Exporting Finished Project

Hi Guys
I've been using the trial version of the Master Collection to edit a wedding project, which I have found very powerful.
I had wanted to export an AVI to look at in its entirity in WMP, but I guess that's not allowed in the trial version (or have I missed a step or something?) When I go to export, my option are just "Media" (only the clip in the source window), "Adobe Clip notes" or "Export to EDL"(whatever that is?) The only other options (greyed out) are "export to tape" and "Title". Obviously I cannot export to Encore as that is disabled in the trial. I assume the full version contains some form of export movie option?
We had budgeted on buying the full version, so no real problems; it's just Adobe said the Trial had full capability except Encore (and we wanted to buy at the end of the month, when the trial expires rather than get the plastic melting away today - c'est la vie.)
Also I noticed in the export settings that no Mpeg 2 or 4 option exists. Does that mean I need an additional plug-in or are they in the full version?
Regards,
Graham

I had wanted to export an AVI to look at in its entirity in WMP, but I guess that's not allowed in the trial version (or have I missed a step or something?) When I go to export, my option are just "Media" (only the clip in the source window), "Adobe Clip notes" or "Export to EDL"(whatever that is?)
I've not run the trial--always had full versions installed--but I believe you're able to export to the more common container formats, like AVI or MOV. You should be able to export your edited timeline to an AVI by either 1) making the Timeline panel active (yellow outline), or 2) by selecting your sequence in the bin. Once you've done either of those, select File > Export > Media; this will open a window in which you select your export format and parameters. It will depend on what format you shot with originally, but if you used DV, for example, you'd select Microsoft AVI as the format and DV as the compressor/codec. Make sure your Work Area Bar is set the full duration of your sequence, or however much you want to export.
Again, I'm pretty sure the trial lets you export some formats, so someone else will have to confirm that...

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