Exporting for Mac

dieradiodie wrote on 2/12/2004, 8:06 PM

I just finnished a intro for a television program. I am pleased with it... as are they... I put the finnishing touches on it and am rendering it to a file...

The problem is, they use FCP. And I want to seem as professional as possible so I want to deliver it in a format that FCP reads without having to render.

Is this possible? If so, what settings should I use on the export?

Thanks in advanced

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Spot|DSE wrote on 2/12/2004, 8:14 PM

You can render to Quicktime DV format with no problem. FCP will see it just fine. Is it going to DV, or is it going to a higher format? Do they have hardware on their FCP machine? These questions may allow you to do more with the file, depending on the answers.

dieradiodie wrote on 2/12/2004, 9:11 PM

Its strictly dv, the show is shot in mini dv and edited on FCP. The one machine has a matrox board in it but I am not sure which machine they are editing on.

I dont see a QuickTime DV option... I do have a Quicktime 5 export option, but the output setting make it seem as if its for web, it talks of (Streaming and Progressive scan).. How can I export a NTSC, DropFrame, 720x480 QuickTime?

Also... The export of the avi took over 3 hours just for the 40 sec intro...(I have lots of layers and effects) and I've got to delive tomorrow... So I cant really experiment... I need to know that what I'm delivering will work on their system(s)

farss wrote on 2/12/2004, 11:00 PM

Just a thought but you could give them a DV tape.

PeterWright wrote on 2/13/2004, 12:18 AM

Simple yet brilliant solution, Bob.

Chienworks wrote on 2/13/2004, 5:06 AM

FCP can also handle standard DV .avi files. A CD-R can hold about 3 minutes' worth of DV. In addition to the tape, you could burn your rendered DV .avi file to a data CD-R and give them that as well. They'd be able to import that faster and easier than the tape.

farss wrote on 2/13/2004, 6:45 AM

You ca also burn it to a DVD, most modern Macs have DVD readers.
However my tape suggestion was for a good reason, mac people seem to hold onto their gear WAY past it's use by date and I'm not certain if early incantations can read avi files etc.

At least with a DV tape there's not much room for argy bargy over file formats etc.

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/13/2004, 7:46 AM

FCP does handle DV formats, but the caveat in the question is; handle without re-rendering.... or rendering for preview. This limits the options somewhat.

cheroxy wrote on 2/13/2004, 9:00 AM

Its true that when you first click on QT export it looks like it is only for web. Go into custom and you can find QT DV settings in there. I did it just a couple of days ago and althoug I don't remembe exactly how now (away from vegas) it was fairly easy.

Jeff_Smith wrote on 6/9/2005, 4:43 PM

Thanks Bob for this post, this may ultimatley save me alot of time. I am collaborating with someone using FCP and DVDSP4. I would however like to know if Vegas can render a good format to be used in FCP. I have already given him m2v and ac3 files to be used as standalone dvd chapters

I also want to give my Vegas edited DV video to him to incorporate into his master edit. His source footage is DV and 1000's of still photos. He is going to burn a dvd to be projected on a screen.

thanks,

Jeff

Cheno wrote on 6/9/2005, 8:07 PM

I used to take stuff to the Mac regularly with Vegas.. natively captured DV was not read well, however an .avi render from Vegas could be read by Final Cut. I preferred this to the Quicktime export from Vegas as I felt it was cleaner.

Mike