<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Tombone98 wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm FCP challenged, but I know you good folks will point me in the right direction.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></font>If I import HDV footage into iMovie 6, and save to Quicktime at "full quality," will the .mov file that results be as good, for use in Final Cut Pro, as if I had imported into FCP and created the .mov from there?<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Or how will it be different?</span></font></div>
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</font></div></div></font></blockquote><br></div><div>Like your last name.. :)</div><div><br></div><div>I wouldn't save in QuickTime to begin with. The DV file you got from your camera is going to be the best quality. Just import that DV file directly.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><br></body></html>