[Rob Wienk]

Sure you could. However, the idea is that the setup that I’m after, will be a lot more flexible.

I could animate 10 different masks, and have ten animations, with just a few keyframes (on the masks).
If I would want to achieve the same effect without the expression, I’d have to time-offset maybe 45+ pre-comps (my current grid-setup has 45 pre-comps. I could imagine a setup that has up to twice as many). Then it will be much more time consuming to do so.

On a side note:
I seem to have placed this thread in the general AE forum. I suppose it would be better to move it to the part that’s specifically for AE Expressions.
I’d appreciate it If someone could do this for me.

[Rob Wienk]

Hi David & Dave.

Thank you both for your replies. In the end I contacted the company and asked them if I could send it to them in a different format. I was able to render it out of AE with a 10 bit YUV 422 uncompressed AVI, which was fine with them.

@David: I did look on the website of BlackMagic, but couldn’t find any codecs? It seems like they only have installation files that complement their hardware products.
After your reply, I also checked the AJA website, which came down to the same problem as I had with the BlackMagic website. On the Avid website I did find some codecs which I installed, and had then access to via QuickTime, but none of them seem to be specific 10-bit uncompressed codecs (the following codecs are listed: “1×1:”, “DNxHD Codec”, “DV Codec”, “DV100 Codec”, “Meridien compressed”, “Merodien uncompressed” & “Packed Codec”).

@Dave: I do have QuickTime Pro 7.6.8 installed, and that’s also why I was surprised to find everyone talking about this codec, yet I don’t seem to have it! Maybe it’s simply that I’m not on a Mac? And/or maybe that codec, as well as Apple Pro Res, only come with FCP? I don’t know.
I’ve checked the Apple QuickTime website, and they have a few (links to) codecs on there, but not the Apple 10-bit one.