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Color Workflows With Different Video Formats

7. Choose Yes.

Back in Final Cut Pro, the new clips and sequence will be ProRes or Uncompressed, whichever you chose (ProRes HQ in this example). In the Sequence Settings, notice that the frame size is set to 1920x1080.

This is full raster 16x9 HD - 1920x1080 frame size, using square pixels. On the other hand, HDV has a frame size of 1440x1080, using non-square pixels. So this process not only uses ProRes or Uncompressed codecs for output, but the frame size is automatically scaled up as well. This is the perfect option if you wish to output through a capture card.

In the Timeline, the render bar will be gray over the clips, indicating the clips match the sequence.

4) Start With Native Format Not Supported For Output - Final Output to Tape Back to Native Format

This one sounds a bit confusing because I had difficulty coming up with a good way to describe it . Here’s the scenario: you start with a format like HDV which will import into Color, but won’t output in the same format. In the end, you wish to output the video back to HDV tape.

This workflow is very similar to the previous example with one exception.

1. In Final Cut Pro, capture or ingest video via FireWire or USB from videotape, P2 card or XDCAM media.

2. In Final Cut Pro, highlight the sequence, then choose File > Send to > Color.

3. After grading in Color, but before rendering, go to the Setup Room > Project Settings tab.

4. Choose an export format from the pop-up. Notice that the QuickTime Export codec is set to ProRes HQ by default since the input format in this case is HDV, which is not supported for output in the same format. Choose between one of the ProRes or Uncompressed options.

5. Add the clips to Render Queue and render.

6. From the File menu choose > Send To > Final Cut Pro.

At this point you’ll be prompted by the following dialog box:

7. This time, choose No.

Back in Final Cut Pro, the new clips and sequence will differ from one another. The clips will be ProRes or Uncompressed (whichever you chose), but the sequence settings will be set to the same format you started with, in this case HDV.

Clips settings are full raster 1920x1080, and ProRes.

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