CineForm HD codec vs Apple Pro Res

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CineForm HD codec vs Apple Pro Res

I have heard great revies about neoscene, to remove 24p pulldown for footage shot on my canon hf10.

http://www.cineform.com/neoscene/

I have used it, and it says to use the CineFORM HD/2K/4K compressor settings when compressing the footage for pulldown removal.

final cut pro also lets me choose the codec Cineform Hd/2k/4k. My question is, which is a better codec, as I heard neoscene is an industry standard program. thanks

Message was edited by: piff aroni

Posted on Jan 23, 2010 11:54 AM

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Shane Ross

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Jan 23, 2010 1:19 PM in response to piff aroni

Both work...both are good. I doubt you'd see any difference between them unless you projected the image onto the big screen in a theatre.

ProRes is free...CineFORM costs.

Shane

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piff aroni Author

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Jan 23, 2010 1:39 PM in response to Shane Ross

yes its true, so its either or. But one thing, you say people wont see a difference unless projected the image onto a big screen. which one of the 2, would look better/worse?

I think I will be going with Cineform, as I love the way it removed pulldown from the 24p footage in a 60i wrapper.

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Shane Ross

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Jan 23, 2010 3:24 PM in response to piff aroni

Why? Are you going to be projecting on a big screen? Doing a film out? Or will you being going to DVD? To the web? Since you will only see the difference on a very big screen, or on a very high end professional monitor (neither of which I think you will be viewing this on), I don't think you need to concern yourself with this.

To tell you the truth, I have played with the Cineform codec and compared it with ProRes on the equipment and monitors I had at my disposal. They look identical. I looked at them on scopes, and I can see slight differences. Cineform is better. But again, REALLY only meant for high HIGH end stuff.

Given your track record of questions and knowledge, this is really something you shouldn't be concerning yourself with. BUT, if you need to know, Cineform is better. But you really need to concern yourself with grasping the basics of video editing and leave the advanced stuff for later.

Shane

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piff aroni Author

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Jan 24, 2010 9:17 PM in response to Shane Ross

yes, but at least now, I could move forward with the cineform way of doing things, as like I said, their pulldown removal is very well respected and I saw it output it cineform.

In other words, I would rather remove my pulldown and use the codec of the program that has removed my pulldown instead of compressor or cinema tools.

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