP4 files. Any idea why this would be? Thanks.
With computers getting faster and faster, this video is becoming a bit less relevant. The software and hardware keeps getting better at handling h.264 files. Once rendered to ProRes, it seems to speed the process up rendering to other formats such as h.264.
Thanks, friend) But why don’t you use the function to connect or disconnect proxy files? Moreover, there is such a button on the playback control panel.
That is the propriety Premiere method. I use that on occasion. The old-school method is better if you are going to send clips and your edit to different software (such as effects, CGI, sound mixing, and coloring software) The proprietary method is great, only is you are completely finishing your project within Premiere Pro. My next 2 episodes, E12 & E13, I show proprietary and old-school methods of Proxy workflow.
can u please help, am doing tutorial atm,they said transcoding makes it easier to edit, however when I transcode, set my preset to h264 my file becomes a wav file and is larger than the original file which I recorded on,I normally record with a Sony a7iii in 4k,can u pls explain to me why this is thanks...and p.s this is the best explanation on this subject, I d notice the Mov file plays better than the h.264 which was always jittery
Since transcoded footage is like 10 times larger in size, are they safe to deleted when a project is finished. ?And if edits need to be made and the project file is revisited, we can relink them to the smaller H264 originals?
They could be discarded. Yes. I haven't thought of that before. But yeah, you could relink them to the original h.264 files as long as they have the same name and timecode.
Is there a way to do this and encode the footage into an uncompressed type at like a really low resolution? For my purposes exporting time is fine waiting for a bit, so if it's possible to work with an uncompressed low quality version and then replace the video file with the compressed one right before exporting the file so I can keep drive space down, that would be ideal
Learning about Transcoding from your video really helped a lot! I am wondering, is it possible to use ProRes 422 Proxy, as I find myself having big ass files from using ProRes 422, will I get the same smoothness from playbacks?
Yes. But keep in mind that ProRes Proxy does not maintain the full resolution. It will say that the resolution is the same size, but it is duplicated pixels.
This may be an obvious question but after doing the cut, if I still have to color using Lumetri, then I do so after linking up the original footage correct? Then, still have to just deal w any lag all over again correct?
Thank you so much, now instead of replacing graphics card, it is better to invest in large Raid high speed nVMe. Q: When you did the transcoding, you didn't tick the (Render at Maximum Depth) nor the (Use Maximum Render Quality) !! is it gonna make any difference in Transcoding?!! Thanks,
Found the answer in one of the comments below. Also, would like to know the answer of one of the question from comments below: What about footage recorded at 120 fps or higher ?!!
Those are older options that refers to the rendering of effects, like gaussian blur. Since a lot of the effects have been re-programmed to use GPU or CPU, check-marking those boxes have become more and more unnecessary. In fact, here is a good article on the subject: larryjordan.com/articles/adobe-premiere-pro-cc-when-to-use-maximum-render-quality/
You mention using USB-c to connect external SSD drive? I have an external SSD drive but I just use the USB port so could I get an adapter? Thank-you so much for this BTW.
If the SSD drive is USB-C and your computer is USB-3, you can buy a cable that adapts USB-C to USB-3. They are quite affordable. The SSD drive will be limited to USB-3 speeds, however.
@@wendybrassard9941 No need for an adapter then. Only need an adapter if you have a computer that only has USB-C ports. Since you are using an SSD, it will still be a pretty fast drive. USB-C supports twice the speed of a USB 3.0 port.
Does transcoding affect your final export in any way? Is ok to just toggle down the resolution in the program monitor? I’m only concerned on the effects on the quality of the final output.
Just realized you can upload 422 to TH-cam for maximum quality! been doing it wrong the whole time which takes massive time to render and worse quality!
@@chinfat Yeah, ProRes is smart rendering capable, so if you keep a ProRes pipeline throughout the editing process (preview files set to ProRes, as well), the export is much faster. It's because you are only copying the media, you are not encoding it. You just have to check the box to use previews when exporting, and it's very fast. It's one of the main reasons I transcode.
Perfect explanation if you aren't doing HDR or an Alpha video at Mbps beyond 100 all the way to 500+ then you need 4444 XQ with Alpha if doing an alpha channel video.
It depends on what flavor of ProRes you use. Most camera footage (with the exception of Raw footage) will not lose quality when you convert it to ProRes 422 or 422HQ.
Great, simple illustration of the difference between inter and intraframe compression. Also, the practical demonstration of the difference in editing performance is pretty dramatic! Great video.
Thank you so much for this! I looked for solutions for so long and you made it extremely clear and simple!
Couldn't agree more, I don't understand why there aren't more simple solutions like this online!
Super Helpful! Nearly bought a new computer based on advise elsewhere. After watching this I transcoded and played around with proxies and presto!! Cheers my dude, keep up the good work, subbed :)
Happy New year.. 2020
Thanks for this time saving tutorials.
I've been transcoding to prores since starting out on FCP7 and this video describes why in such a way I never could.
Totally understandable. ProRes has been a dream codec since the earlier versions of FCP. It took a bit of researching to understand what was going on under the hood. thanks for watching.
Thanks for this tutorial.
I have a question which I am sure many of the viewers might be having. You did not check the Maximum Render Quality and Maximum Bit Depth boxes.
When do we really use them? What do they exactly do? There is a lot of confusion about these two in general.
Rule of thumb being you get better quality when you tick them.
Can you help. Thanks.
Yeah... good question. Maximum bit depth deals with Raw footage or footage that is 32-bit. If the footage isn't raw, it's typically 8-bit or 10-bit. Maximum render is a high-quality resize operation that should be used when outputting to a different frame size from your sequence. It can reduce aliasing (jagged edges) when resizing images but is of no use when outputting to the same frame size.
@@chinfat thanks a lot for clearing this :) and your tutorials are amazing. Absolute clear and informative. All the best. 🙌🏼
Re: the space... isn't there a way to make proxies closer to the original video file's size (or smaller) without losing any of the quality? Pro Res is GIGANTIC. Can you do another video using a less-huge file type, but still getting the same vibe? I did this a few years ago but I don't remember the format I used for the proxies. Editing was a breeze and the files were like less than half the size of the original clips. Thanks!
Question - I just received a show that was originally cut on FCP7, and on an old Mac, so the codec isn't supported on my new 2022 Premiere & Mac. I'm transcoding to ProRes 422 HQ, but the old timeline (now in Premiere) keeps linking to the old NG codec clips - leaving me with only audio. Do I need to delete the original clips, or just create a new folder with all the new transcoded clips and direct the linking to that? Not sure of the workflow steps. Thanks. 🙏🏽
Thanks so much for this video! Very good teacher. I learned so much and this will definitely help speed up my post workflow!
What's the difference between choosing from the presets QuickTime and the MXF option for ProRes 422 HQ?
I always knew I was missing a very important step! By the way your username made me chuckle, thank you
Thanks for watching!
This was super detailed, really informative and to the point - thanks for this video!
I just purchased a M2 Mac mini 16GB. What I find strange is any mp4 (h.264) footage I add to the timeline it is a breeze to edit. scrubs through it no problem in 1/1 Quality. For a test I encoded some mp4s to Apple proRes HQ 422 in Adobe media Encoder. When I add these .mxf files to my timeline and try and scrub through them, to my surprise it is really slow and glitchy compared with the original MP4 files. Any idea why this would be? Thanks.
Great video! One question though. Is the rendering time impacted when exporting or rendering the intermediate (mezzanine) video back to H.264?
With computers getting faster and faster, this video is becoming a bit less relevant. The software and hardware keeps getting better at handling h.264 files. Once rendered to ProRes, it seems to speed the process up rendering to other formats such as h.264.
wow the explanation was amazing thank you so much! Never understood this but you broke it down Barney Style
Such a clear explanation. Thank you!
Good, clear video. Thanks.
Thanks, friend) But why don’t you use the function to connect or disconnect proxy files? Moreover, there is such a button on the playback control panel.
That is the propriety Premiere method. I use that on occasion. The old-school method is better if you are going to send clips and your edit to different software (such as effects, CGI, sound mixing, and coloring software) The proprietary method is great, only is you are completely finishing your project within Premiere Pro. My next 2 episodes, E12 & E13, I show proprietary and old-school methods of Proxy workflow.
@@chinfat maybe you right
Really insightful, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for that explanation, super informative!
Thanks man you are delivering as good as
Extremely helpful thank you!
What's better for transcoding - Frame Sampling or Frame Blending? Thanks for the great tutorial!
Hey. Did you ever find out the answer?
@@stefan_dumitru The consensus was to leave it where it's at, frame sampling. Worked fine. Sorry, just saw this, was on vacay :)
@@gregmann5687 yeah, no worries. Thanks tho.
can u please help, am doing tutorial atm,they said transcoding makes it easier to edit, however when I transcode, set my preset to h264 my file becomes a wav file and is larger than the original file which I recorded on,I normally record with a Sony a7iii in 4k,can u pls explain to me why this is thanks...and p.s this is the best explanation on this subject, I d notice the Mov file plays better than the h.264 which was always jittery
I have a doubt : i do a lot of effects in my videos ! Will it take more time to render timeline if i were to use prores than traditional?
wow this helps so much ive been editing for 3 years and never knew about this. time to get a 20TB HDD LOL
Since transcoded footage is like 10 times larger in size, are they safe to deleted when a project is finished. ?And if edits need to be made and the project file is revisited, we can relink them to the smaller H264 originals?
They could be discarded. Yes. I haven't thought of that before. But yeah, you could relink them to the original h.264 files as long as they have the same name and timecode.
Thank you, this really helps!
thanks for the simple vid. Good stuff
Is there a way to do this and encode the footage into an uncompressed type at like a really low resolution? For my purposes exporting time is fine waiting for a bit, so if it's possible to work with an uncompressed low quality version and then replace the video file with the compressed one right before exporting the file so I can keep drive space down, that would be ideal
Do some research into proxies, I think that's what you need.
Learning about Transcoding from your video really helped a lot! I am wondering, is it possible to use ProRes 422 Proxy, as I find myself having big ass files from using ProRes 422, will I get the same smoothness from playbacks?
Yes. But keep in mind that ProRes Proxy does not maintain the full resolution. It will say that the resolution is the same size, but it is duplicated pixels.
This may be an obvious question but after doing the cut, if I still have to color using Lumetri, then I do so after linking up the original footage correct? Then, still have to just deal w any lag all over again correct?
Thank you so much, now instead of replacing graphics card, it is better to invest in large Raid high speed nVMe.
Q: When you did the transcoding, you didn't tick the (Render at Maximum Depth) nor the (Use Maximum Render Quality) !! is it gonna make any difference in Transcoding?!! Thanks,
Found the answer in one of the comments below. Also, would like to know the answer of one of the question from comments below: What about footage recorded at 120 fps or higher ?!!
Those are older options that refers to the rendering of effects, like gaussian blur. Since a lot of the effects have been re-programmed to use GPU or CPU, check-marking those boxes have become more and more unnecessary. In fact, here is a good article on the subject: larryjordan.com/articles/adobe-premiere-pro-cc-when-to-use-maximum-render-quality/
You mention using USB-c to connect external SSD drive? I have an external SSD drive but I just use the USB port so could I get an adapter? Thank-you so much for this BTW.
If the SSD drive is USB-C and your computer is USB-3, you can buy a cable that adapts USB-C to USB-3. They are quite affordable. The SSD drive will be limited to USB-3 speeds, however.
@@chinfat my SSD is USB 3.0.
@@wendybrassard9941 Oh. Got it. Does your computer have USB-C or 3.0?
@@chinfat 3.0
@@wendybrassard9941 No need for an adapter then. Only need an adapter if you have a computer that only has USB-C ports. Since you are using an SSD, it will still be a pretty fast drive. USB-C supports twice the speed of a USB 3.0 port.
Does transcoding affect your final export in any way? Is ok to just toggle down the resolution in the program monitor? I’m only concerned on the effects on the quality of the final output.
Excellent video thank you..
Thanks so much. This will be super helpful. Thanks.
what about footage recorded at 120 fps?
Would like to know the answer too !!
Should an external SSD drive be formatted to exFat or NTFS? Thanks.
I prefer ExFat, that way it will always work on Mac and PC.
Just realized you can upload 422 to TH-cam for maximum quality! been doing it wrong the whole time which takes massive time to render and worse quality!
such a good video man, thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to make this. How important is it to transcode HD footage before edit?
It really just depends on how robust your system is. If it can't handle the footage, transcoding or creating proxies may be necessary.
One other cool thing. Once you transcode footage to ProRes, you can use it to output faster via smart rendering.
Is smart rendering an option? Or are you saying Premiere/Media Encoder exports out faster cause it's ProRes. Just curious.
@@chinfat Yeah, ProRes is smart rendering capable, so if you keep a ProRes pipeline throughout the editing process (preview files set to ProRes, as well), the export is much faster. It's because you are only copying the media, you are not encoding it. You just have to check the box to use previews when exporting, and it's very fast. It's one of the main reasons I transcode.
@@missioncreekstyle3814 I would have assumed that. Good to know. I'll speak with authority on that in my next episode! :)
Great video! Thanks for the clear explanation! Liked and saved it for later! :)
Perfect explanation if you aren't doing HDR or an Alpha video at Mbps beyond 100 all the way to 500+ then you need 4444 XQ with Alpha if doing an alpha channel video.
dude. thank you so much
Thank you
Will I lose quality by converting to ProRes?
It depends on what flavor of ProRes you use. Most camera footage (with the exception of Raw footage) will not lose quality when you convert it to ProRes 422 or 422HQ.
@@chinfat Thank you!
thank youu
Thanks for the explanations - Great! But can I suggest that you speak a little slower, please?
You can slow down the video playback or pause the video.
Ive been editing videos wrong my whole life
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