dealing with avi

hi,

i have one avi clip i need to use in a fcp sequence. are there any reformatting options to make it work.

thanks.
sharon

Don't even get me started on THAT horrible excuse for a format!!! I had to rebuild a DVD from the original source material that was cut on Adobe Premiere and the translation from AVI to MOV was a nightmare.

Be aware of luminance and/or color shifts, especially if you convert to MOV on your mac.

Best advice I can give is get the conversion done from AVI to MOV on a PC. The best quality I got was from getting my hands on Adobe Premiere (on PC) and exporting the AVI to quicktime, then moving it across my network to the MAC.

Andy

If you don't have a pc, use quicktime pro to convert it to a .mov before importing to FCP. You will probably have to play with the colour if it needs to match.

I agree with Andy though. Nasty codec.

Don't under any circumstance try to use the AVI without converting. FCP *can* see, import and edit with AVI files, but having them in a timeline will slow your system down to a crawl.