User Manual

Exporting QuickTime Movies
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QuickTime
Reference
QuickTime Reference is available from the Export As menu in the Export Settings dialog box.
This option is similar to Same as Source, but your Avid editing application links to the original
media files. This is the fastest method of export, but the movie can only be run or processed on
your local system or in an Avid shared storage workgroup environment. If you want to transfer
a QuickTime movie to another system, you must also move the associated media files by
creating a self-contained QuickTime movie.
A QuickTime reference movie contains composition information but no movie data. Instead,
the movie contains pointers to the original media in the OMFI MediaFiles directory or the
Avid MediaFiles directory on local or network media drives. Because the QuickTime
reference movie does not contain media, the file is much smaller than a QuickTime movie,
usually only a few kilobytes per file. Therefore, exporting a sequence as a QuickTime
reference movie is faster and takes up less disk space than exporting a sequence as a
QuickTime movie. When you play the movie in QuickTime Player, the movie references the
media files for playback.
Avid supports exporting Long-GOP QuickTime Reference movies.
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If you want to play the exported movie in QuickTime, you need to purchase a third-party
QuickTime plug-in. Avid recommends the Calibrated{Q} XD Decode from Calibrated
Software: http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/. You can also play the exported movie
directly in Final Cut Pro.
Video and Audio Exports the sequence with both video and audio.
Video only Exports the sequence with video only.
Audio only Exports the sequence with audio only.
Video Format Exports the video according to the values that you choose.
Width x Height Set a custom frame size for your exported movie. This option is useful if you require a format
that can be viewed on mobile devices.
Size to fit Stretches the image (disproportionally, if necessary) to fill the frame.
Crop/Pad Scales the image proportionally until either the height or the width extends to the project
frame. Black bands will appear on the sides (Pillarbox), or on the top and bottom (Letterbox)
in order to pad the empty areas of the frame.
Color levels
RGB Exports the video according to the RGB color level limits (0-255).
601/709 Exports the video according to the 601/709 color level limits. (16-235)
Audio Format Exports the audio according to the values that you choose.
Option Description