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Export for projection on large screen

Hi and thanks in advance for any advice.

I need to export my 24p HD project for projection to a large screen. Shot on multiple formats, but all converted to ProRes. Not sure of the best way to do this for best quality. Making a DVD is easiest, but quality really suffers.

Should I just export with current settings and play QT file directly from a laptop? Or would it be better to export uncompressed? What do I physically need to provide for all this to work smoothly. The AV people want to keep the whole evening's presentations, including Power Point, on one computer.

Thanks!

Mac Pro quad core-3GB Ram, Mac OS X (10.6.2), FCP 7

Posted on Jul 6, 2010 1:13 PM

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Jul 7, 2010 1:25 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

The $50 version of Flip4Mac is hardly worth it. Very unflexible, SD resolutions only. Get the Flip4Mac HD Studio, and that's worth it. That will actually produce some quality files.

I'd still push for the mp4 as hard as I could.

Jul 7, 2010 1:31 PM in response to thrillcat editorial

Agreed all the way around, Travis, the H.264 will look great but the $50 version may be within the grasp of the budget.

We've all worked with PC-centric bigots who refuse to consider Apple solutions for anything.

One way to kick this pig might be to export out of FCP as a self-contained AVI and let the PC guys encode it on their machie to anything they can understand how to use.

bogiesan

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Jul 11, 2010 11:27 AM in response to thrillcat editorial

Just wanted to thank you for your Apple TV Preset Advice. It was BRILLIANT and solved the biggest problem with this project---final delivery. The venue purchased a new PC with lot of guts and after installing itunes, the process worked flawlessly! I didn't have to compromise quality and was able to deliver my HD project in HD for an audience of 300 people.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!

Jul 12, 2010 7:14 AM in response to rjmontana

Glad it worked!

Export for projection on large screen