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Best Quality Export File
What are thoughts on the best format to export a movie. Uncompressed Microsoft AVI or QuickTime? And if QT, which codec? I have done Uncompressed Microsoft AVI and been pretty pleased with the results. Yes the file size is quite big but I don’t care how big the file size is.
Thanks!
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6 Replies
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As neither format contains a codec, they should be equal. (Choosing Apple None or Microsoft None as the Compressor)
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QuickTime with the PNG codec is also lossless, but the (lossless) compression will produce smaller files. Just set quality to 100%.
I’d vote for QuickTime being more of a “universal” wrapper, but that’s not absolute.-jeff
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Thanks guys. Looks like from my tests that non-compressed AVI or QT look about the same (which you are right in theory they should). HOWEVER, on the QT export it will NOT let me go past 4 GB. I have read elsewhere that this IS a limitation with PPro 2.0. It is not a FAT or NTSF issue but rather a PPRo 2.0 issue. Adobe says to upgrade to CS3. Anyone else have this problem with QT file size export limit?
Thanks
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The 4 GB limit is the file type; Microsoft AVI and DV AVI along with Mpeg 2 are Open DML files that can exceed Windows 4 GB file limit.
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So then what you are saying is QT is NOT an open DML file type and thus IS limited to 4 GB in WINDOWS but can exceed 4 GB in the MAC platform? If true it is then both a file type AND platform issue?
Interesting that Adobe says that they corrected the problem in CS3. I assume they are talking about the windows platform. If that assumption holds to be true then it WOULDN’T be a file type or platform issue, or if it IS then Adobe has figured out a way around it?
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It is a platform issue, Apple takes care of its own and so does MS and neither cares much about the other.
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