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Key concepts – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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Chapter 9

Outputting Your Finished Movie

Export a streaming sequence suitable for viewing on a website:
Open a sequence in the Timeline that you’d like to export for viewing on a website.

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Choose File > Export > Using QuickTime Conversion.

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Type a filename for your movie in the Save As field.

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Select a location for the movie file. For example, select your Movies folder.

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Choose MPEG-4 from the Format pop-up menu. The Format pop-up menu lists the file

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formats available for you to use.
Choose Streaming-Low from the Use pop-up menu to create a small streaming video

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for website viewing.
Click Save.

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In the Finder, open the destination folder and double-click the file that you just created

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to open it in QuickTime Player. Play the movie.

Key Concepts

Self-contained QuickTime movie:

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A self-contained QuickTime movie includes all the

media required to play a movie in a single QuickTime file. You can then easily transfer
the QuickTime movie file to others.
Share:

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The Final Cut Pro Share feature provides an easy-to-use method of outputting

your files in any of several commonly used formats. You can configure the Share
window to quickly output multiple copies of a sequence, each in a different format.

Next, you’ll briefly review the Final Cut Pro Help available to you when you need help.