Enzo Tedeschi
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What program are you going to use to make your DVD?
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Do you have FCP Studio (ie Compressor and DVDSP?) or are you using iDVD?
In Studio, you can File > Export > Using Compressor straight from your timeline to create MPEG2 for DVD.
Alternatively, you can File > Export > Quicktime Movie from your timeline. Make sure you use the same settings as your capture, and then uncheck the “Make Self Contained” and “Recompress” checkboxes. This will maintain the quality in your original media, but with your cut in a new file.
You can then use this file to go straight into iDVD or DVDSP for encoding there. If no editing is necessary, then take your capture files straight into your authoring environment.
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I look forward to it, Laura.
Enzo Tedeschi
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There’s little chance you’re gonna get a 5 minute AVI at emailable size that looks good. The best compressors for good quality vs file size are, as you have found, MPEG4 or a QT file with H.264 codec. At good quality it is still going to be a considerable (but not massive) filesize. Have you tried dropping the framrate (30fps to 15fps?) usually this is an accepatble and viewable drop, and can considerably reduce your filesize.
You can encode an AVI using the mpeg4 codec (I’ve not done it on a Mac), but essentially that’s an MPEG4 file. I’m guessing if that was an option, you wouldn’t have had to encode the MPEG4 back to AVI.
Why AVI? If it is for viewing purposes only, surely other formats will be OK? Is it for mass distribution, or for client’s eyes only? If you establish what the target playback device is, you may find that you will have other alternatives.
Email is always problematic when you are sending video, simply due to size. I prefer to ftp files up to my website, and email a link for my clients to view.
Hope this helps!
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Sounds like you’re on your way :o)
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There seems to be a little confusion here, Steve.
After Effects will always open up a comp with a default colour (which you can change) as a background. This background, however, is “transparent” if you don’t place anything over it. To get transparency in the rendered output, the trick is to tell AE to render an Alpha Channel (RGBA, Millions of Colours +) in your render settings for your NLE software to read, otherwise you will be left with the default colour background which you will need to key out to get transparency.
I hope that helps…?
Enzo Tedeschi
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Sorry, I suck. That should be Graeme.
Sorry!!
Enzo Tedeschi
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There’s always that!
Pretty much anything Graham’s plugins do, they do better than the standard FCP versions.
Enzo Tedeschi
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It is indeed a great place to live – although you wonder when you endure the hottest New Year’s day on record: 44 degrees C!!
Do you have a website for your company? I’d like to check it out. What kind of work do you do? What are you using on the PC? Premiere? Avid?
Grazie per l’auguri – right back at you and your family! :o)
Enzo Tedeschi
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Laura,
I haven’t used FCE, so I can’t speak for interface and functions etc, but the single main limitation in FCE as I understand it, is that it is limited to the DV format only. FCP allows expansion into HD ( as mentioned by Alexander) or other SD formats (uncompressed, DVCPro etc).
And yes, I am first generation Aussie. Apart from Laura also being my sister’s name, your name sounds familiar…? Are you in Australia?
Enzo Tedeschi
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