Which HD codec to use?

Hello!
Its been a long, long time since my last confession, but since I'm here...
I'm building an animated storyboard in FCP from very large scans. Delivering to HD Quicktime and SD DVD.
Want to work in 1080p or 720p - what kind of timeline do you reckon? I've used XDCAM in the past - but it seems to take ages to render / render movies out. Should I be working uncompressed?
Am I right in thinking that the bandwidth / storage constraints of uncompressed wont be so extreme working with stills?
Thanks for shedding light on my vagueness.
Tall Jim

I recommend ProRes or DVCPRO HD. ProRes is full raster, and larger than DVCPRO HD. But both are fairly easy to edit.
Avoid the GOP formats when you aren't working with their media. You are really messing up that footage.
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