• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Best export codec

  Posted by Lewis Long on September 20, 2008 at 1:23 pm

  I have a project that was shot on a Panasonic DVX and although it wasn’t shot in HD I am using Final Cut Pro HD as the editing machine. I am getting ready to export the final project and burn it to DVD using IDVD. I was wondering which codec will give me the highest quality resolution on the DVD. Is it Animiation, None, Sorenson 3 or DVCPRO HD 1080i60 (even though I didn’t shoot it in HD). Any assistance would be great.

  Tom Wolsky replied 17 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  September 20, 2008 at 1:36 pm

  Unless you have added many effects, graphics etc, export with the same codec of your sequence.
  In other case set your sequence codec to something less compressed. If you have shoot DV, set your sequence to DVCPro50 for example.
  Cheers,
  Rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Tom Wolsky

  September 20, 2008 at 1:36 pm

  Export to QuickTime Movie at current settings. If the material is anamorphic you’ll have to adjust it before importing to iDVD.

  https://www.fcpbook.com/Video9.html

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

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