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Q: Do you NEED compressor to export in Final Cut Pro X?

Do I NEED compressor to export in Final Cut Pro X?  I have a early version of Final cut and now have the Final Cut Pro X trail version.  I absoulutly love it!  But how do I exort now? Do i have to buy compressor too? The only other option is exort EML..

HELP!

thanks,

-Olivia P

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 10, 2013 12:52 PM

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Q: Do you NEED compressor to export in Final Cut Pro X?

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  • by Alchroma,

    Alchroma Alchroma Jul 11, 2014 12:43 AM in response to cmorab81
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    Jul 11, 2014 12:43 AM in response to cmorab81

    cmorab81 wrote:

     

    Tom Wolsky wrote:

     

    Before what? What are you talking about? What exactly are you trying to export to what format? There are many options available in FCPX without Compressor. You might need Compressor depending on exactly what you want to do.

    Yes you DO NEED COMPRESSOR in order to do ANYTHING with FCPX. I will have to edit everything again in Adobe Premiere Pro, something I should have used from the beginning. Thanks for nothing, Apple.

     

    To Share/Export an FCP X timeline to create a DVD you do not need Compressor.

     

    Al

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jul 11, 2014 1:14 AM in response to kohanmike
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    Jul 11, 2014 1:14 AM in response to kohanmike

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  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jul 11, 2014 1:16 AM in response to cmorab81
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    Jul 11, 2014 1:16 AM in response to cmorab81

    Really? One year later and you jump in with this rubbish? What's the point?

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Jul 11, 2014 3:14 AM in response to cmorab81
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    Jul 11, 2014 3:14 AM in response to cmorab81

    cmorab81 wrote:

     

    Yes you DO NEED COMPRESSOR in order to do ANYTHING with FCPX. I will have to edit everything again in Adobe Premiere Pro, something I should have used from the beginning. Thanks for nothing, Apple.

     

    This is c**p! Absolutely false. You DON'T NEED Compressor for most things.

  • by Ian R. Brown,

    Ian R. Brown Ian R. Brown Jul 11, 2014 3:52 AM in response to cmorab81
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    Jul 11, 2014 3:52 AM in response to cmorab81

    I have some particular preferences for encoding certain videos and for these I use Compressor where I can create my own customised presets.

     

    However, for the bulk of my exports I use the normal Share presets present in FCP X.

     

    Compressor is a luxury not a necessity.

     

    P.S. My customised presets have nothing to do with improving the quality of the existing FCP X presets  .  .  .  they are mainly for saving encoding time on my old iMac.

    Most FCP X presets are geared at maximum quality and involve multi pass encoding and high data rates. With my type of video I can get equal quality with customised Compressor presets using single pass which saves processing time.

  • by ajilewlively,

    ajilewlively ajilewlively Apr 1, 2015 12:30 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Apr 1, 2015 12:30 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Hi, I am currently using Final Cut Pro X. I am so use to compressing my video for High Quality. Everytime I share>master file, the quality is not as good as it was in final cut. Will I need to Order the Compressor in order to get a great quality?

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Apr 1, 2015 12:37 AM in response to ajilewlively
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    Apr 1, 2015 12:37 AM in response to ajilewlively

    IF the quality is not the same then you're doing something wrong. The coded and the processing is identical. Without complete details of your process there's no way to tell what's going wrong. No you don't need Compressor to export the highest quality from fcpx.

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