High Detail, High quality files - Max Size

Hi people.

I work with super-high 4k resolution – usually shot on a RED , or on a series of 5616×3744 RAW images shot on a 5dMK II reduced to a 1920×1080 – always saved in Photo JPEG format. And they are long in quality too – say 15-30 seconds at this res 1080p res, and ALWAYS rendered in Photo JPEG format So my file sizes are usually 800mb to 1.3gig.

Or sometimes i bundle a 560mg 720p and a higher res 800mb 1080p version in z zipped bundle so my purchasers can have the file in various formats of their choice But this would equal a zip file of 1.2 or 1.3gb which i’m not sure VH accepts.

The problem i have with Videohive is that ..i mean – ONLY 500mb ? SERIOUSLY ? – Do VH actually want people to have high quality video footage?

Recently, VH introduced an FTP service that sometimes you can upload about 1GB. but I’m not sure if there is a definite acceptance of quality HD video of about 1gb – 1.5gb file sizes. And i don’t want to compromise the file by squashing it down to H.264 format – i feel end users should have the best quality render they can.

So, my question is – does VH allow file sizes of about 1.3gig ?

Hey Panda-Bear, check out this thread-

The post by Mark is probably the best answer you could get so far. Hope this helped.

Hey Inlifethril. Thanks for the prompt reply. But i read this post before and it gave a vague answer.

I would just like to clarify finally – is 1gigabyte the FINAL MAXIMUM file size?

Panda-Bear said
is 1gigabyte the FINAL MAXIMUM file size?

yes

Why don’t you contact that very same person, just to be on the safe side. I think the file size has a limit, it can’t be infinite. I guess it can go above 500mb but that is to be decided when the file is reviewed. You could easily contact any of the reviewers in advance so that it is all clear and you don’t waste your time.

Hey Panda-Bear, Videohive will allow 1GB max right now, if you request the extension, and state reasoning. I shoot on Epic Red, and s couple of days ago I released a project that has tons of mattes, 16 shots, all at 4K size, in Quicktime format. The package was about 975MB. I have had to trim a recent bundle that I submitted at 1.1GB, and had to knock it down to 1GB. So, yes, it’s pretty tight, and if you submit 1.3GB, you certainly will be asked to whack the size down to 1GB. Hope this helps.

I hear what you’re saying, but the limit’s 500GB, except in exceptional circumstances.

For the price that buyers pay here, I’d forget about 4K / 5K. I’d forget about uncompressed too. Uncompressed 4K is the stuff of feature films and adverts and will probably confuse many buyers here. (I can’t play this footage, it keeps stuttering etc.)

Actually, I’d say that in a world where much broadcast media is probably being shot on an h.264 or mpeg compressed camera, that these formats work for a majority of Videohive users.

As a compromise, I’d suggest ProRes 422 for clips under 45 seconds (that should give around a 500gb file). Okay, not strictly workable / color correctable for a high-end workflow, but visually lossless to all but the best trained eyes – and actually, you can pretty much get away with VFX work and all but the most extreme color corrections. Otherwise, you’ll need to look at h.264.

Don’t forget, REDCODE Raw is itself not an uncompressed format. It’s compressed with a ratio of between 18:1 and 3:1 using an intraframe wavelet codec that’s a variant of Jpeg 2000. (I got that last technical bit from Wikipedia).

Edit: By the way. For jobs where I’ve used stock footage from the high-end stock footage providers. i.e. licensing clips on an ad-hoc basis for usually a couple of hundred dollars per clip. Their footage is also compressed.

...but PHANTAZMA have 900mb

3dbacks said
...but PHANTAZMA have 900mb

All my files are in the 900mb to 1GB. I’m just a gluten for space! But seriously, I had contacted envato in the beginning, and had the idea of making little bundles with mattes, shots, AE project…etc. They did not think it would be allowed. A few days later, they contacted me and said that 1GB would be allowed. So, in my case, because I’m adding stock footage, mattes…etc. that all pertain to the AE project, it has be acceptable. Envato has been very flexible for me with this concept. So, I think, its a matter of having a reason why you need more than 500MB, and up to a 1GB extension.

Panda-Bear,

Consider that photo jpeg not always have better quality but most usually biger size. Many cases on my experience h.264 has better quality with smaller size (with properly set sharpness and noise). For me 500mb is enough to have best quality for about 40-80 sec. 1gb – 2-3 minutes. Pretty much enought and photo jpeg will not add quality.

Best Regards, Andrey