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Still-Image File Formats and Image Sequences
 Still-Image: This choice allows you to select one of many still-image file formats. See
Chapter 69, “Exporting Still Images and Image Sequences,” on page 1049.
 Image Sequence: This choice allows you to select a still-image file format and export
each frame of your video as a separate file in the format you choose. See “Exporting
Image Sequences” on page 1051.
Audio File Formats
 AIFF: This is the default audio format used on Macintosh computers. Each data byte
is stored with the most significant byte (MSB) stored first. This is known as big endian.
 WAVE: This is the standard audio format used on Windows computers. Each data
byte is stored with the least significant byte (LSB) first. This is known as little endian.
 μLaw: This is an audio format developed for Sun computers.
 System 7 Sound: This is a sound format used on older Macintosh computers.
About Color Space Conversion
When you use the Export Using QuickTime Conversion command, super-white values
in Y´C
B
C
R
footage are clipped. To avoid clipping, you can use the Export QuickTime
Movie command instead.
Exporting a QuickTime Movie File for Web Distribution
If you need to create a self-contained movie file with the same settings as the original
media file, you should probably use the Export QuickTime Movie command (see
Chapter 66, “Exporting QuickTime Movies,” on page 1013). However, if you want to
export a compressed QuickTime movie file for the web or some other means of
distribution, you should use the Export Using QuickTime Conversion command.