Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1575)

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Exporting a QuickTime Movie for DVD Use
The process of exporting your movie is the same, whether you plan to use iDVD or
DVD Studio Pro for creating a DVD.
To export a QuickTime movie for use in iDVD or DVD Studio Pro:
1 In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
2 Configure the Save dialog as desired.
In most cases, you will leave the Setting pop-up menu at Current Settings and include
both audio and video. If you have created any markers, choose DVD Studio Pro Markers
in the Markers pop-up menu. iDVD can use either self-contained or reference movies,
allowing you to decide whether to make the movie self-contained based on other
requirements (disk space and so on).
For more information, including detailed information on settings, see Chapter 19,
“
Exporting QuickTime-Compatible Files ,” on page 245.
3 When you’re ready, click Save.
Creating DVD-Compliant Sources for DVD Studio Pro
There are several approaches you can take to create DVD-compliant sources that you
can import into DVD Studio Pro.
Important: The MPEG encoders included with iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, and
QuickTime all use the same core encoding software—each encoder creates the same
high-quality results. The differences between these encoders are the amount of control
they give you over the encoder settings.
Launching Compressor Within Final Cut Pro
Launching Compressor from within Final Cut Pro makes it easy to use Compressor to
encode your sequences, and does not require you to render them first.
To launch Compressor from Final Cut Pro:
m Choose File > Export > Using Compressor.
Compressor launches and your Final Cut Pro sequence automatically loads into its
Batch window. You then choose a preset that contains the encoding settings you want
to use, choose a destination for the encoding files, and click the Submit button.
For detailed information, including how to create your own presets, see the
documentation that came with Compressor.