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Sending a fnished edit from FCE 4 to iMovie for Youtube upload
I did a project in class that was shot on a Flip camera. The /shots /uploaded /to /my /HDD /as /.mp4 H.264 /1280×720 /Quicktime. /I /used /Final /Cut /Express /4 /to /edit /the /shots /together. /Now /that /I;’m /done /editing /I /need /to /know /which /way /is /best /to /export /so /I /can /take /the /final /edit /into /iMovie /and /from /there, /upload /to /Youtube. /Exporting /always /confuses /me /and /my /video /quality /always /ends /up /being /degraded… /
Thanks /in /advance /for /the /help /and /sorry /for /the /slashes, /my /keyboard /is /messed /up!
-Brandon Eastman
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Export from Final Cut Express as Quicktime. Skip iMovie and go directly to the youtube upload page. It’ll be a very large file, but you won’t get hit with further quality hits.
h.264 > Apple Intermediary Codec (FCE/iMovie compression) > iMovie (I don’t know what’s happening here) to youtube.
Yes, it’ll be a long upload – and test it with 30sec-1 min of footage first (just so you can see the difference)
Best,
Jeff G
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Thanks /for /the /help, /Jeff. /I /will /try /that /technique /next /time /when /I /want /to /upload /after /an /edit.
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