The Mark-II does not scan to
a video file like most conventional scanners. Video
files require codecs which can degrade the overall
image quality due to compression. Instead, the Mark-II
scans Codec Free as a numbered image sequence. This
means that each frame of film is scanned to
individual, high resolution, Photoshop quality digital
still frames that are stored in a proprietary file
within the software. These frames can be either mildly
compressed as JPEGs or as uncompressed Bitmap files.
The software will then play back those frames fast
enough to see motion so that you can check your scan.
When you complete scanning at the end of the day, you
can then tell the software how you want those frames
to be exported overnight. They can be turned into
video files or you can maintain the numbered image
sequence as JPG, PNG, BMP or TIF. Most high end edit
platforms like Premiere will import numbered image
sequences readily, thereby preserving maximum quality
until your are ready to export from your edit
timeline.