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h264 vs Photo JPEG
urbazon:
Hi there!
For the past few weeks I've been busting my head about this dilemma so I've finally decided to ask around here.
I see a lot of topics and different opinions about this.
What I'd like to find out is - am I losing sales/customers because I offer (almost) all my portfolio in h264 codec? Does it really matter, sales-wise?
The only "research" I conducted is to check the top 100 popular clips on ShutterStock and rougly 15% uses h264 codec, while other 85% are a mixture of ProRes and PhotoJPEG. But I can't know how big of an influence codec plays when it comes to sales.
Thank you all in advance! :)
Noedelhap:
I've been wondering this as well.
PhotoJPEG often gives me terrible banding issues with smooth gradients, even after applying a light noise effect.
So I decided I wanted to try ProRes, but there just didnt seem to be an option to use that codec on a Windows machine. Fortunately, with AfterCodecs I was able to render with the ProRes codec and since then I no longer have ugly banding.
As for sales, I think it doesnt play that big of a role, but ProRes should give the end user the most possibilities when it comes to color correcting or editing your videos.
Bad Company:
We did this one topic a while back- look at the survey (50/50 results) in votes of what is best. Seems like we are still looking for the best one... 8)
http://www.microstockgroup.com/equipment-and-software/h-264-vs-photo-jpeg-the-ultimate-discussion/
urbazon:
Thank you for you answers. As far as I understand, I won't be gaining much from switching to photoJPEG.
increasingdifficulty:
--- Quote from: urbazon on August 30, 2017, 09:12 ---Thank you for you answers. As far as I understand, I won't be gaining much from switching to photoJPEG.
--- End quote ---
No, it's like switching back to a 28.8 modem and a 4:3 TV.
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