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Q: how can I share finished movies?

When I complete a movie in Final Cut, I would like to share it with others. These will generally not exceed 5 GB. Would either the regular cloud storage, or idrive work?  Do individuals I share with have to have a mac or iDrive, or is it all done via the web; PC or Mac?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Using Final Cut Express

Posted on May 9, 2015 5:35 PM

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Q: how can I share finished movies?

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H May 9, 2015 7:21 PM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC
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    May 9, 2015 7:21 PM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC

    Yes;  Cloud file storage services and video sharing services are two common ways to do what you want. To ensure the widest compatibility (Windows and Macs), you should probably choose an MP4 H.264 format to upload to a filed storage service. For a video services, there is a wide range of compatible formats – all specified by the service.

     

    A 5 GB file is a very long movie if optimized for the Web. For example, 5-6 Mb per second is a reasonable bit rate for a 1080 H/264 movie. At that quality, your movie could be over 2 hours long and still be smaller than 5 GB.

     

    Russ

  • by The Digital Eye, LLC,

    The Digital Eye, LLC The Digital Eye, LLC May 9, 2015 9:22 PM in response to Russ H
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    May 9, 2015 9:22 PM in response to Russ H

    Thanks Russ, and please forgive the duplicate post, I just know sometimes posts are not answered, so I doubled it up under a different area. Can you explain how it works? Say I produce a video of my daughter at a diving meet, and I have a 2 GB movie, how do I share it?

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H May 10, 2015 9:51 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC
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    May 10, 2015 9:51 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC

    You can share directly from FCP to a location on your computer and then upload to share remotely with your family. Share>Master File and choose Computer for format and H.264 for codec. That will give you an MP4 with good quality and reasonable size.

     

    Post back with follow up questions any time – to any forum..

     

    Russ

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H May 10, 2015 9:55 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC
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    May 10, 2015 9:55 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC

    Sorry. I just caught the Final Cut Express in your profile. Is that what you're currently using? If so, my receding reply doesn't apply to FCE. You could, however use one of the MPEG-4 presets in Compressor to output to your computer – then upload.

     

    Russ

  • by The Digital Eye, LLC,

    The Digital Eye, LLC The Digital Eye, LLC May 10, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Russ H
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    May 10, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Russ H

    Sorry if i mis-spoke; I am using FC X.

     

    Russ, I appreciate the help, and i am almost there:

    Please split the conversation between if I save stuff to my cloud, and then try and share, or if I share from FC X.  If I use FC X, am I sharing a link, as the video would be too big to send via email.  If I try share directly from FC, anything over 10 MB is not recommended. please explain the process of sharing, as there are a lot of options. 

     

    Say hypothetically I wanted to send you a 2 GB movie, what would I do?

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H May 10, 2015 5:34 PM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC
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    May 10, 2015 5:34 PM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC

    If you had a large (2 GB) movie file and you wanted to share I would  proceed as I outlined in my 12:51 post and share directly from FCP X as  a master file,MP4 with H.264 codec. Then I would upload to a file sharing service like Dropbox (iDrive, whatever) and let others download it. The reason for the MP4 us compatibility with windows. If your 2 GB movie were an Apple codec, they probably could;t play it after downloading.

     

    Russ

  • by The Digital Eye, LLC,

    The Digital Eye, LLC The Digital Eye, LLC May 10, 2015 7:11 PM in response to Russ H
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    May 10, 2015 7:11 PM in response to Russ H

    I know how to save and "share," and I read you post. The heart of where I was going was how to physically get it there. I was  know about DropBox, which I got rid of last year as it presented too many problems for people I wanted to share to who did not already have dropbox. The signing up and all was not very workable for some who just wanted the movie.

     

    I cannot do a similar share like dropbox via my iCloud storage, or iDrive? If I store the file in iCloud, I cannot share it with someone similar to the way dropbox works?

     

    What about shared folders? Is that a workable solution?

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H May 11, 2015 6:51 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC
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    May 11, 2015 6:51 AM in response to The Digital Eye, LLC

    Interesting; I don't generally hear  of Dropbox *and competitors) regarded as a hassle to use. You send a link to your file to someone and they click on it and hit the download button.

     

    Perhaps Vimeo would be your best solution. That way, your family members can view in without the bother of downloading. Or if they want a permanent copy they can download.

     

    Russ