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IMF: A native IMF encoding option that lets you export to the SMPTE ST.2067
Interoperable Master Format (IMF) for tapeless deliverables to networks and
distributors, with support for encoding of JPEG2000 using a library licensed from
Kakadu software. No additional licenses or plug-ins are required to output to IMF.
The IMF format supports multiple tracks of video, multiple tracks of audio, and
multiple subtitle and closed caption tracks, all of which are meant to accommodate
multiple output formats and languages from a single deliverable. This is done
by wrapping a timeline’s different video and audio tracks (media essences) and
subtitle tracks (data essences) into a “composition” within the Material eXchange
Format (MXF).
JPEG 2000: DaVinci Resolve 15 introduced support for the encoding and decoding
of JPEG2000 using a library licensed from Kakadu software. This includes a
complete implementation of the JPEG2000 Part 1 standard, as well as much of Parts
2 and 3. JPEG2000 is commonly used for IMF and DCP workflows.
MJ2: The Motion JPEG 2000 format. DaVinci Resolve 15 introduced support for the
encoding and decoding of JPEG2000 using a library licensed from Kakadu software.
This includes a complete implementation of the JPEG2000 Part 1 standard, as well
as much of Parts 2 and 3. JPEG2000 is commonly used for IMF and DCP workflows.
MP4: Dedicated MP4 encoding lets you export H.264-encoded movies.
MXF OP–Atom: A simple standard for the Material eXchange Format, a file-based
media format, that’s often used when delivering DNxHD. This version conforms to
the SMPTE 390M standard, and can deliver using the DNxHD, DNxHR, Kakadu JPEG
2000, NTSC and PAL Avid, RGB Avid 10-bit, and XDCAM MPEG2 codec options.
MXF OP1A: A version of the Material eXchange Format that conforms to the SMPTE
378M standard, and can deliver using the 1080i Avid 8-bit, DNxHD, DNxHR, Kakadu
JPEG 2000, NTSC and PAL Avid, RGB Avid 10-bit, Sony MPEG4 422 and 444, and
Sony XAVC Intra CBG and VBR, and XDCAM MPEG2 codec options.
QuickTime: Apple’s file-based media format, used when delivering Apple ProRes,
DNxHD or DNxHR wrapped in QuickTime, GoPro Cineform RGB 16-bit and YUV 10-
bit, Grass Valley HQ and HQX, Kakadu JPEG 2000, H.264, HEVC, H.264 (single or
multi-pass), Photo JPEG, Kakadu JPEG 2000, Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit formats
with ARGB/BGRA/RGB/YUV channel orders, and VP9 at 8-, 10-, and 12-bits.
TIFF: “Tagged Image File Format,” an image sequence format compatible with many
desktop video applications on many platforms and is also used when delivering for
DCDM mastering.
Codec: A drop-down menu that lets you choose from a selection of codecs that are
available to the format you’ve selected above.
Type: Different codec options may also present different bit depth and color space
combinations, as well, which are available from this menu.
Maximum Bit Rate: (Does not appear for all codecs) Codecs such as Kakadu JPEG
2000 let you specify a maximum bit rate, in Mbits per second, with which to encode the
delivered video.
Field rendering: If you’re processing interlaced source material, this checkbox sets
DaVinci Resolve to render each field individually before reintegrating them back
into a single frame, in order to process clips most accurately with filtering operations
that would otherwise violate field boundaries and cause problems. If you’re not
rendering interlaced media, you should leave this checkbox turned off, as it is more
processing intensive.
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