Hi all,
I am branching out into video and purchased an inexpensive video software (Cyberlink Power Director) for my PC and while it had video jpeg codec, H.264, etc, it was a piece of junk. You couldn't use the exposure & color correction tools without it making your output slow and choppy. So rather than cut corners I invested in a new IMac and am now using Final Cut Pro X. I have been able to figure out how to use it pretty easily, at least for some basic clip prep. But its codecs are limited. The standard Apple 422 codec seems to be the generally accepted codec from FCP, but it does have H.264 as well. I am wondering if there are other people here using FCP and how they render their videos for submission to stock sites. I know P5 converts your Apple codec into some other "general" H.264 codec, but what is the generally accepted rendering from this system? Is there a plug-in I should be using or is outputting to Apple 422 the way to go?
Thanks in advance for the help.