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Quick cross platform question
Hello all,
I was trying to get a couple of clips from FCP to another computer for use in after effects. Now the person who is doing the After effects work is using a PC. I exported the clips from my time line as quicktime conversion, HDV 1080 codec, which is what i usually do when exporting to quicktime. These clips did not play back at all in the AE on the PC. However if I saved the clips as full quality AVI the clip goes from 35mb to 900mb! Which is to big to get across on-line.Is there any way to get the PC to play the QT clip?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
Chris
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4 Replies
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Hi Chris,
You can export as Proress. your PC guy will only need the free ProRess reader for Windows and QT Pro.
Rafael(and here some clips for the friends: https://www.vimeo.com/2694745 )
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Thank you Rafael 🙂
Is that the standard to export things out uncompressed? Rather than export out at current settings?Chris
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Just to let you know, the guy working on the Windows box won’t need QT Pro to work with ProRes. Just the decoder and regular QT Player installed will work fine.
There is no “standard” when it comes to transfering files across for further work. Each workflow will be slightly different. You’re trying to balance three things here – compatibility, quality and file size. Uncompressed files will help you maintain the first two (with caveats about colour bit depth) but create large files. Apple ProRes gives a good trade-off about maintaining quality whilst giving manageable filesizes.
On the way back from the Windows machine, you might want to consider Uncompressed or a high-quality PhotoJPEG. You can’t render back out to ProRes on Windows.
All the best,
BenCurious Turtle Professional Video
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Just to add to the comments of Ben, you can also use the AVID codecs. You can get them free for MAC and PC in the AVID web site.
From my view the best option when working cross platform is “Sheer”.
Have a look in https://www.bitjazz.com
Rafael(and here some clips for the friends: https://www.vimeo.com/2694745 )
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