How to Convert Flv to Mov in After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a digital video production program, able to do anything from 3D camera work to green screen effects. Transcoding is also possible. An FLV file is a Flash video file commonly found on websites like YouTube and Google Video. A Mov file is a Quicktime Movie video container capable of holding compression codecs like DV, Mjpeg and Mpeg-4. Quicktime is very similar to Microsoft’s AVI format, but geared more towards Macintosh.

1. Open Adobe After Effects. When the welcome screen pops up, click the “Close” button to get to the main interface.
2. Step 2

   Right-click in the “Project” window, under the “Name” category. Under the “Import” menu, select “File” or “Multiple Files” if there is more than one FLV file to convert.

3. Step 3

   Navigate to where the file has been stored using the Windows Explorer interface or the Mac OS Finder interface. Select the FLV file or files to be converted, and click the “Open” button.

4. Step 4

   Click and drag the newly opened FLV file from the “Project” window onto the “Create New Composition” button. This button is shaped like a film strip and has three shapes in the center: a circle, square and triangle. The “Create New Composition” button is located between a folder icon and a trash bin at the bottom of the “Project” window.

5. Step 5

   Select the new file which appeared in the “Project” window. This is a composition file. The composition file helps Adobe After Effects to understand the attributes of the FLV file so that it can be converted. Editing is also now possible.

6. Step 6

   Click the “Render Queue” button at the bottom left of the screen. It should be located directly under the “Create New Composition icon.”

7. Step 7

   Drag and drop the composition file created earlier into the “Render Queue” window. Four options should appear. “Render Settings,” “Output Module,” “Log” and “Output To.” Make sure the “Render Settings” option is set to “Best Settings.”

8. Step 8

   Click on the link titled “Lossless” located to the right of the “Output Module” option. A window titled “Output Module Settings” should pop up.

9. Step 9

   Select “Quicktime Movie” under the “Format” drop-down menu, then click on the “Format Options” button. The “Compression Settings” window should pop up.

10. Step 10

    Select “Animation” under the “Compression Type” drop-down menu if you want your Quicktime movie to have very low compression. Select “DV/DVCPRO” if your video will be edited on Adobe Premiere. Select “H.264″ if the video will be for an iPod or Blu-Ray disc player. When finished, click on the “OK” button.

11. Step 11

    Click the check box at the bottom of the “Output Module Settings” window to include Audio Output, then click the “OK” button.

12. Step 12

    Click the “Render” button to transcode the FLV file to a Quicktime Mov file. The Mov file will be saved into the same folder as your FLV file.