I don’t know what you mean by codec…so maybe that is my problem. I did an extremely quick google search of it as I am replying to you and learned that it’s a video compressor…
when I make videos, after I dump the raw footage, I edit it with FCP or iMovie and then use AE to add the VFX.
Can you point me in the right direction?
(I apologize if my ignorance is frustrating, but thank you for your patience!)