• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Optimal settings for export

  Posted by Rory Abel on April 19, 2007 at 4:34 pm

  I’m trying to find the best settings for a range of export needs and am finding the FCP manual incredibly unhelpful. Any anyone recommend the best codec and necessary settings for such codec for the following kinds of exports?

  – DV for Web
  – DV for TV
  – HDV for Web
  – HDV for TV
  – HD for Web
  – HD for TV

  David Roth weiss replied 19 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  David Roth weiss

  April 19, 2007 at 6:55 pm

  There is no simple answer, compression is more of an artform than a science. You need to experiment to see what works best for you.

  Meanwhile, Sorenson 3 QT does a great job, as does QT h264 (if you add some chroma), as does WMV, and Flash 8 as well. The QT formats are all available to you within FCP without ading anything additional, so try the presets in Compressor and then tinker until you’re happy.

  DRW

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles

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