Selecting batch export settings from columns, Selecting batch, Export settings from columns – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Chapter 21

Batch Exporting Clips and Sequences

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If you chose QuickTime Movie from the Format pop-up menu, the Recompress All
Frames and Make Self-Contained options are available. You can select these options if
you want. For more information about these options, see “

Choosing the Type of

QuickTime Movie to Export

” on page 240.

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Select the “Use Item In/Out” option to export only the media between the current In
and Out points. If this is not selected, all of the media in the clip or the entire sequence
is exported.

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Click OK.

After you select your settings, you’re ready to export. For more information, see “

Doing

a Batch Export

” on page 275.

Selecting Batch Export Settings From Columns

The columns in the Export Queue window display details about each bin. You can
change export settings directly from these columns.

To change batch export settings from the Export Queue window:

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Control-click in a column for a bin, then choose a setting from the shortcut menu.

If the message “No shortcut” appears, the information in that column cannot be
changed from the Export Queue window.

Columns in the Export Queue window
 Name: Displays the name of the item. The Name column always appears on the left.
 Type: Displays the type of item—clip, subclip, merged clip, sequence, bin, or effect.
 Status: Displays the current export status for the item. If there’s an error during

export, a message explaining the problem appears.

 Queued: An item is ready for export. This appears when an item is first added to

the batch queue.

 Done: An item was successfully exported. These items are ignored if you start

another batch export process.

 Canceled: The export process was canceled.
 Error: This appears when a problem prevented the item from exporting

successfully.

 Base Output Filename: Lets you specify new filenames for clips and sequences. If

nothing is specified in this column, the item name is used as the output filename.
Naming options specified in the Export Settings dialog are also applied to the
filename specified here.

Select the options

you want.

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