What codec to export to?

I use Premiere Pro cs4 on PC and my friend is using FCP to export footage for me shot on his camera. It is HD footage.
The initial codec he used I can't edit on my pc. What codec should I have him export for me? I need it to look as good a quality as possible (without being uncompressed) and easily decodable by Premiere Pro!
Thanks!

He's probably using pro res 422 intermediate for FCP... he can export in a MOV wrapper using animation codec and you should be OK...
you might need to have quicktime pro installed for some quicktime codecs to be recognized by premiere...
animation will make large files probably...there are others he can try out within the mov wrapper ( even h264 ) , but youll have to test out...see what sizes you can deal with ( byte counts of files )...how you need to transport ( hard drive etc ) etc.
ps..if he delivers files with the rec709 color space you'll need to adjust for computer monitor ( thats a broadcast monitor ( crt ) ) color space I think...will look sorta muddy at first on your computer...so you can adjust levels, color, gamma, etc when you put into timeline

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