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Chapter 3
Basic Compositing
Options in the Export Selection Dialog
The Export Selection dialog contains options for filenaming, type of file you wish to
create, which elements to include in the export, and options for events that take place
when the export operation is completed. The Export Selection dialog contains the
following items:
Save As: Type the name of the file you wish to export.
Where: Choose a location to save the exported file.
Export: Choose a file type from the pop-up menu. An Options button allows you to set
Output options. For more information on export options, see Chapter 14, “
The Export pop-up menu contains the following items:
 QuickTime Movie: When this option is chosen, a QuickTime movie is created.
 Image Sequence: When this option is chosen, a series of numbered image files is
exported. Each image file represents a single frame in the sequence.
 Current Frame: When this option is chosen, only the frame at the current play head
is exported.
Use: Allows you to choose from a menu of export presets. For more information on
export options, see Chapter 14, “
,” on page 1147. Depending
on the option you choose in the Export pop-up menu, one of three default presets
appears in the Use pop-up menu:
 Movie - current project and canvas settings: This option, the default when Export is
set to QuickTime Movie, uses the current project and Canvas movie settings when
rendering the selection for export.
 Sequence - current project and canvas settings: This option, the default when
Export is set to Image Sequence, uses the current project and Canvas image settings
when rendering the selection for export.
 Image - current project and canvas settings: This option, the default when Export is
set to Current Frame, uses the current project and Canvas image settings when
rendering the selection for export.
Include: A pop-up menu that sets which audio and video elements to include in the
export. There are three options:
 Video and Audio: This option exports video and audio.
 Video only: This option exports video only.
 Audio only: This option exports audio only.