Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 - Manual (Page 386)

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3
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Ways to export
Adobe Premiere Pro provides two ways to export a file. You can use one of the standard Export commands or you
can use the Adobe Media Encoder.
Standard export commands The standard export commands in the File > Export menu (Movie, Frame, Audio, or
Title) are used to export full-resolution files that can be archived or brought into projects for further editing. Unlike
the options in Adobe Media Encoder, these commands are not used, typically, to encode or compress the files for
various kinds of distribution. Initially, the settings for standard export match the Project settings, except in HDV
projects which use DV export settings by default.
Adobe Media Encoder Unlike the standard export commands, which generate files in editing formats, the Adobe
Media Encoder exports files in distribution formats. These are more-compressed formats such as MPEG-1 used in
CD-ROM authoring, MPEG-2 used in DVD authoring, H.264 MPEG-4 used for video iPods, 3GPP cell phones, PSP
devices, and high-definition TVs, or web-friendly formats like Adobe Flash Video, QuickTime, RealMedia
(Windows only), or Windows Media (Windows only). The Adobe Media Encoder accommodates the numerous
settings these formats offer, and also includes preset settings designed to export files compatible with particular
delivery media.
File formats supported for export
Adobe Premiere Pro can export files into any of the following formats. Additional formats may be provided with
your video capture card or plug-in software.
Project formats
• Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) (Windows only)
• Adobe Premiere Pro projects (PRPROJ)
• CMX3600 EDL (EDL)
Video formats
• FLV
• Animated GIF (GIF) (Windows only)
• H.264 (3GP, MP4)
• H.264 Blu-ray (M4v)
• Media eXchange Format (MXF; Op-Atom variety used by Panasonic DVCPRO50 and DVCPRO HD video
cameras to record to Panasonic P2 media)
• Microsoft AVI and DV AVI (Windows only)
• MPEG-1 (Windows only)
• MPEG-1 VCD (Windows only)
• MPEG-2
• MPEG-2 Blu-ray
• MPEG-2 DVD
• MPEG-2 SVCD (Windows only)
• QuickTime (MOV) (On Windows, must have QuickTime installed)
• RealMedia (RMVB) (Windows only)
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