AFX and FCP

[Tielman Dewaele]

Jep Dan,

If disc space is not an issue, that export a self contained movie out of FCP or proress compression
If it is, then use something like motion jpep, jpeg2000,…
H264 is meant for the web, so dont use is!!

T.

MacPro Intel Quad Core 4G Ram
MacBookPro Intel Duo Core 2G Ram

After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
Cinema4D
Final Cut Studio

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[Todd Morgan]

Invest in the DVCproHD codec. There are a few sites that offer it for sale, one being:

https://www.rastervector.com/

or try downloading the Avid codec pack and use either DV100 or DNxHD. Otherwise you can use the QT Animation codec. Like Mr. T said, H.264 is for web and for low-res QT files to send to client for work-in-progress approvals…

[David Bogie]

[Todd Morgan] “Otherwise you can use the QT Animation codec.”

Not to say there aren’t better alternatives but, in all the years I’ve been bouncing between machines and platforms, I’ve always used the trusty and reliable and universal Animation. New codecs come and go, Animation is still here.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Dan Browne]

Hmm thanks guys. I read somewhere that final cut pro exports certain headers when you export a quicktime strait from FCP that PC computers cant read. Is that the case? Because AFX on the pc doesnt seem to open just a normal animation compressed quicktime when you export from FCP but does seem to when you export using compressor.. So you think animation is the one with the least lossyness?

D

Dan Browne
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Cloud South Films
http://www.cloudsouthfilms.co.nz