Final Cut Pro HD | H•O•T Hands-On Training [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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Start Final Cut and open Chapter 12 Lesson, if it isn't open already. Double-click Seq Snowboard Final to load it to the Timeline.

2.

There are two ways to select a sequence for export:

Load it into the Timeline and select the Timeline.

Choose the name of the sequence in the Browser and select the Browser.

3.

Choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.

4.

Give your movie a name. (QuickTime movies use the extension .mov.)

Current Settings will output your movie matching the settings in your sequence.

Unless you have changed your Render Settings, which I do not advise, you do not need to Recompress All Frames.

Make Movie Self-Contained is often confusing. If you are compressing the movie on your system and you haven't deleted any of the assets, uncheck this box. If you are sending the movie to someone else to compress, planning to archive this movie for a long time, or planning to delete some of the media files before compressing, leave this box checked.

When this box is unchecked, you are creating a Reference movie. This is a relatively tiny file that contains all the audio from your sequence, plus pointers that point to the existing media files on your hard disk. Reference movies are about one-twelfth the size of a self-contained movie. Reference movies export 10 to 15 times faster than a self-contained movie, as well. The one trick with using a reference movie is that it must reference the original media files stored on your hard disk, meaning that it will play fine on your machine, but lose the "link" to the referenced media files if you try to play the movie elsewhere.

Checking this box creates a Self-Contained movie, which contains all your media in a single file, which can be played, or compressed on any system (Mac or PC) that can play a QuickTime movie.

By the way, both these formats work fine for compressing a video for the Web. All compressed files are always self-contained. So, whether you start with a Reference movie or a Self-Contained movie, the end result is the same. For this reason, I almost always use Reference movies when outputting for compression to the Web.

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If you want to export DVD chapter markers for inclusion in iDVD or DVD Studio Pro, choose Chapter Markers from the Markers pop-up menu.

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Click Save, and you are done. Quit Final Cut if you need a break. Otherwise, keep things openyou will use this file in the remaining exercises.