OK, this is probably very
big for a lot of you. It was for me at least.
I've found a solution for encoding ProRes on Windows.. it's not the MOST
elegant, but it's strides above other solutions with command line
prompts. You'll need to render out a "master" render from AE before you
transcode it to ProRes. For what it's worth, I render my masters at
QuickTime - PhotoJpeg - 98% quality. This codec seems to keep the image
pristine while also keeping file-size SUPER SMALL.
Here's a quick tutorial on converting your master render to ProRes.
To localize this "program" make a new folder somewhere on your PC,
Inside that folder, make a folder called FFMpeg.
Go to this page
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ and download the
latest 64-bit or 32-bit version (I'm using 64-bit -
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/ )
It'll download a .7z file. it's basically like a zip file. (I use
WinRAR) and un-zip it into that folder called FFMpeg we made.
Then, go download this program called "AnotherGUI" under step 2 of this
page:
http://www.stuudio.ee/anothergui/
Unzip that file into the first main folder you made (not the FFMpeg one,
but the parent directory of it)
Then run AnotherGUI.exe
It'll ask you if you want to load sample presets.. click yes, then OK.
Now click Add Source at the top, and go add your source video.
then where it says Preset in the main program window, click that and go
find FCP and choose the ProRes version you want (Double click it)
Once you're at this stage, just make sure your output path is where you
want it with the top right button.
And check the output file-name in the right column on the main screen.
make sure it's not going to try to overwrite the original. Don't include
a file extension on this column.
What's nice is you can import image sequences or batch multiple video
files all at once.
Works with everything I've thrown at it.
When you click the "Go button", the first time it'll bring up a dialog
box asking you where ffmpeg.exe is.. go into that FFMpeg folder we
created earlier, then go into the "bin" folder and select the
"ffmpeg.exe" file. You should only have to do this once.
If you want to get advanced, you can click the "edit" button under the
Preset and mess around with settings in there..
on the second line of the edit screen's area, with all of the variables
shown, there's one that says -vcodec prores -provile:v 0
If you change the profile number you can have all versions of ProRes.
For different flavors of
ProRes replace NUMBER with a number from zero to 3 where:
0 : ProRes422 (Proxy)
1 : ProRes422 (LT)
2 : ProRes422 (Normal)
3 : ProRes422 (HQ)
Here's a page with more info if you want to dive into the advanced stuff
with the edit window.
http://transcoding.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/prores-ffmpeg/
Anyway, That's it! I just found this last week, after a client of mine
needed ProRes files for final delivery, and I offered to send master
files for them to convert at their studio. It wasn't a big issue for
them, but in the end, it'd be much more professional and nicer to just
be able to provide them straight from my end.
Monday, February
11, 2013 9:20 AM
The decoder may
be free, but the OP is talking about encoding, which, as far as I know
is not free on pc. Personally I am getting tired of everybody I deal
with assuming that pro rez is no problemo for me. I recently needed to
upload a commercial spot for a station and the specs said they wanted
prorez, and the instructions sent from the station talked about how to
do this from your final cut project which would all be well and good if I
wasn't editing on Avid! sorry to rant but it is Monday morning.
Mike
Cardeiro
Editor/Animator/Compositor
D4 Creative
Group - Philadelphia, PA
http://www.michaelcardeiro.com/resume/
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