I wonder if anyone may offer any suggestions.
I produce 40 minute videos and my end goal is to have a file that is as small as possible, with the priority of keeping best quality footage (720p used, 1080p too large and too long to render)
1) The initial file I receive is in the video format DAV (which plays on very few media players).
2) I must then convert to AVI (AVC).
3) This is not accepted in AE CS6, so I use handbrake in order to convert to MP4. Settings 18RF, compromise of file size and quality.
4) Import to AE and render.
5) Sometimes add to Handbrake for a last time to reduce the size.
This is quite a long process, but the biggest problem I have is losing the quality of the video, but I do not know how to skip so many conversions on points 2, 3, 4.
Any suggestions would be great, as I'm quite new to video editing
Thanks