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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Newbie Discussion => Topic started by: remusrigo on March 15, 2016, 01:53
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When exporting from Premeiere, what format/codec is recommended?
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I export quicktime, photo-jpeg at 90% quality.
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Varies ever so slightly depending on the site you're uploading to, but most places prefer a Quicktime MOV container with a Photo JPEG codec at 75% quality or higher. iStock like it at 95%. Most accept a variety of different stuff, and a very few won't accept Photo JPEG, but I think that's the most universal codec to go for when it comes to stock.
Cylon beet me to it, and much more succinctly!
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thanks, i've installed QuickTime and now I have the Photo JPEG codec
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The issue is that many allow the mp4 encoding which gives me much smaller files. But videoblocks demands an h264 encoding and it file size with that is huge. I'm using movie editor pro and still trying to figure the best codec
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But videoblocks demands an h264 encoding and it file size with that is huge.
That's their least favourite of the accepted codes...
Accepted codecs
In order of preference:
Photo-JPEG (quality level between 75 and 90)
MJPEG
Motion JPEG A
Motion JPEG B
Apple ProRes 422
Apple ProRes 4444
DNxHD
H.264 (minimum bitrate of 50,000 kbps)
Files with alpha channels must use Animation or PNG codec.
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Cool, so which of these results in small files? And what codec will allow me upload to SS, Videoblocks, fotolia and any other good ones.
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I export quicktime, photo-jpeg at 90% quality.
That's what I do but at 95%.
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Let me give this a shot. H264 usually gave me 200Mb+ files for 15 sec 4k clips
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The issue is that many allow the mp4 encoding which gives me much smaller files. But videoblocks demands an h264 encoding and it file size with that is huge. I'm using movie editor pro and still trying to figure the best codec
mp4 and h.264 are different. mp4 is a container same as .avi, .mov, .mkv, etc. and h.264 is a codec/encoder same as mjpeg, divx/xvid, photo-jpeg, pro-res.
You can totally encode h.264 into a mp4 container. It is actually the recommended combination.
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And some will accept H.246 in a Quicktime container, but not in an MP4 one.
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Guess will need to read about this a bit more. Just need a small enough size so that the uploading does not take forever
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
Problem I have is I use Final Cut Pro X and it does not offer a photo JPG codec, so I use Pro RES 422. I really don't understand why Apple does not design in that codec.
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
Problem I have is I use Final Cut Pro X and it does not offer a photo JPG codec, so I use Pro RES 422. I really don't understand why Apple does not design in that codec.
Can you not export Photo JPEG from Compressor?
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
Problem I have is I use Final Cut Pro X and it does not offer a photo JPG codec, so I use Pro RES 422. I really don't understand why Apple does not design in that codec.
Can you not export Photo JPEG from Compressor?
I can on regular video but my animations error out with compressor.
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
Problem I have is I use Final Cut Pro X and it does not offer a photo JPG codec, so I use Pro RES 422. I really don't understand why Apple does not design in that codec.
Pro-res 422 is way better.
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Photo jpeg at 95%.
I do not even think on something else. And pro user buyers as well.
I could say exactly the same thing for Pro-res 422/HQ
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Let me give this pro res also a shot. Trying to get my head around this container and codec stuff. And seeing how each compares with the next
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Here ya go. dont overthink this.
https://vimeo.com/20273124