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Best export format for Premiere Pro CS6
I’m putting together a montage of photos to make into a video on PP CS6.I will email a file back to the client for them to use on their PC or TV.Would appreciate recommendations of a suitable “catch all” file format to email.
Thanks for your help
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The file has to be pretty small to be emailed.
Best to use something like https://www.depositfiles.com/en/———————————————–
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I think the best format to send via email for viewing purpose mantaining an acceptable quality and universal compatibility is .mp4 h264. If you play with video bitrates you´ll get different file sizes, so set the bitrate depending on the filesize you´re needing. In SD probably a video bitrate between 1.300-2.000 kbps will be enough for a well balanced size and quality file. If the size is bigger than desired, set lower bitrates, but it will loose quality.
Regards
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I agree with Gabriel’s suggestion.
To be clear, what folks have suggested here is a video file codec that can played on computers.
If you want to make a dvd that involves a different more involved workflow.
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cs6/what-is-encore-cs6/
Tom Daigon
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Great thanks and that would be able to play on a PC/Mac or DVD player?
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As Tom said, a file for burning a DVD has different workflow.
You need an mpeg2 file or something like .avi or .mov with DV codec for Encore DVD or other authoring app to ingest and burn the DVD. Best codec for DVD is not the best one for delivering via email, as the size would be over 3-4 times bigger. So you have to decide which one will be the best for your needs. If the DVD player reads divx or xvid files, then i can suggest to use the xvid codec to generate a .avi file, which will have similar size than a .mp4 h264 file and will play in this dvd player via usb drive or DVDRom burnt. It will be able to play in a pc with Windows7 too, as W7 installs xvid codec by default, but if i´m not wrong in a Mac you´ll need to manually install the xvid codec.Regards
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As Tom said, a file for burning a DVD has different workflow.
You need an mpeg2 file or something like .avi or .mov with DV codec for Encore DVD or other authoring app to ingest and burn the DVD. Best codec for DVD is not the best one for delivering via email, as the size would be over 3-4 times bigger. So you have to decide which one will be the best for your needs. If the DVD player reads divx or xvid files, then i can suggest to use the xvid codec to generate a .avi file, which will have similar size than a .mp4 h264 file and will play in this dvd player via usb drive or DVDRom burnt. It will be able to play in a pc with Windows7 too, as W7 installs xvid codec by default, but if i´m not wrong in a Mac you´ll need to manually install the xvid codec.
Just remember, PPro doesn´t make .avi files with xvid codec, so you need to export the video in, let´s say .mov or .avi DV and then open it in any convert app like Canopus Procoder 3, handbrake or similar.
I use Format Factory sometimes, as it´s free and very simple, but has great results encoding with xvid code. (https://www.filehippo.com/es/download_format_factory/)Regards
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Forget about email and use a upload service where people can download from.
The link i gave you is good for 10 gig filesize.
That will give you enough room to make e.g. mp4 playable on usb-stick, mediaplayer, computers.
Most modern dvd players or BD players have a connection for usb-sticks and play mp4.———————————————–
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Wow Ann, that good to know. My 6 year old Blu Ray player doesnt have that USB ability. But its cool to know the new ones do.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
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[Dougie Campbell] “I’m putting together a montage of photos to make into a video on PP CS6.I will email a file back to the client for them to use on their PC or TV.Would appreciate recommendations of a suitable “catch all” file format to email.”
We never email files, we always use ScreenLight for review and then the client can download from there.
We use H264 for all our files unless the client specifically requests WMV.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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