In this post we share tips for using prores in your video workflow. Apple prores is a high quality, lossy video compression format developed by apple inc. Apple prores 422 proxy is the fourthhighest datarate version of the prores 422 codecs. There might be a bug in the rendering engine, or the color management in. The target data rate is approximately 45 mbps at 1920x1080 and 29. Record uncompressed 10bit video from sdi and hdmi video sources. Encoding prores 422 hq from h264 for example, works like a charm. Prores has gained in popularity as an intermediate codec. Apple prores 422 proxy ist ein noch starker komprimierter codec als apple. Apple prores 422 proxy is an even more highly compressed codec than apple prores 422 lt, intended for use in offline workflows that require low data rates but fullresolution video.
Were talking intermediate codecs, so were not covering camera codecs. Apple also licenses and certifies prores and prores raw for specific thirdparty products and. Prores 4444 xq is supported on os x mountain lion v10. Whenever the topic of prores on windows comes up, you hear names like ffmpeg, miraizon, cinemartin and a tool just called prores on windows. Apple prores 422 lt weighs in at 100 mbps or less, depending on the particular video format. Media 100 offers unrivaled easeofuse, stability, and image quality. Like apple prores 422 hq and apple prores 422, the new apple prores 422 lt codec supports fullwidth 10bit video sequences, but at a target data rate even lower than these siblings.
Apple prores raw applies prores compression technology to raw image data from the camera sensor. It is the successor of the apple intermediate codec and was introduced in. It is not the actual color representation, the problem is the degredation through encoding, and only from prores 422 hq and below. This delivers the flexibility of raw video with the incredible performance of prores in a format ideal for highdynamicrange hdr content creation. Apple prores 422 proxy is an even more highly compressed codec. Apple literature highlights the value of apple prores 422 proxy in support of postproduction work, stating that it is intended for use in offline workflows that require low data rates but fullresolution video. Frequently asked questions media 100 powered by macvideo. When i made the brief jump to avid and then quickly turned to premiere pro, prores came along for the ride. Before this update, bmpcc could record in prores hq or raw, but now, it can record also in apple prores 422, apple prores 422 lt and apple prores 422 proxy. Apple prores and prores raw authorized products apple.