Windows to MAC - will I lose quality ?

[Bansaw]

I have this timeline which I am exporting from Adobe Premiere. The format is PAL DV.

I then have to put this footage into Final Cut (Express) and re-export it as a MOV file (there is a good reason for this). This format is also PAL DV (MOV)

Anyway, my question is: will I lose any quality in the "conversion" ?

[poisondeathray]

Not if you just import and export and nothing else . It's lossless re-wrapping of the container (Final Cut can smart render DV).

If you do other things you might lose quality

There are other ways to re-wrap as well - why are you using Final Cut ? You can export PAL DV MOV from Premiere , or re-wrap using other utilities as well

[Bansaw]

thanks, all I am doing is adding chapter markers (in Final Cut) and exporting from it.