Creating a QuickTime movie with the new Canon T5i camera in iMovie 9.0.9.

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Creating a QuickTime movie with the new Canon T5i camera in iMovie 9.0.9.

Help needed creating a QuickTime movie with the new Canon T5i camera in iMovie 9.0.9. The project is done and looks good...I need help understanding what settings need to be set so I can make a QuickTime movie in the highest quality that would fit the ratio of 16.9 to be sent out to my YouTube page. I played around with some of the settings and have not come with the right setting for the video. I want the highest quality with the lowest amount of megabytes…thanks

iMovie '11, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Jul 10, 2013 8:32 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 10, 2013 10:10 AM in response to dmfett

Have you tried the settings available in Share>YouTube?

Matt

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Answer 2

Jul 10, 2013 12:50 PM in response to dmfett

I would suggest using SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE and choose 1920x1080 (if your source material supports this).

That should work well in YouTube.

If you want to go further with custom QuickTime settings, here are some that should work, but in my experience, it will be no better than using SHARE/EXPORT MOVIE.

follow the instructions below to create a .mov video that will work on YouTube:

In iMovie, select Share > Export Using QuickTime

Next, you may want to check your Options to verify that the following settings are correct:

Video settings

Compression Type: H.264
Frame Rate: 30 is preferred. 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 are also acceptable.
Data Rate: Automatic
Key Frames: Automatic
Frame Reordering: Unchecked

Audio/Sound settings

Format: AAC
Click Show advanced settings and choose Constant Bit Rate as encoding strategy

Other settings

Size: Choose the original size of the video
“Prepare for Internet Streaming”: Fast Start

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dmfett Author

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Jul 10, 2013 1:04 PM in response to AppleMan1958

Your so kind to answer...

Is there a way to keep the file size down so it has good quality and not as big a file to up load...the clip is 6 1/2 minutes long.

Thanks again...

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Answer 4

Jul 10, 2013 1:25 PM in response to dmfett

File size and quality are a trade off. You can reduce file size in several ways, but they all impact quality.

1) Use a smaller frame size (e.g. rather than 1920x1080, use 1280x720 or 960x540)

2) Lower the data rate

3) Increase the number of frames between key frames

4) Lower the frame rate (say from 30 to 15)

Having said that, unless your internet connection is really slow, I would stick with the bext quality.

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