The main benefit of recording video in ProRes format on your iPhone for professional editing, compared to the standard HEVC format, is the preservation of significantly more original image data and greater flexibility for intensive post-production tasks, particularly color grading and visual effects, at the cost of larger file sizes. ProRes is a professional “mezzanine” video codec, meaning it is specifically designed to be an intermediate format for editing workflows, not primarily for final delivery or efficient storage. It employs “intra-frame” compression, where each individual video frame is compressed independently, without relying on information from surrounding frames. This approach retains a much higher level of detail, color information (color depth), and dynamic ra....
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