I am looking at various methods to produce high definition materials in 2010. I have customers who would like functioning Blu-Ray discs of material, as well as video files for lectures and educational purposes. I would be interested to hear what other professional editors have as their set up.
From what I have read online, I believe the best option at present is to ingest the video material (I will be using Sony XDCAM discs) as ProRes422, edit the material on Final Cut Pro, export it as a full HD quicktime, then import this into Adobe Encore CS4, then create the Blu-Ray format and export it to hard drive. Then using an external Blu-Ray writer, burn the disc. Finally, check the functionality of the disc on a separate Blu-Ray player.
With thanks.
From what I have read online, I believe the best option at present is to ingest the video material (I will be using Sony XDCAM discs) as ProRes422, edit the material on Final Cut Pro, export it as a full HD quicktime, then import this into Adobe Encore CS4, then create the Blu-Ray format and export it to hard drive. Then using an external Blu-Ray writer, burn the disc. Finally, check the functionality of the disc on a separate Blu-Ray player.
- Your system set-up, with your experiences of how long HD encoding takes on dissolves and effects and other imports.
- Due to the amount of time it takes to produce effects on the timeline, even simple ones, are you resorting more to After Effects, then importing the finished file from that?
- Your experiences with external and internal Blu-Ray writers - the models you've used successfully and the best around right now.
- If you have experience of MCE Tech http://www.mcetech.com/.
- Whether you have tried using Toast 10.
- If you use Compressor or Batch Export for multiple formats (HD, SD, Web etc.)
- If you have used MakeMKV to obtain 3rd party materials for your edits http://www.makemkv.com/
- I would be interested to hear if anyone has an alternative method to the one described at the start of this post.
With thanks.