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4. Click Settings to confirm the export settings or make any necessary adjustments:
• Export: Choose an output file type for the still image you’re exporting.
• Scale image to preserve aspect ratio: Leave this checkbox selected unless your
project uses a non-square pixel format (such as 1440 x 1080) and you want to use
the exported still image in another video project with the same non-square pixel
properties.
• Burn in captions: If you added captions to your project, you can choose a caption
language to burn in to the output media file.
Note: Burned-in captions are permanently visible in the output file and are not the
same as embedded captions.
5. Click Next.
6. Enter a name and choose a location for the exported file, then click Save.
Note: The Save Current Frame destination creates a still-image file. If you want to create
a freeze frame or hold effect in your project, see
Create freeze frames in Final Cut Pro or
Create hold segments in Final Cut Pro.
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.
Export image sequences with Final Cut Pro
You can export your project’s visuals as an image sequence—a set of sequentially
numbered still-image files that are compatible with many professional finishing,
compositing, and grading apps.
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.