Imovie share to file settings: resolution vs quality

I am confused about the relative importance of "resolution" vs. "quality."

I am saving to 1 1/4 hour movie "to file" - The movie was recorded & imported at 1080p

settings Resolution 1080p + Medium Quality = 7.83 GB

settings Resolution 720p + High Quality = 7.07 GB

Storage space is comparable--there is a trade-off.

So in general is it more important to give priority to higher resolution and adjust the quality, or to higher quality at the sacrifice of resolution?

Thank you!

(Mac Mini 2013 iMovie 10.1.15 OSX Catalina)

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 5:29 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Sep 18, 2020 6:36 PM

If quality is your priority, share out your 1080 project at 1080, with High Quality and Better Quality compression. 1080 is full hi def and 720 is lower hi def. So you don't want to lower it. Tinkering with the quality won't get back the pixels. Generally you should share out at the resolution that is the resolution set for the project -- in your case 1080.

-- Rich

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