Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 179)

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RENDERING EDITED VIDEOS
Once the editing of a video is completed, it needs to be output to a single file for
playback. Because videos typically contain a large amount of data representing moving
picture and audio, video is usually “compressed” as it renders for output using special
algorithms designed to reduce file size and required processor power for playback. This
compression process can take a while, dependent on your computer’s processor speed.
Mixcraft supports saving video in AVI or WMV formats. AVI is an uncompressed
format, so the files it creates will be larger than files created using the WMV format.
If you’re uploading video to YouTube, you should choose WMV format (to avoid
potentially excessive upload times, dependent upon the speed of your internet
connection).
To save the current project as a video, click the File>Mix Down To followed by AVI or
WMV.
AVI RENDER SETTINGS
To render a movie using the AVI format, click File>Mix Down To>AVI in the Main
Window menus. To customize AVI render settings, click the Edit Details button in the
file save window.
When creating a movie file, you’ll generally need to choose between quality and final
file size (i.e., a larger file size will be better quality). Following are the settings in the
AVI Render Settings window: