About the Export Using QuickTime Conversion Command
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Types of File Formats You Can Export with QuickTime
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About Color Space Conversion
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Exporting a QuickTime Movie File for Web Distribution
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Configuring QuickTime Movie Settings
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About QuickTime Aperture Display Modes
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Exporting a DV Stream
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Exporting an AVI File
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About the Export Using QuickTime Conversion Command
A QuickTime-compatible file may be any kind of media file that QuickTime supports,
such as an AIFF or WAVE audio file, a graphics file or sequence of still images such as
TIFF or JPEG, an AVI or MPEG-4 movie file, or even a QuickTime movie file.
Important:
Like the Export QuickTime Movie command, the Export Using QuickTime
Conversion command allows you to export QuickTime movie files, but in slightly
different ways. If you use this command to export a QuickTime movie, be aware that
this command always recompresses all video frames, even if your export settings use
the same codec as your selected sequence. For information about the Recompress All
Frames option, see Chapter 17, “
Exporting QuickTime Movies
,” on page 237.
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Types of File Formats You Can Export with QuickTime
With the Export Using QuickTime Conversion command, you can choose to export
almost any file format that QuickTime supports, along with a wide variety of codecs
and custom parameters that each format supports. Because there are so many file
formats and specific settings, this chapter does not provide an exhaustive description
of every file format and its associated settings.
Video and Movie File Formats
 QuickTime movie file: See “
Exporting a QuickTime Movie File for Web Distribution
” on
page 247. If you want to export a movie that has the same settings as your sequence
or clip, see Chapter 17, “
Exporting QuickTime Movies
,” on page 237.
 DV Stream file: DV Stream files encode synchronized audio and video together
digitally as on a DV videotape. These files are primarily for use with iMovie. See
“
Exporting a DV Stream
” on page 263.
 AVI file: AVI movies are a Windows-compatible standard for digital video. See
“
Exporting an AVI File
” on page 264. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave.
 FLC: An animation format, originally developed by AutoDesk. This format uses a
lossless compression technique that maintains the original quality.
Multimedia Distribution File Formats
 MPEG-4: A global multimedia standard, delivering professional-quality audio and
video streams over a wide range of bandwidths, from cell phone to broadband
and beyond.
 3G: Lets you export a file that is compatible with 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership
Project) and 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2) devices. Also supports
AMC, a popular mobile multimedia format used by KDDI subscribers in Japan that
includes MPEG-4 video, QCELP audio, and STML text. These are the standards for
high-quality multimedia on wireless devices, based on the foundation of MPEG-4.