Supported media formats

Supported media formats

You can import the following video, still image, and audio formats:

QuickTime video codecs

  • Animation

  • DV - PAL

  • DV/DVCPRO - NTSC

  • DVCPRO - PAL

  • DVCPRO HD 1080i50, 1080i60, 1080p25, 1080p30, and 720p50, 720p60

  • DVCPRO50 - NTSC

  • DVCPRO50 - PAL

  • Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit 4:2:2

  • HDV 1080i50, 1080i60, 1080p24, 1080p25, and 720p24, 720p25, 720p30

  • Motion JPEG

  • MPEG IMX 525/60 (30Mb/s, 40 Mb/s, 50 Mb/s)

  • MPEG IMX 625/50 (30Mb/s, 40 Mb/s, 50 Mb/s)

  • Photo - JPEG

  • Apple ProRes 4444 XQ

  • Apple ProRes 4444

  • Apple ProRes 422 HQ

  • Apple ProRes 422

  • Apple ProRes 422 LT

  • Apple ProRes 422 Proxy

  • XDCAM HD 1080i50, 1080i60, 1080p24, 1080p25, 1080p30 (35 Mb/s VBR)

  • H.263

  • H.264

Other codecs

  • MXF

Still image formats

  • Photoshop

  • BMP

  • GIF

  • JPEG

  • PNG

  • TIFF

  • TGA

  • OpenEXR

Other image formats

  • Layered Photoshop files

  • PDF files

Audio formats

You can import audio files with sample rates up to 192 kHz and with bit depths up to 32 bits. Mono and stereo files are supported. Multichannel audio files are also supported. Motion supports the following audio file types:

  • AAC (listed in the Finder with the .m4p file extension)

  • AIFF

  • CAF

  • WAV

Important: You cannot import rights-managed AAC files, such as non-iTunes Plus tracks purchased from the iTunes Store.

For more information about the file formats supported by Motion, go to the Motion website at http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/motion.