FCP / Magic Bullet codec help please at DVinfo.net

Luca F Lucarini · July 4th, 2006, 05:07 AM

Hey all. Just struggling a bit trying to wrap my head around the best codec to export a project with. It's a DV PAL edit that I'm planning to put through Magic Bullet in After Effects. After it's been de-interlaced I'd like to bring it backi into Final Cut to do some titling and effects. It will be printed to a mini-DV master for broadcast. What codec should I use? Someone told me uncompressed but that seems like it's just adding data. Any thoughts? Should I be using compressor?

Glenn Chan · July 4th, 2006, 01:56 PM

They are saying to use something like uncompressed, since going DV instead would introduce (slightly more) generation loss. If you go to DV, it will get compressed with DV compression again.

Uncompressed or Quicktime animation codec will avoid that. Animation is a lossless codec.

Shane Ross · July 4th, 2006, 06:37 PM

If you will be delivering a DV master, don't compress as anything else. Stick to the DV codec from start to finish. If you go to 10-bit uncompressed, then back to DV you will have worse compression than if you stayed DV all the way thru.

July 4th, 2006, 05:07 AM	#1
Luca F Lucarini New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 15	FCP / Magic Bullet codec help please Hey all. Just struggling a bit trying to wrap my head around the best codec to export a project with. It's a DV PAL edit that I'm planning to put through Magic Bullet in After Effects. After it's been de-interlaced I'd like to bring it backi into Final Cut to do some titling and effects. It will be printed to a mini-DV master for broadcast. What codec should I use? Someone told me uncompressed but that seems like it's just adding data. Any thoughts? Should I be using compressor?

July 4th, 2006, 01:56 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	They are saying to use something like uncompressed, since going DV instead would introduce (slightly more) generation loss. If you go to DV, it will get compressed with DV compression again. Uncompressed or Quicktime animation codec will avoid that. Animation is a lossless codec.

July 4th, 2006, 06:37 PM	#3
Shane Ross Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 539	If you will be delivering a DV master, don't compress as anything else. Stick to the DV codec from start to finish. If you go to 10-bit uncompressed, then back to DV you will have worse compression than if you stayed DV all the way thru.