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Compressor setting to keep 1920×1280 size, but render much smaller file for laptop/iMac viewing?
The export>quicktime setting seems to equal approx 1gig/min of footage rendered. I want to render a 25min sequence that will look good on laptop or new iMac 27″ but at 1/4 that file size of less. Is there a ‘quicktime conversion setting’ in FCP or a Compressor recipe someone could point me to? Thanks!
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H.264 is robust and universally compatible file format for cross-platform video delivery.
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Maybe. If you’re running h.264, you could use the Youtube preset, which should give you a data rate of around 20mb/s and should result in a file of around 3gb in size. This is with compressor 5; let us know if it’s an earlier version.
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To clarify, the sequence I’m exporting is ProRes422, so the H.264 comment is unclear to me. (I’m aware that it’s what the footage was before conversion…) FYI, I’m using Compressor v3.53…
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Stephen, I don’t think you can do what you want and use ProRes.
ProRes Proxy will run you about 3-4 min/GB (that’s the most compressed ProRes.)So you need to encode to another format to meet your goal – of 25 min into 1 Gig and have it playable on a system.
If you send your work to Compressor, you can use the Youtube preset, which will make an h.264 QuickTime file that will meet your needs – something that is significantly smaller, but looks great during playback.
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Thanks Jeff… Tried a 2.1gig movie, ‘YouTube’ preset compressed it to 111mb, but also reduced to 1280×720. Is there a way to keep it at original 1920×1280 dimension?
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Sure is! Go to the geometry tab and change the sizing to 1920×1080.
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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New- my book (with Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman)- An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro
Compressor Essentials from Lynda.com
(older but still good) Marquee, Media Composer (3.5) and Basic/Advanced Color DVDs (1.0) from Vasst.com
Contact me through my Website -
Rendered w/YouTube setting at 1920×1280 and it looks great… Thanks!
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