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QT Reference Movie – confusion over creation
I am trying to create QT Ref movies and as far as i can tell have done ever by the book (or rather Manual). Its my understanding that a QT Ref is a very small file which merely points to the actual media…yet the movies that are being saved are huge ( 20 sec movie – 540mb). The source footage is 10bit Uncomp Pal.
Just to confirm my workflow….
highlight/mark area of edit to export.
Export Quicktime Movie
Name file
choose Current Settings
deselect Make Movie Self-containedAm i completely misunderstanding the process here?
adam
Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
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3 Replies
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EDIT>>>>>>
just answered my own question….
…it seems the media i was trying to export needed rendering before saving as a QT Ref.
live and learn!!
adam
Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK -
[lightning ad] “…it seems the media i was trying to export needed rendering before saving as a QT Ref. “
also note that REF movies can only play properly if they have access to the original footage- meaning that they do not work on any other computer not attached to your storage.
Ref movies are not for distributing content
to reduce a clips compressed size – reduce the frame size by half then reduce the frame rate by half ( if possible)
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows -
thats not a problem here Gary. I simply want to put speific edits into a folder so i can do a batch process later today and make a variety of mpgs etc.
adam
Editor/Mixer
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK
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