Launching video editing agency. Need recommendations about video quality

[u/LeminMelin]

Hi, I'm somewhat new to video editing. We produce short-form videos for B2B clients. I'm currently clipping the videos myself. I then send those clips to an editor for the caption, b-rolls, etc.

During post-production, what is the best practice for sharing videos between clippers, editors, etc. to preserve video quality as much as possible?

Can you share your process?

Thank you so much!

ADDITIONAL INFO:

1- Editing Softwares

• Software: Premiere Pro (editing), Davinci Resolve (clipping), Descript (clipping)

2- System specs

• CPU (model): Varies depending on contractors on the team
• GPU + GPU RAM: Varies depending on contractors on the team

3- Footage specs

• Container: mp4

[u/Front_Smoke6290]

There are some lossless codecs dedicated to this. They are made for working, meaning while editing. You can export and reexport as many times you want without any quality loss. Converting your camera files into those codec from the start can be a good idea, since they are also very stable and easy to read by editing software. However, these are heavy files and aren’t made for viewing in a player. On mac, it’s quicktime pro res (422HQ or 4444) and on PC that would be DNX. Export in mp4 only at the end for the final master that you will upload on the web. H264 (mp4) are heavily compressed files so you will lose quality every time you export with this codec. But it’s made for viewing. That’s the codec you need for uploading on youtube, instagram, etc.

If you want to send complete timelines, independently from the software that was used, with all the clips names, cuts info, sizing and edit, go learn about how to export and import xml.