Apple Pro Res 4444, does it work with FCP 6?

Does ProRes 4444 work with FCP 6?

No.. You need FCP 7.

Might have to go with ProRes 422 (HQ) ?

That'll do it.

Patrick Barry1 wrote:
Does ProRes 4444 work with FCP 6?

FCP 6 can work with the new ProRes codecs (4444 included) but the key is to have QuickTime 7.6.2 or later on your (FCP 6) system. It's QuickTime that enables the ability to read/render to those new codecs (again in FCP 6).

I'm sure the editing gods will have some nasty payback for my contradicting Andy Mees. I feel a kernel panic coming on...

nah ... my boys will have to rough you up a bit Neil obviously, just to maintain decorum of course, but i'll ask them to go easy ... other that that, the correction is humbly appreciated 🙂

Are you 100% sure that you can write to ProRes 4444 files in QT 7.6.2? I would have thought you'd need FCS3 for that.

Jon Chappell wrote:
Are you 100% sure that you can write to ProRes 4444 files in QT 7.6.2? I would have thought you'd need FCS3 for that.

take a look at this:

http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/what-about-prores-4444-away-from-final-cu t-studio/

That doesn't answer my question. It says you can decode ProRes 4444 but it doesn't mention anything about encoding.

Jon Chappell wrote:
Are you 100% sure that you can write to ProRes 4444 files in QT 7.6.2? I would have thought you'd need FCS3 for that.

See, I knew the editing gods would humble me. 😟

I just re-tested this on a separate FCS 2 partition and it turns out my memory was failing. While you can read and import the new ProRes codecs, you can cannot render out to them in the FCP 6 + QT 7.6.2 universe. So yeah, getting all ProRes4444 files would be a hassle on an FCP 6 setup.

Ugh, sorry for the bad steer.