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Alfred Tomaszewski · May 17th, 2004, 09:22 PM

i want to combine projects to one track. how would i go about doing this. do i export each one and then combine the files? and if so what do i export it to? if not then what is the best way.

thanks in advance.

and thanks to Jeff for the compression help yesterday. It helped a lot.

Jeff Donald · May 17th, 2004, 09:43 PM

Your method will work fine, export to full resolution (double check the export video and audio settings) Quicktimes. Open a new project and import both Quicktimes and you're good to go. Oh, you're welcome, I'm glad it worked out. The more I use Compressor, the more I like it.

Alfred Tomaszewski · May 17th, 2004, 09:52 PM

would exporting it to dv streams be alright?

Jeff Donald · May 17th, 2004, 09:59 PM

It should be OK. I think it might be slightly lower quality, but I don't remember.

Alfred Tomaszewski · May 17th, 2004, 10:03 PM

doesnt exporting to a quicktime movie compress the file? what about exporting to a final cut pro movie?

Jeff Donald · May 17th, 2004, 10:09 PM

FCP movie would be fine also. DV is what requires compression. I don't remember about QT, but I don't think so. I'll look it up when I'm at my office tomorrow. It's hell when you start to get old.

Ignacio Rodriguez · May 17th, 2004, 10:35 PM

DV is a a form of compressed video. QuickTime is an architecture that can contain DV25, DV50, DVCPROHD and many other forms of video including the venerable Cinepaq, the controversial Sorenson and the bandwidth-saver H.263. An FCP Movie is the same thing as a QuickTime movie. As I understand it, a DV stream is just a a dump of the Firewire DV video and is the same thing qualitywise as a QuickTime file with the DV codec but can be somewhat smaller. I think iMovie uses DV stream files instead of QuickTime files natively, but can import and export QuickTime DV.

So Alfred, assuming your project has DV25 content then as long as you make the QuickTime movie using the DV25 codec you should not loose any quality at all, especially since FCP will only recompress frames that need it, like the results of transitions, color corrections, speed changes, and so on.

May 17th, 2004, 09:22 PM	#1
Alfred Tomaszewski Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shelby Twp., MI Posts: 112	combining projects. to one track i want to combine projects to one track. how would i go about doing this. do i export each one and then combine the files? and if so what do i export it to? if not then what is the best way. thanks in advance. and thanks to Jeff for the compression help yesterday. It helped a lot. __________________ Alfred Tomaszewski (Scrambled Visual Entertainment) Scrambled Visual

May 17th, 2004, 09:43 PM	#2
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Your method will work fine, export to full resolution (double check the export video and audio settings) Quicktimes. Open a new project and import both Quicktimes and you're good to go. Oh, you're welcome, I'm glad it worked out. The more I use Compressor, the more I like it. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 17th, 2004, 09:52 PM	#3
Alfred Tomaszewski Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shelby Twp., MI Posts: 112	would exporting it to dv streams be alright? __________________ Alfred Tomaszewski (Scrambled Visual Entertainment) Scrambled Visual

May 17th, 2004, 09:59 PM	#4
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	It should be OK. I think it might be slightly lower quality, but I don't remember. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 17th, 2004, 10:03 PM	#5
Alfred Tomaszewski Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Shelby Twp., MI Posts: 112	doesnt exporting to a quicktime movie compress the file? what about exporting to a final cut pro movie? __________________ Alfred Tomaszewski (Scrambled Visual Entertainment) Scrambled Visual

May 17th, 2004, 10:09 PM	#6
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	FCP movie would be fine also. DV is what requires compression. I don't remember about QT, but I don't think so. I'll look it up when I'm at my office tomorrow. It's hell when you start to get old. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 17th, 2004, 10:35 PM	#7
Ignacio Rodriguez Contributor Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 932	DV is a a form of compressed video. QuickTime is an architecture that can contain DV25, DV50, DVCPROHD and many other forms of video including the venerable Cinepaq, the controversial Sorenson and the bandwidth-saver H.263. An FCP Movie is the same thing as a QuickTime movie. As I understand it, a DV stream is just a a dump of the Firewire DV video and is the same thing qualitywise as a QuickTime file with the DV codec but can be somewhat smaller. I think iMovie uses DV stream files instead of QuickTime files natively, but can import and export QuickTime DV. So Alfred, assuming your project has DV25 content then as long as you make the QuickTime movie using the DV25 codec you should not loose any quality at all, especially since FCP will only recompress frames that need it, like the results of transitions, color corrections, speed changes, and so on. __________________ Ignacio Rodríguez in the third world. @micronauta on Twitter. Main hardware: brain, eyes, hands.