Depending on what the type and quality of work you are producing, picking the right Pro Res codec can be crucial to ensuring you maintain a pristine image throughout and don’t end up running out of storage space…

How to choose which Pro Res codec to use

Larry Jordan has a simple to follow, yet sufficiently detailed, article explaining the differences between Pro Res codecs and which Pro Res codec is best suited to what kind of work. Larry covers when and why you might use Pro Res 4444 and how changing your fcp timeline settings to Pro Res can reduce the amount of time you’ll be waiting for HDV video to render.