compression Questions - Video WTF - Questions and answers about video production, video cameras, editing, publishing, et cetera. most recent 30 from http://videowtf.com 2010-07-30T18:36:38Z http://videowtf.com/feeds/tag/compression http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://videowtf.com/questions/745/how-to-compress-mov-files-captured-from-minidv-tapes-using-compressor How to compress .mov files captured from minidv tapes using Compressor? katie 2010-02-02T06:29:03Z 2010-03-02T12:23:19Z <p>I'm trying to figure out what setting to use to compress some.mov files --- they are currently between 2 GB and 6 GB each and I want to make them smaller because I have to share them with some folks who will be editing them in final cut pro.</p> <p>So I'm trying to figure out what setting to use in Compressor --- someone suggested Apple ProRes but that actually doubled the size of the files. </p> <p>Any suggestions? Thanks!</p> http://videowtf.com/questions/615/compression-in-fcp Compression in FCP Kerry 2009-11-17T03:04:07Z 2009-12-02T21:12:02Z <p>I use FCP to edit and recently I've noticed that when I bring HD footage into my timeline I am loosing some color depth. </p> <p>Here is a screen shot:</p> <p><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4109740183_4937790fba_o.png" rel="nofollow">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4109740183_4937790fba_o.png</a></p> <p>On the left is my original footage and on the right is after it is in the timeline. </p> <p>Does anyone have any idea what I can do to prevent this? </p>