• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Best format to save files in for Final Cut Editing

  Posted by Mikkell Khan on November 11, 2010 at 2:21 pm

  Hello All,

  What is the best format to save files in using the Adobe Media Encoder for further editing on a Final Cut Pro Machine? (I know that there is a way to save an edit but it seems that mpeg files made in Premiere Pro do not bring over the sound into Final cut Pro)

  Mikkell Khan
  Director
  Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)

  Mikkell Khan replied 15 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Vince Becquiot

  November 11, 2010 at 7:17 pm

  The best format would be Quicktime Animation or uncompressed. Both will require some fast drives on the FCP side, but they are lossless. Other options for smaller size would be Motion Jpeg, PNG, or even H.264.

  Vince Becquiot

  Kaptis Studios
  San Francisco – Bay Area
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  Jürgen Hackl

  November 12, 2010 at 10:09 pm

  If you have FC Studio 3 you can also use ProRes4444 (uncompressed) or ProResHQ.

  I would never use GOP formats like H264 ore MPEG4 because they don’t run stable.
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  Mikkell Khan

  November 14, 2010 at 7:41 pm

  Thanks for the information guys. My Final Cut associates inform me that the video is importing into the program just fine with no issues.

  Mikkell Khan
  Director
  Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)

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