[Steve Roberts]

It seems to be YUV 16-bits.
https://www.graphics-converter-pro.com/500.htm

Sorry, can’t help more.
Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Have you tried lengthening the host comp?

Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Have the client pay for a courier. Then you can track it (with a tracking number) and insure it. FedEx was used to courier the animation drawings for Roger Rabbit acrosss continents. So there!

Now if you’re talking about a data DVD, the client could compress the files to the Animation codec or Photo-JPEG at 89% or 94%. Digital Anarchy’s Microcosm codec is another option, but the client might not be into buying a codec.

All those formats are Quicktime movies.

Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Yes, but much … more … slowly.

Anyone who tries to cut/dissolve video in AE is nuts. AE has to render every frame. NLEs (non-linear editing apps) such as Premiere are tied to certain codecs, where a sequence (like a comp in AE) will display video in real time without rendering in many cases. That lets you work quickly. AE is not tied to any codec — that’s why it has to render every frame … but you can have IMAX film and video in the same comp. But you have to render every frame. Say you have two clips and want to trim them both and butt them up against each other. Do it in AE and you’ll have to render the entire set work area. Do it in DV in Premiere and it will play right away.

Also, the tools for trimming, cutting, slipping and sliding clips (look up those terms) are much faster in an NLE.

My point is: a slow editor is an out-of-work editor. Editors have to work quickly, not just to make a buck, but to be able to find the timing and rhythm of a program quickly. If you have to render every cut, you have no time to fine-tune your rhythm. AE is very slow. Use it for effects, motion graphics and compositing. Not for editing if you can avoid it. If you only need a few effects shots, assemble your program in an NLE for timing, and use placeholders for the effects shots. Render (export, whatever) those placeholders and import them into AE. Add effects. Render out of AE and import back into the NLE to replace the placeholders.

(pretty much as Ron said)

Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Yep — portable drives are used for that purpose all the time.

Hoo boy though … don’t get me started on cross-platform drive work. I just did a bunch of file transfer between OSX and NTFS/FAT32 drives. Let’s see what I remember:

OSX can’t write to NTFS-formatted portable drives.
OSX can’t write files bigger than 4GB to FAT32-formatted portable drives.
The Windows box could only read files in the Drop Box on the Mac. If ther’s a workaround, I’d love to hear it.
Firewire was much faster than USB. Not sure about FW 800, USB 2.

Anybody else?
Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Well, it was the middle of the night, and you remarked that I’m online 24/7, and …

… oh, never mind. 🙂

Nice degraining tip.
Steve

[Steve Roberts]

Hmm … I’d drop the files into AE and render to the Animation codec at 720×480, non-square, then use Compressor (or the equivalent) to compress that file to MPEG-2.

There’s no quality gain in compressing a 2K file over a 720×480 file, in my opinion … if you’re going to DVD.

I suppose that there could be a difference between scaling down in AE when going to Animation, and scaling down in Compressor. A test might prove useful.

Hope that helps,
Steve
(Hi Barend!)

[Steve Roberts]

Effect>transition>radial wipe.

SR

[Steve Roberts]

I seem to have lost the link.

Try calling Maxon’s sales team at 877-226-4628 or 805-376-3333.

Steve

[Steve Roberts]

… using the render queue, accessed from composition>make movie.

Steve