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Okpalmisano
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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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Okpalmisano

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

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jul 10, 2013 1:58 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 1:58 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    No. You don't need Compressor to export – although sometime in the future you may want it for certain situations.

     

    From the FCP menu, File>Share opens a drop down with options. Also see the Share icon to the far right of the GUI. It is a curved arrrow.

     

    Russ

  • by Okpalmisano,

    Okpalmisano Okpalmisano Jul 10, 2013 3:32 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jul 10, 2013 3:32 PM in response to Russ H

    SO you still can't export?!!!  Before I could make a detailed export to what I wanted... sharing is NOT the same thing...

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jul 10, 2013 3:38 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 3:38 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    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.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jul 10, 2013 3:42 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 3:42 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    Okpalmisano wrote:

    Before I could make a detailed export to what I wanted

    I can't think of any exporting capabilities that have been lost over the course of 8 updates. Please provide examples.

     

    Russ

  • by Okpalmisano,

    Okpalmisano Okpalmisano Jul 10, 2013 3:47 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jul 10, 2013 3:47 PM in response to Russ H

    I use to be able to go into export then quick time media etc... I need to export this wedding video that is almost 1 hour long and i cant export it as a huge file because I need to put it through idvd to put on a 4.3 gb dvd.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jul 10, 2013 4:05 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 4:05 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    Okpalmisano wrote:

     

    I use to be able to go into export then quick time media etc...

    Choose share>master file then your codec of choice (I'd probably choose Pro Res 422).

     

     

    I need to export this wedding video that is almost 1 hour long and i cant export it as a huge file because I need to put it through idvd to put on a 4.3 gb dvd.

    iDVD doesn't care how big your file is – only its length (the movie's duration). It will be fine with a one hour project.

     

    Russ

  • by Okpalmisano,

    Okpalmisano Okpalmisano Jul 10, 2013 4:10 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jul 10, 2013 4:10 PM in response to Russ H

    I know idvd will take anything.  But useing pro res 422  will make it 62.3 gb! i need it to export to a file 4gbs or lower

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jul 10, 2013 4:34 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 4:34 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    Why do you need less than 4G? The file size is irrelevant. Only the program length matters. iDVD will compress to MPEG-2 to conform to DVD specifications.

  • by Okpalmisano,

    Okpalmisano Okpalmisano Jul 10, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Jul 10, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    If its over 4gb how will it fit onto a 4.3 gb dvd?

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jul 10, 2013 5:50 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 5:50 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    iDVD takes the file and compresses to the DVD format so it will fit on the disc. The length of the program matters not the size of the file.

  • by Okpalmisano,

    Okpalmisano Okpalmisano Jul 10, 2013 6:02 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Jul 10, 2013 6:02 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    If i export all videos to that setting tho (of 60 plus) gbs that going to take a lot of my memory on my  extrenal harddrive or computer..

  • by Thomas Emmerich,

    Thomas Emmerich Thomas Emmerich Jul 10, 2013 7:22 PM in response to Okpalmisano
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    Jul 10, 2013 7:22 PM in response to Okpalmisano

    Create a new master file export preset and switch the codec to h.264. The filesize will be about 1/10th. If that's still too big, you can create a preset that scrunches it down even further.

     

    What you want is something that exceeds the quality of a standard definition DVD. iDVD will recompress whatever you give it so give it the best you can while keeping the filesize reasonable. The compromise is up to you. If you ask for recommendations here you could get as many different answers here as you get responses.

  • by kohanmike,

    kohanmike kohanmike Jul 10, 2013 11:56 PM in response to Thomas Emmerich
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    Jul 10, 2013 11:56 PM in response to Thomas Emmerich

    Just a quick aside, the hard drive is not "memory" it is storage space. The RAM is the memory.

  • by cmorab81,

    cmorab81 cmorab81 Jul 10, 2014 11:01 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Jul 10, 2014 11:01 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    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.

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