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I have been experimenting with ways to improve my 45-minute program, trying to not compress the program more than once. I have discovered that I can choose “None” when exporting my Premiere file as the final QuickTime movie, and the image quality is retained. However, a 2 min.12 sec. test movie is 3.17 GB, and a 3 min.14 sec. test movie is 4.91 GB. According to my calculations, at those rates the final 45-minute program would be a 60-70 GB movie. Can iDVD handle a movie that large?

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Thanks for your quick response. I do use motion in this program, making zooms and pans with After Effects (figured out to do this when Premiere’s zooms and pans were not smooth). I started with Premiere several years ago, to produce programs for VHS video sales. I use 3 or more audio tracks, After Effects files for motion, and some split screens — are there good quality slide shows that can do that?

Also, my question about compression was regarding the compressor I choose within Premiere 6.5 when making the program into a QuickTime movie for creating a DVD. That seemed to be the point where I could see a clear loss in image quality, depending on the compressor I chose. I don’t see a noticeable difference in image quality between Premiere’s QuickTime file and the DVD.

Thanks again for the information — I’m happy to learn that Photoshop CS2 has a Flicker Action!