An interesting video made by an NYC-based filmmaker Sherif Mokbel from the Youtube channel The DP Journey compares Blackmagic RAW and ProRes RAW video formats in terms of metadata-based white balance, noise and details, and more aspects. Both Blackmagic RAW and ProRes RAW are becoming increasingly popular and it is interesting to see them compared head to head. The filmmaker Sherif Mokbel from The DP Journey Youtube channel made an interesting comparison video. Before taking a look at it, however, I would like to briefly offer an introduction to the different video formats as some basic information. Please keep in mind that for the purpose of this article I will not dive too deep into the technical side of video codecs. The basics: different video formats When shooting video, aside from choosing the desired resolution and framerate, filmmakers also need to choose the codec the video will be recorded in. This will affect the size of the file as well as its flexibility in post-production, most of all color grading. Generally, there are interframe (only part of each frame is changing, the rest is calculated) or intraframe (every frame contains all the pixels) compressed codecs, and then raw formats (compressed or uncompressed). Most consumer cameras (including drones, smartphones, and action cameras) usually still have some flavor of LongGOP (for “group of pictures”, or interframe) compressed H.264 or H.265 8-bit 4:2:0 codec, but 10-bit 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 formats are also being introduced in more and more models. These offer better flexibility...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 8 June, 2021