• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Is there a way to save EXPORT settings in FCP?

  Posted by Michael Buday on October 19, 2005 at 7:07 pm

  Hi,

  Does anyone know if FCP has a way to save your favorite file export settings like AVID does? For example, in my AVID user preferences, I can save an almost unlimited number of export templates for various out put types. In FCP however, when I do a “Quicktime Conversion”, I seem to be able only to select “recent settings” (which disappear after a restart) or a default QT template.

  Any help would be appreciated!

  Michael Buday

  Michael Buday replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Arnie Schlissel

  October 19, 2005 at 9:24 pm

  You could make a template in Compressor, & then use the option to “Export via Compressor”.

  Arnie
  https://www.arniepix.com
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  Michael Buday

  October 20, 2005 at 5:22 am

  Thanks for your quick response. Just as I received your email, I discovered Compressor, which is pretty cool.

  I’m importing animations rendered at 720×405, square pixels into a DV/DVCPRO project at 720×480, anamorphic. I then export the finished movies back to 720×405 where they’re integrated as “cinematics” into an upcoming game title.

  I’ve got it working except for one niggling problem:

  – When I export using QUICKTIME CONVERSION, I get the results I expect, but
  – When I export using COMPRESSOR using the exact same QT settings, there’s a visible difference in the aspect ratio of the exported movie.

  Are there known differences between exporting QT directly out of FCP and using Compressor? I would assume that they both use the standard Quicktime engine to do the encoding?

  Many thanks,

  Michael Buday

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