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I need to deliver a movie to Alaska that will be projected in HD to "fairly large audiences." Sorry to be so vague, but the movie will travel to various venues and potentially be used on a variety of projectors. The movie was edited in FCPX 10.1 in 1920 x 1080p, 23.98p. I will be using Compressor 4.1 on an early 2013 MacBookPro Retina. Thanks!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 2.8 GHz i7, 16GB, FCPX 10.1
At the risk of also being vague, what kind of format and media do these theaters require? They need to tell you that much – and ideally more detailed specifications.
This may be more infomation than necessary, but here is anarticle that should be helpful in at leat determining what to ask for.
Russ
Hey Russ, thanks again for the quick response. Amazing. And the articlel you linked was very interesting.
But I think maybe I gave the wrong impression with my post. My not-for-profit "movies" are generally 15 to 35 minute documentaries that are played from a laptop through an HD projector. Not a professional theater. Often in churches or schools. (If you have 3.5 mins., here's a an example: Klawock Carving Shed Project.)
So delivering a .mov file will be sufficient. I just didn't know which compression settings would give the best quality AND also be delivered by UPS to the end user on something like a flash drive or a small laptop drive. This specific doc is 36 minutes long. I have exported a Master File from FCPX (ProRes 422). The file size is 30.02GB.
Since most of my stuff is viewed on the interweb, classic Vimeo 720p works fine.
OK. One concern would be playability. Do all these venues have recent Macs? If so, h.264 mov @ 10 Mbps – or the Apple TV preset should work nicely. But if you think there might be some older systems and/or PCs in the mix, you may end up by providing a couple of different versions.
Russ
Thanks! The most immediate showing will definitely involve a newer MBP. So I will use Apple TV or the H.264 @ 10Mbps. But, for PCs (without QT installed?) or for older Macs, what would be the "couple of different versions" you would recommend?
How do I compress for HD projection?
