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Best settings for exporting FCE footage into FCP
Hi – am new to this forum, and have what is probably a “dumb” question (!) I have some footage that was roughly edited on FC Express (it’s part of a “mobile editing suite” that is used when working with students out on site). Once they students have done a rough edit, I want to import the footage into FCP to do the final edits. and export via Compressor for DVD authoring. My question is – what is the best setting I need to select when exporting the footage out of FCE to be imported into FCP? I need to preserve highest quality possible – both video and audio. Is QuickTime enough? If so, what are the best settings to select.
Apologies for the Noddy question -hopefully this is a really easy one to answer :-))
Carl
Appletree Theatre Company – UK -
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The “best” format (good quality, not massive file size) is probably going to be the original format. If you can export QT “using current settings” (it should be a check box in the export dialogue) that will export the files without re-compressing them, using the current codec. then you can bring it into FCP and shouldn’t loose too much. If you can’t export “using current settings” you should use MPEG-2. It isn’t the the best format, but if you are going to DVD only you will be going to MPEG-2 anyway in the end (if there are other things you are doing with the final video (ie uploading to youtube, cell phone distribution, major theatrical release). I hope this still helps, I know its an old thread.
-Proby
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