Best ProRes/DNxHR Settings for Stock agencies?

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I’m trying to figure out what’s the best Prores preset/codec to use for 1min long looping animations without the file being absolutely massive. I can’t seem to figure it out. The animations at DCI 4K as well, and tend to be rather colorful, if that matters.

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ProRes by nature is large because it is a visually lossless compression. There is no control other than to use a lower profile. See About Apple ProRes - Apple Support
After choosing a ProRes preset in Shotcut, use Export > Other and change vprofile to 0 for proxy or 1 for LT. Remember, the Shotcut export preset has a tool tip to provide a reminder how to change the profile even if 0 and 1 are not mentioned.

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Would lowering quality help, or is that not advisable?

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If you mean in the codec tab of export, that has no effect on ProRes.

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Alright ty ty!

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Alright so I still ended up with a 20GB .mov file for a 1min long video, even when I put 1 in the vprofile.

Is that normal? I need it to be under 5GB.

Edit: Perhaps I should shorten the video? Even the DN&HD HQ preset gave me a 13GB file.

Edit Again: 15 second video with ProRes 422 is 9GB. 422 LT gave a 7.37GB file. Not bothering with Proxy.

DNxHR HQ at 15seconds gave me a 3.36GB file. Perhaps I should stick with that codec.