I Have a camera that records AVCHD...once I put my card in and import, I start editing in FCPX...when I export, I export to h.264 to publish to youtube...my question is, am I getting the best quality possible? Or should I export to ProRes 422 then use that file to convert to H.264? I hope this makes sense...
AAlways good practice to keep a ProRes or higher master, but there will be no difference going directly to YouTube unless you go to Compressor and tweak the settings.
Your workflow seems perfectly ok. The only benefit you'll get from exporting to ProRes is to store a high quality master file.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
You Tube will recompress anything you upload.
Some people skip the H,.264 compression and upload Pro Res; of course that's a much larger file and increases the upload time. Personally, I find the H.264 version woks perfectly well.
It's possible that you might get a slight improvement by uploading a Pro Res file directly – saving one generation of compression loss, Depends on the material.
Do a couple of short test with challenging material.
Good luck.
Russ
Thank you Russ
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