I've read the version 3 HES manual and searched these forums. What is the best format for Catalyst? The manual says DV, but I'm not seeing that option in After Effects or iMovie (the two programs my designer works in mostly). The manual says DV-PAL is different, but if native DV is the best, how do you render to that?

My designer is rendering most things to Animation. Catalyst doesn't like running more than one Animation file at a time, even running on a Dual Core 3Ghz Intel. I've played around with H.264 and DV-PAL, with varying degrees of success. Although as I recall, H.264 takes a REALLY long time to render.

I'm working in a theatre environment with pieces of footage that are between 1 and 5 minutes long. All files are 25fps and outputs are set to 75Hz.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin