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  • Best format to export from FCP into AE?

    Posted by Andreas Sweden on September 17, 2006 at 8:46 pm

    I have a project in Final Cut Pro and now I am ready to bring it intoo AE for the final touch, what format and what compression for the best quality?
    It was filmed on MiniDV and the final product is DVD.

    Steve Drew replied 19 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Steve Drew

    September 18, 2006 at 2:41 am

    You can simply ‘command+e’ it as a self contained movie and import the file, but you can’t change any edits, as it’s one ‘flattened’ file.

    The BEST way to send an edit to AE is via Automatic Duck plugins – nothing is re-encoded, you work with the original files, the FCP edit is automatically rebuilt inside After Effects and you have full access to the clips, including all digitised handles. There’s simply no better option for this kind of workflow.

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