Tony, You probably want to use AVI with *lossless* audio+video codecs (not necessarily the default options). The files will be huge. (For uploading to Youtube etc, I like to convert my AVI files to H264 or WebM with pretty high quality settings so it won't degrade noticeably when the site re-encodes them, yet the files are 2-5x smaller than uncompressed video, saving time on uploads.) We should talk sometime... I'm a software developer (and musician) working on stuff for musicians' websites. I see a lot of untapped potential for collaboration among developers, designers, videographers and editors, recording engineers, writers, publicists, etc... -- Tom Novelli tnovelli.net On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Tony Jillson <stmix at birdwaves.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > HI, > We are starting a new video project. It's a documentary that may eventually be solicited for Theatrical release. At the very least it will be broadcast. We have a boatload of material in different formats. All the video is standard def, some in standard 4:3, some in 16:9. We'll be using lots of stills, and some licensed footage from stock libraries. > Does anyone have a recommendation on what format we should use? > We are using Final Cut Studio (not X). > Thanks, > Tony Jillson > > Tony Jillson > Birdwaves Media > Web Design • Graphics • Music > stmix at birdwaves.com > (413) 628-3805 > www.birdwaves.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >