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should i always use lossless?
ok i have buddy that needs to give me some files for re-editing. i work on a pc using vegas and after effects (i go back and forth alot between the two programs).
now my friend works on a mac and he has footage from imoive and FCP.
now my question is should he give me the footage as .mov or .mov lossless?
when i was in school we worked on macs and i was always told to simply keep everything in quicktime formatt but then i come to learn about lossless and like i said before i go back and forth between my NLE and AE (i mean a lot). so should i always make sure im using a lossless or is simply having a .mov good enough??sorry if i sound stupid 🙂
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Keep the quality the same as the end product. I.e. if you’re editing with the DV codec, then just stay in DV.
Basically if your friend is working in Final Cut Pro, just tell him to do File > Export > Quicktime Movie and then leave it in “Current Settings” and turn on “Make Self Contained Movie.” This will export a movie with exactly the same settings as his timeline.
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ok thanks,
well let me ask u this, i capture .avi, but for some reason i cant use the raw captured file and import into AE until i render it in my NLE (which i then render as .mov and keep it that way until im done with all my work and render out to mpeg2 for DVD).so do u know if there is a way to make .avi lossless or a way for a pc to capture in quicktime formatt?
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