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The dedication of fans never ceases to amaze. > When a film is professionally scanned in 16-bit color as DPX image files, every single frame weighs in at 100 M
by matheusmoreira 2y ago
The dedication of fans never ceases to amaze.
> When a film is professionally scanned in 16-bit color as DPX image files, every single frame weighs in at 100 MB.
> With upwards of 175,000 frames in each film, a complete scan requires about 21 TB of storage
> 42 TB if you want a backup copy!
> And then you need at least another 21 TB of space to work on it
> over $1,000 just in hard drives is therefore required for every film
- SoftTalker 2y agoA tiny expense in the grand scheme of things. The original film stock probably cost an order of magnitude more.
- Melatonic 2y agoYou probably are not gonna to need 16 bit DPX for anything but high end compositing with CG Your point still stands but a good quality cineform or something is plenty. And you can definitely get 21TB cheaper than 1000$