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How much storage will I need for film scanning?
This depends on a number of factors including the resolution you are
scanning to (e.g. video or data), the type of work you are doing (e.g.
commercial or long-form), your workflow (e.g. disk to disk colour
grading or grading to tape) amongst other factors.
The following table will give you some idea of the amount of
storage (in Megabytes, Gigabytes and Terabytes) required for storing
DPX 10bit LOG files at different resolutions (SD, 1K, HD, 2K and 4K)
per Frames, Second, Minute and Hour. This should help you work out just
how much storage you will need.
This information is also available from Cintel in a handy business-card sized Data Reference Card.
| DPX 10bit LOG file sizes | Per FRAME | Per SECOND (24fps) |
Per MINUTE | Per HOUR |
| Standard Definition (720 pixels by 576 lines) |
1.6 MB | 38.4 MB | 2.25 GB | 135 GB |
| 1K Data (1024 pixels by 768 lines) |
3.2 MB | 76.8 MB | 4.5 GB | 270 GB |
| High Definition (1920 pixels by 1080 lines) |
8.2 MB | 197 MB | 11.53 GB | 692 GB |
| 2K Data (2048 pixels by 1556 lines) |
12.5 MB | 300 MB | 17.6 GB | 1.03 TB |
| 4K Data (4096 pixels by 3112 lines) |
50 MB | 1.2 GB | 70.3 GB | 4.1 TB |
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