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File converter makes file too big!
There’s probably an easy answer for this.
Part of my job involves receiving webinars from in-company instructors and uploading them to vimeo. Recently I’ve been required to start adding a logo sting to the beginning of each webinar.
I’ve tried merging the two files together with Wondershare video converter, and I’ve tried editing them together in Final Cut. Both methods increase the file size dramatically – Using wondershare to merge and process (at 600 kbps) can increase a 21 Mb file to 80 Mb!
I’m too ignorant about file conversion to understand where the extra “mass” is coming from. Wondering if there’s a way to add two files and not have them end up humongous.
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FCP requires that the footage you import and work with be FCP codecs, like ProRes. And those files can get even bigger. So that means that you’ll take the original…convert to ProRes…add the logo…then export for YouTube. Not the ideal for FCP. You might, or the company might, want to look into Premiere Pro, or FCX. Both can import the original source, add the logo, and then export for YouTube, without the need to convert to an editing codec.
If you don’t convert to an editing codec before bringing into FCP 7…you risk issues like loss of sync, or not compressing the full video.
Shane
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Well, that explains it. I guess I’ll have to live with it until I can upgrade!
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