AVIs are, IMHO, shit for a portfolio. They stream & buffer terribly, and don't have a codec on par with H.264. There are *excellent* codecs for it, but the mainstream makes a considerable effort to keep them from becoming widespread, such as DivX or Xvid. (Mostly due to piracy issues.) Besides those two niches, I don't…
Thanks for the tips! As for the reel. Quicktime with h.264 was the only way I found to get my reel a tiny size without killing detail. I planned on have AVI's avaliable but couldn't figure out a good widespread codec that would do the same with the quicktime. Any thoughts on that?