Question for you Video Editing Guru's
 

I'm editing some video that I shot with my GL2 using Sony Vegas 6. My question is this: What Is the best format (wmv, avi etc.) to save it in and what size (320x240, 640x480 or 720x480)? :helpme The videos will be used on the web. Thanks

WMV appears to be the most widely used format, although not the best quality in my opinion. Size depends on what you are looking to use it for. If you are showcasing your work and dont mind larger file sizes go for 640x480. If it is for a tour page 320x240 appears to be industry standard.

Sinclair

I'll be using it to showcase my work in my online portfolio. Thanks for the advice sinclair... :thumbsup

AVI is the raw format you edit in......best for web is probably WMV and 640x480

size and compression will be dependant on your bandwidth usage etc

Well, your question is pretty vague.

We'd need to know WHAT are you putting on the web? Full scenes? trailers? etc.

And usually people like to give different options for people to view their clips.



Most common options are : WMV and MPEG (Hi and Low res-version of each).

A generic specification would be

Hi-res : 640x480 at 1100 kbps

Low-res : 320x240 at 300 kbps


But its all variable depending on your tastes.

Personnally, for trailers, I like to send them out at 640x480 and at 700 kbs, so the quality is good, but the download doesn`t take too much Bandwidth.




Oh, and don't forget, if you're exporting at 4:3 (640x480), make sure your pixel aspect ratio is at SQUARE PIXELS (not at 0.9 DV pixels), otherwise your video might look a bit squeezed.

Thanks...