• VEGAS Pro

  Best file format to convert for editing in iMovie for a Mac

  Posted by Don Smith on December 18, 2014 at 9:32 pm

  I have someone who wants me to capture footage from an 8mm camera and convert it to a format she can copy to her Mac and edit in iMovie. I can capture directly from an 8mm camera and create an AVI file. I’m using Vegas Pro10 and I’m thinking convert the AVI to QuickTime7 (.mov). I’m wondering if I should use the 3 Mbps Video Template? I’m thinking Default (uncompressed) would make a huge file size, right? I need to burn the .mov to a data DVD for her to load in her Mac to work with.

  Or…should I render it to a .mp4 file for her iMovie edit project instead of Quicktime? If so, what template? Default?

  Don Smith replied 11 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Rofrano

  December 18, 2014 at 10:13 pm

  [Don Smith] “Or…should I render it to a .mp4 file for her iMovie edit project instead of Quicktime? If so, what template? Default?”

  I would rendering using Sony AVC with the Memory Stick SD NTSC – 6256 Kbps template assuming you are capturing to DV AVI. That can easily be imported into iMovie and should give you good quality with a reasonable file size.

  ~jr

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  Don Smith

  December 19, 2014 at 7:35 pm

  Thanks John, I’ll give that a try.

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