Yes. Native Avid DNX 10 bit files will retain its 10 bit quality. The
application will not truncate the last 2 bits that it would normally do
with other codecs and formats.
Dom Q. Silverio
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:01 PM, basvanschellen <basvanschellen@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hey Dom, just to get this straight, if he was to shoot on the Alexa as
> DNxHD185x, then these .MXF files would correctly import as 10 bit files
> right?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q. Silverio" <domqsilverio@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > You will end up with 8 bit even if you set your Avid to 185x. Avid does
> NOT
> > create 10 bit media during regular import except for DNX passthrough and
> 16
> > TIFFs. All other media, even QT will be truncated to 8 bit media with 10
> > bit wrapper. So your 185x clip might say 185x but it is actually just
> 185 8
> > bit.
> >
> > If you need 10 bit from that ProRes 4444 media you will need to generate
> a
> > DNX 185x using another app.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dom Q. Silverio
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:01 AM, ripvanmarlowe2000 <kwikpasta@...>wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > We have a client who will be shoting on the Alexa, it's for a TV show,
> not
> > > for DCP or anything so it will end up on tele and at the most Bluray.
> I'm
> > > trying to steer them towards recording DNxHD MXFs for obvious reasons
> but
> > > they would like to shoot Prores 4444.
> > >
> > > Due to the fact that we are on Version 4 Avids (upgrade is not an
> option)
> > > we do not have access to any of the quicktime AMA goodness or
> compressed
> > > 4444 codec options.
> > >
> > > My question is, what will become of the extra samples of chrominance
> when
> > > the files are truncated to 422 on import in to Avid? (we'd have to use
> > > DNxHD185X as our codec). Will this infact have a detrimental effect
> on the
> > > quality rather than if they just shot native Avid codec and we just
> rewrap
> > > on import. Will it make no difference for them to shoot at DNxHD?
> > >
> > > Obviously it will also take us more time to import the footage as well
> as
> > > Prores is not native in version 4 as far as i know. Is it just silly
> for
> > > them to shoot Prores when we've told them what systems we're on and
> their
> > > limitations?
> > >
> > > Thanks list,
> > >
> > > Andi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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