Technical information

by Forest Key and Chris Hock

FLV file format, Flash Video Exporter reads the file as 180 x 121. If you then

choose 720 x 486 in the FLV output size, you will get a scaled-up, pixilated

movie. So make sure to set your After Effects comp to Full resolution before

exporting (see Figure 8).

Figure 9: Be sure your After Effects comp is set to Full resolution before exporting your

video.

Apple Final Cut Pro

With Final Cut Pro 4.0 you can export to Flash Video by choosing Export |

QuickTime Conversion from the File menu. When you are working with

earlier versions of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express choose File | Export

| QuickTime to open the export dialog box. To finish the conversion, choose

Macromedia Flash Video (FLV) from the Format pop-up menu (see Figure 9),

and then click the Options button to proceed to the Flash Video Exporter

dialog box.

Figure 10: Accessing the Flash Video Exporter dialog box in Final Cut Pro.

Note: Final Cut Pro shows the current window’s pixels size as the size of the

video clip, so if you want to keep this size you must manually enter the

Height and Width settings in the Flash Video Exporter dialog box. If you

want to scale down proportionately, you must first enter the source clip’s

file size, then select the Lock Aspect Ratio check box to constrain

proportions, and then resize the video.

Apple QuickTime Player (Mac OS and Windows)

The Flash Video Exporter plug-in is based on Apple’s QuickTime

architecture. QuickTime Player enables you to open video files saved in