Ideal Quicktime to Show Client Prores 422 sequence?

[Peter Dunphy]

Solved this bad boy again thank God – when exporting as Quicktime file from FCP, I chose ProRes 422 1440 x1080.

I have a motion item that’s at the higher size (to be fixed later but time is of the essence now so I have to proceed with the QT export) so perhaps that was causing the seq to be funky.

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[David Roth weiss]

[peter dunphy] “I need to export a ProRes 422 edited sequence from FCP6 to show on Quicktime on an up-to-date Intel iMac (which doesn’t have FCP installed).

How might I get the best quality for the Quicktime file I’ll be previewing? “

Peter,

A self-contained QT using current settings, i.e. ProRes will play just fine on your client’s iMac if you have a transportable firewire drive to bring to their facility. You didn’t mention any limitations on file size in your initial post, just that you were looking for the best quality, and ProRes is the best, so why not really show them the best if you can?

David

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[Kevin Monahan]

Make sure that the client has updated QT so that it can decompress the ProRes movies. QT handles ProRes even if FCS is not installed. This apparently works with PCs too.

Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro