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Final Cut Pro – export without re-encoding clips?
I have just recorded a screencast in Apple Animation format, and edited out my mistakes, swearing, etc. in Final Cut Pro. When I try to export using Apple Animation, the final file size comes out much larger than the original – I assume this is an artifact of re-encoding it.
Is there a way to tell Final Cut Pro to export the clips without re-encoding them? They all use exactly the same settings, and play in FCP without rendering.
If this will not work, does anyone have any other suggestions? I would prefer to use Apple Animation because of the high quality and efficiency – I would like the final output to be pixel-perfect.
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File/export/quicktime movie… then select “make self contained” and use “current settings”. this will result in a non recompressed movie.
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I’ve tried this – the final output is enormous, 6GB or so for 12-minute movie.
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Animation files are big Alexander … 6GB for 12 mins is not enormous, heck even at DV data rates you’d get a 3GB file.
Are you sure you got the original recording format correct? Select one of the clips in the Browser window and press Cmd-9 to invoke the Item Properties window and report back on the Format properties listed.
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The original source files, encoding using Apple Animation in iShowU, are approximately 350 MB in size, for 15 minutes.
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Are the original files using a lower quality setting of the Animation Codec (there is a slider)? Or a lower frame rate? Usually people don’t use anything but the highest setting, but its possible to lower it.
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Alexander, I have used iShowU and it does some weird things for recording video to be edited. It doesn’t record a constant frame rate. So it may be playing anywhere from 5 to 30 FPS. I use the DV50 Codec which seems to work well. I haven’t used the animation codec but DV50 exports close to the same size as the original.
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Make sure you have keyframing enabled and try setting it high… like 100 or more. This should reduce file size as most screen recordings are mostly static.
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