new to final cut

[Shane Ross]

To export your DV project so there is no loss in quality, simply go to the File Menu and select EXPORT>QUICKTIME MOVIE. Not Quicktime Conversion, fot this will compress the footage. Make sure the settings match your timeline settings, make it self contained and you are set.

Import that file into iDVD or DVDSP and burn.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Gina6183]

The problem is that when i go to open it in idvd or dvd sp the icon is faded where i can’t click it to open it.

[Shane Ross]

Open iDVD…FILE>IMPORT>VIDEO.

That not work?

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Enzo Tedeschi]

Have you exported a file out of FCP, or trying to import the FCP project? If it’s greyed out it usually means that the file you’re trying to import is incompatible for DVDSP or iDVD.

Also, quick space-saving-tip: If you leave the “Make Movie Self-contained” button unchecked when exporting out of FCP, you’ll get a QT reference movie. It does not recompress your media, nor does it re-create it. It points to your original clips and is a small fraction of the size of generating a self-contained movie. Otherwise you’ll have gigs of rushes, gigs of exported final cut, and then gigs of encoded DVD files!!

The one caution: a ref movie depends on your original media – SO DON’T DELETE IT UNTIL YOU ARE DONE! :o)

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Enzo Tedeschi
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Editor
Sydney, Australia