I’m trying to edit video in Blender. I’m new to this, so sorry if this is a dumb question. Is there a good intermediate format for outputting video from Blender, such as AVCHD or AVI-HD> I need to break some large clips into smaller ones to then be re-imported into Blender for further editing.
Formats capable of outputting from blender http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Output/Video
DNXHD is a good quality codec for intermediate use. You can crank up the bit rate too.
https://developer.blender.org/T33499
Make sure that you stick to it’s specified bitrates
http://www.itbroadcastanddigitalcinema.com/ffmpeg_howto.html#Encoding_VC-3
+1 on the industry-standard DNxHD format