[david bogie] "Most of us transcode codecs like MPEG4 to an editable video format before coming into AE."
yep. for use in ae, look into transcoding them to a codec that does not use temporal compression. uncompressed avi, lossless mov, quicktime photo-jpeg, apple's pro res, avid's dnxhd (free from avid) or even dvcprohd will work much better in ae.
if you are looking for a free app to convert your mpeg4 to a codec that does not use temporal compression you might look at
mpeg streamclip. free, multiplatform and pretty straight forward to use.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
