Return-Path: Received: from exprod6og106.obsmtp.com ([64.18.1.191] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4875209 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:35:25 +0200 Received: from outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com ([192.150.11.134]) by exprod6ob106.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKUH8XGzDziu23CtVhSU+rSRrOwDM0T83U@postini.com; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:37:49 PDT Received: from inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com ([153.32.1.51]) by outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id q9HKZ51v028027 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nahub02.corp.adobe.com (nahub02.corp.adobe.com [10.8.189.98]) by inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id q9HKbkNc006226 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:37:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SJ1SWM219.corp.adobe.com (10.5.77.61) by nahub02.corp.adobe.com (10.8.189.98) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.279.1; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:37:46 -0700 Received: from nambx09.corp.adobe.com ([10.8.189.47]) by SJ1SWM219.corp.adobe.com ([fe80::d55c:7209:7a34:fcf7%11]) with mapi; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:37:46 -0700 From: Todd Kopriva To: After Effects Mail List Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:37:42 -0700 Subject: RE: [AE] Standards, Containers and Encodings Thread-Topic: [AE] Standards, Containers and Encodings Thread-Index: Ac2sovGmfaPYmsRtSz+c78XNXLI04gAA0mpQ Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Here's are a couple of brief videos that I made on this topic for a beginni= ng After Effects course and a Premiere Pro FAQ course: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-by-video/adobe-after-effects-cs5-supported-= import-formats-and-codecs/ http://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/why-cant-premiere-pro-import-my-file Not a lot of detail, but hopefully enough to give a person new to the area = an idea. > -----Original Message----- > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On > Behalf Of Mike Abbott > Sent: 17October2012 13:07 > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: [AE] Standards, Containers and Encodings >=20 >=20 > Hi all, > I've got a UK based client working in the PR / marketing world who has > to deal with video, but how has no video or digital graphics > background, and therefore virtually no knowledge of things such as > standards, containers and encodings. >=20 > I'd like to point him in the direction of a reasonably authoritative > document that can get him up to speed. I'm not looking for anything > overly technical, just something that would broadly educate him on the > difference between standards, containers and codec's, and outline the > popular versions he's likely to see. >=20 > Google throws up various bits and pieces, some questionable, some out > of date etc. > Anyone know of anything worth passing on before I point him in the > direction of Wikipedia? Something with an 'Adobe' stamp would be ideal. >=20 >=20 > Thanks, >=20 >=20 > Mike