Graphic for web , aspect ratio 16/9 to be displayed in any monitor

i have to realize an animation 15 sec as intro for a web page, what is best preset in motion to wirk with hdv? dvdpro?
and what is the right deliver format for web? ( web page maker asked me an AVI i don't have in compressor that extension, i am supplying an h264)

hi,
work in any preset you like. It depends on what footage you are using if any. You will just want to make sure its set to anamorphic so it will be 16 x 9.
When you deliver you can choose what size ( ie width and height in pixels) to output at.
As has been discussed here recently avi is a container for many different flavours of codec. I would ask the web page man to be more specific ( and not to choose an avi style but thats my opinion ). Compressor doesnt save as this so you will have to save as some other format and then convert with a someother software. Unless there is a quicktime extension like Perian or flp4mac that handles it?
hth
adam

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