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MXF (*.mxf)

Advantage:

The MXF format, both NTSC and PAL, are used to save the camera cine images in a format that

several common video editing suites use. This allows the camera images to be easily edited into

standard video productions. The images are lossy compressed. Care must be taken to set the

aspect ratio to that of the video display that the images will be viewed on. The timing and setting

information is stored in a cine header file (.chd) or in a XML file.

Disadvantage:

Files are converted to 8 bits. The MXF format will not playback in the Phantom application. The

resulting files have the extension of .mxf and there is no distinction in the filename between

NTSC and PAL.

QuickTime (*.mov)

Advantage:

This is a universal file format that can be played back in several third party software packages

that are commonly used by the Apple computers end users. The file size is the same as the Cine

format. Only the uncompressed version of this format was implemented. The timing and setting

information is stored in a cine header file (.chd) or in a XML file.

Disadvantage:

Files are converted to 8-bit. The MOV format will not play back in the Phantom application.

Windows BMP (*.bmp)OS/2 BMP (*.bmp) - one image per file

Advantage:

All still or video cameras produce raster images. Bitmap (or raster) images are made up of pixels

in a grid. Each pixel is assigned a color value. All these tiny dots of color come together to form

the images you see. Bitmap images are literally maps of the grid of pixels and their color

assignments. Bitmap files easily convert to other formats. BMP is the built-in format of Windows

operating system.

Disadvantage:

BMP supports only 8 bits per pixel (24 bits per pixel on color images).