Apple QuickTime 6.4 - Manual (Page 19)

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Making and Editing QuickTime
Movies With QuickTime Pro
Most of the activities in this chapter apply only to
QuickTime Pro. You can upgrade to QuickTime Pro by
purchasing a registration key at www.apple.com/
quicktime/buy.
Opening and Converting Files With QuickTime
You can open (import) dozens of types of media with QuickTime. To determine if
QuickTime Player can open a file, choose File > Import and select the file you want to
open. You will be able to select only files that can be imported.
If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use QuickTime Player to convert many types of
video, audio, graphics, and animation files (including Flash files) into QuickTime movies.
To convert a file into a QuickTime movie, import it and then choose File > Save.
File Formats QuickTime Can Import
File formats you can import include the following:
Video formats: AVI, DV, Motion JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 1 MPEG-4, 3GPP
Audio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, MP3, Sound Designer II, System 7 Sound, uLaw
(AU), WAV, MPEG-4
Still-image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG, Photoshop (with layers),
SGI, Targa, FlashPix, TIFF
Animation formats: 3DMF, Animated GIF, FLC/FLI, Flash, PICS
Other formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File, Text
For more information about supported formats, see the Products area of the QuickTime
website.
1. MPEG-2 playback is available via the QuickTime 6 MPEG-2 Playback Component, sold separately at the
Apple Store online.
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