Codec | .prores

The Ultimate Guide to Apple ProRes: The Professional Choice for Video Editing

💡 , but works equally well on Windows with proper codecs (e.g., from Apple or via FFmpeg). .prores codec

(Note: ProRes 4444 and XQ also support an , which is essential for motion graphics and CGI compositing, as it allows for transparent backgrounds.) The Ultimate Guide to Apple ProRes: The Professional

If ProRes is so great, why doesn't everyone shoot and deliver in it? .prores codec

When you film with a standard DSLR or mirrorless camera, you usually record in H.264 or H.265. These are "delivery" codecs. They are incredibly efficient at squeezing video into small files, but they do so by throwing away massive amounts of data (chroma subsampling) and using complex prediction algorithms (inter-frame compression).