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729Final Cut Pro User Guide
10. When you’re ready to export your project, clip, or range, click Share.
If you chose to add the output media file to your Apple TV library, the Apple TV app
opens (if it wasn’t open), and the exported file appears in the Home Videos category.
You can monitor the progress of the transcode in the Background Tasks window, and you
can continue to work in Final Cut Pro while the file is transcoded.
When transcoding is complete, a notification appears. You can view and locate shared
projects in the Share inspector. See
View the status of shared items in Final Cut Pro.
Note: If you added chapter markers to your project, chapter marker thumbnails are
placed at the appropriate location when sharing to disc (DVD and Blu-ray disc) and MV4,
QuickTime, and MP4 formats (for playback using QuickTime Player and Apple devices). See
Add chapter markers in Final Cut Pro.
Export files
Export final mastering files with Final Cut Pro
You can use the Export File command to export your completed project as a high-quality
file that can be used as the source media for the final stages of professional post-
production or broadcast and distribution. You may also consider this option when you
want to use the media in another app, copy the media to an external storage device for a
client to review, or publish the media to a website for which there are no preconfigured
destination settings in Final Cut Pro. Your project is exported as a QuickTime movie.
You can also use the Export File option to export an MXF file.
1. In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Select one or more projects or clips in the browser.
Note: You can’t mix projects and clips in a batch share. Your selection must contain
only projects or only clips. See
Batch sharing in Final Cut Pro.
• Select ranges in one or more clips in the browser.
See Set multiple ranges in the Final Cut Pro browser.
• Select a range in a project in the timeline.
Note: To share just a portion of a project, you must make a range selection. A clip
selection is not sufficient. You can use the I and O keys to set the range start and
end points.
2. If you’re sharing a project that is set to use proxy media for playback, open it in the
timeline, then click the View pop-up menu in the top-right corner of the viewer and
choose Optimized/Original.
This ensures the highest quality in the exported file. When you choose this setting,
Final Cut Pro uses optimized media to create the shared file. If optimized media doesn’t
exist, the original media is used. For more information about optimized and proxy media,
see
Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro.