Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com ([17.158.161.2] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5215292 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:55:56 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MTC00MPZOMZ6050@nk11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:09:01 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-09-19_01:2013-09-18,2013-09-19,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1309180166 From: Jim Curtis Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_95E68C90-CF08-4ECC-AF53-C71BC4A0F967" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] posting 720 v. 1080 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:08:59 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_95E68C90-CF08-4ECC-AF53-C71BC4A0F967 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Questions are OK. I do 720 for YouTube, because that's what some clients want. Onto the broadcast questions=85 Shoots are mostly 1080 (XDCAM HD), 2K and 4K (Alexa/KiPro). Some are = P2, which is 960 x 720, squished. =20 Might have to blow up SD (BSP or DigiBeta to ProRes, most likely) from = time to time. Client is small agency, and wants me to choose. They'll pay for 1080, = but I need to justify it. That's why I'm concerned over this idea of 2% = better quality for 35% more expense. Here's something else: If I do the MPEG2 encoding (I do, because it's = faster for me to encode, and upload and MPEG2 than it is for me to = upload ProRes422 or DNxHD, which they'll accept), the bit rate they spec = is 45 Mbps-constant. =20 So, a 1080 encode should look worse than a 720 encoded at the same bit = rate. Maybe that answers my own question. I calculate that by the time I = encode, the difference in a 1080 will be more than 2% better. Does that sound right? On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:50 PM, David Baud wrote: > I am assuming the video source is 1080, if any? > First question I will ask is where will you show that spot? >=20 > . TV broadcast : 1080 even so some broadcaster might air in 720. Gives = you more option later > . Internet : 720. Why bother? :-) >=20 > I would also take into account the life span of that particular spot, = and trying to keep all your options open for later. Unless money is no = issue :-) >=20 > Sorry more questions, than answers. >=20 > David Baud > K O S M O S P R O D U C T i O N S > david@kosmos-productions.com > www.kosmos-productions.com >=20 > On Sep 18, 2013, at 17:59 , Jim Curtis wrote: >> If your client let you make the choice between delivering your spots = in 720 or 1080, and they were 30% editing in Pr CC w/CUDA, and 70% moGFX = and color-correcting and finishing in Ae, which would you choose, and = why? >=20 --Apple-Mail=_95E68C90-CF08-4ECC-AF53-C71BC4A0F967 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 david.baud@gmail.com> = wrote:

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