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exporting sequence question
i am using adobe premiere pro to make some video clips from footage i imported from DV cassettes. i’m trying to export a sequence to mpeg4 format because i’ve been told that it makes videos much more smaller in size compared to the humongous files i get if i use Microsoft DV AVi compressor, etc. since i want to put them in a CD-R or possibly on a DVD-R but they are several clips and if i leave them uncompressed i won’t have enough space.
can anybody tell me what do i need to do? what i need to get and where? could you be really simple in terminology since i am not very familiar with this program
i would really appreciate any help
thanx
Arely -
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Personally I do it the “cheats way” but it works very well.
I export a DV avi as per normal (large file etc)
I then open it in Quicktime Pro. Export it to whatever from the many options available. (Size / codec , streaming etc….)
You could then delete the large avi file if space is an issue.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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I think that is a good way to do it, but if I’m not mistaken, that re-compresses it twice (once in Premiere and then again in QuickTime Pro). Try the “File–>Export–>Media Encoder” option. There you can select different types of encodings (including MPEG2).
Cheers!
Marcelo Lewin
marcelo@thedailyfarce.com
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It does not compress it twice in my case because I Uncheck the Recompress box for my avi export.
It is just a convenient way for me to do it because I always need an uncompressed DV avi of my work anyway.
It is also convenient that I can leave my PPRo export setting the same for every export I do ( apart from maybe the Export Work Area bar option) and the QT setting is pretty consistent as well.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Thank you for the help!! 😀 I will try it tomorrow at work.
Have a nice day 😀
Arely -
Cool. That makes sense. Didn’t know about that check box.
Cheers!
Marcelo Lewin
marcelo@thedailyfarce.com
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Just keep in mind that the smaller file is not actually any good for editing. Presentation? Yes. Editing? No.
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