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exporting feature-length movie
I’ve directed a feature-length movie that’s showing tonight at a local theater. My tech guy bailed on me and I have a final cut express file with the whole movie and I need to export it and burn it ASAP without it looking bad on a movie theater screen. It is currently 8:00 a.m. I have to have the DVD burned by 6:00 p.m.
I’ve uploaded all my footage in HD 960×540 16:9. After editing each scene I exported it as a quicktime movie in 1920×1080. I now have my master sequence with the quicktime movie file for every scene along with transitions, sound effects, titles, etc.
What export settings should I use?
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1 Reply
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Yikes, Matt! Sorry to hear about your tech guy bailing.
Lots of questions. How long is your movie? How do you intend to display the movie (i.e. play a QT off a computer or from a DVD)? Do you know anything about Compressor? (Do you have Compressor?)
I don’t know anything about FCE, but if I had cut the film in FCP, I’d export via Compressor and choose a preset suitable to the length, then create a DVD in DVDSP.
Hope that helps point you in the right direction.
Good luck!Mike Raff
Richmond, VA
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