• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Compression and Output.

  Posted by Wes While on September 6, 2006 at 5:48 pm

  Hello all,

  I have imported a clip from an avi file into Premier because I want to use the intro from this movie as part of another project. So after I import the file I cut the other hour+ from it so I just have the intro. When I export it as an avi file, it’s over 500 megs! It is a 2 min clip. How can I get this file size down to where it should be for just a little 2 min avi file, but still maintain the quality somewhat??

  Thanks.

  Ben Wilson replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Ben Wilson

  September 7, 2006 at 6:06 pm

  What compressor are you using? If you are using the Microsoft DV compressor, the file will be huge. Click the “Settings” button. This will call up a dialog box that will let you change the file type (Microsoft DV AVI, Microsoft AVI, MOV, etc). Select “Video” in the left hand window and you can then pick your compressor. You will have to experiment with the different codecs at different settings until you get an acceptable result. I have also found that Quicktime Pro does a pretty decent job of transcoding and will let you mark in and out points.

  Ben Wilson
  Engineering Project Manager
  SCETV

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