How do i save my finished project as a avi file?

I've finished my movie, and im ready to put it on dvd, youtube, etc, but how do i save it as a avi file?

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imade a simple dvd which has a title screen and 3 separate slide shows all with 1 song each. it plays great on the screen but when i go to burn it to a DVD is took forever and was very choppy and did not work well. i then tried to save it to the desktop or a thumb drive with it still not working like a dvd file should. I am very new to Mac and it may be simple but i cant figure it out. I want it to be on my thumb drive so i can plug it into another mac, go the the thumb and press play. again in the IDVD editing screen it works fine, but i cant get it to save to the disk drive or thumb as a finished project. any suggestions email me at hooziz2005 at gmail dot com ( that i how new I am to mac....i dont even think i could figure out ho to read any answer you guys may post to this question of mine!!! So ill check my email
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Hello, hooziz,
Welcome to the discussions.
iDVD should be thought of as a container that is used temporarily, just when you burn a DVD or encode the projects' data. The media is not stored within the project the way it is in iMovie. All the media used in iDVD are represented by a kind of alias, referring iDVD to actual file when the project is burned. So, if you move any media or even rename a photo, iDVD will not be able to locate it to burn your disk. Obviously then, if you move your iDVD project only, take it to another computer and expect to find all your photo, music and movie files there, you will not, because they are 'at home' on your computer.
If you want to be able to take your iDVD project to another Mac, you need to create a disk image file of your project. You do this in iDVD, by selecting 'save as disk image.' This process looks exactly like the burn process, but the end result is a disk image file, not a burned disk. The media information is encoded onto the disk image file, making it a self-contained file, so that all the media information is in that file. Now, you can transfer the disk image to a thumb drive and move it to another computer with all the data intact. You can burn a DVD disk from the disk image file using Disk Utility or Toast.
Many of us routinely create disk image files of our iDVD projects as a way to save the projects without having to save the original movies. iDVD disk image files take up less drive space. A disk image file can be used to burn DVDs. It also is a good way to determine if you have any problems with the encoding process.
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How do I save my video project as a data file?

I am preparing a video project on a deadline and they have requested I send it to them in a data file format. I don't see where I can save it that way. Help!

mickeyb
If you transfer the computer hard drive saved project file to a USB flash drive or to burned to disc as data disc with 3rd party software, the project file will be of little use without its source media and Premiere Elements version that supports it. If your associates are asking for a project file, then consider archiving the project, using Premiere Elements Editor with File Menu/Project Archiver and the Copy Project option. That will save copy of project file plus copies of source media in a Copied Folder to the computer hard drive. This Folder can then be transferred to a USB Flash Drive. The recipient still needs Premiere Elements to open the copy of the project file from the Copied Folder on the USB Flash Drive inserted into the recipient's computer. If a Movie Menu is included with the project, then the following needs to be considered
ATR Premiere Elements Troubleshooting: PE12: Archiving Projects With Disc Menus
Is the request for project as data file related to your associates wanting
a. to edit the project
or
b. see what the project looks like in its most current version?
If "b", you might want to think about exporting the Timeline to a AVCHD.mp4 files and saving it as .mp4 data to the computer hard drive or USB Flash Drive. Premiere Elements does not support menus for Timeline content saved to file.
Please review and consider and then we can discuss this further.
Thank you.
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Do you have the original source files that you used to create the iDVD project? You would get a better quality final product if you used the original source material to create a Quicktime movie file for uploading to YouTube.
Otherwise you will need to rip your DVD with an application like Handbrake to get a movie file of the content. The resulting quality will be considerably less than the original source material.
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I am trying to upload an iWeb project that I made to space on our campus server, but I need to rename it index.html. Is there any way to save the project as one file that I can name index.html and then upload it to our organization's space?
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A site iWeb publishes is not a single file but a folder with content. The folder contains a lot of files.
And iWeb also creates an index.html file that redirects to the first webpage in your site.
So publish to a folder and then examine the content of the folder with the sitename.
If you mean by project, the domain file iWeb uses to store its assets, then simply make it an archive. There'se no need the rename it index.html, first of all because it's not a webpage. The extension "zip" is enough.

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The terminology is known as "Fair Use" and the U.S. Supreme Court had to get involved to sort the mess out.
When the first VHS and BetaMax "recorders" allow people to capture TV broadcasts and use them as they see fit (view at a different time than intended) these new "rules" were established.
Today no one thinks twice to use these "time shifting" devices (TiVo and others) to first "record" and then fast forward through content (skipping the people that really pay for the distribution by bypassing the commercials).
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I will give you a basic primer, not going to get to in depth, as far as parameters, size of project, or the storage size of your usb flash drive, etc.
1. you have your finished iMovie project. Under iMovie>Share menu. Choose export using quicktime.
2. make Movie self contained. This way your Mov, Mvi, etc files will be part of the movie and it can play without having to reference the events, because it is actually there.
3. so, now on your desktop ( or any where else set up quicktime to save your file) you will see a quicktime file.
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5. Oh, no i just realized that the file should be playable on a PC, as long as the PC has quicktime for windows installled and you left that USB formated at MS DOS as it came originally, or a PC will not recognize it. Will it open up on your Blu-Ray Player that has a USB port, not sure. Since there is no menu. but, perhaps just pushing play will start movie.
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Should each logo have a separate file when I package everything up and send to her? Thank you for your help. I'm new at this.

Venita,
This is how I usually do this. I create design framed in a artboard and when I want to create a modified version of it I duplicate the artboard with the artwork next to it. You can do this by choosing Duplicate Artboard from the Artboard's panel flyout menu or by using the Artboard tool holding Alt and dragging an artboard. The currently active artboard indicated by darker outlines and also highlighted in the Artboard panel is the focus of certain input such as (Ctrl + V) pasting coordinates, saving for Web with Clip to Artboard option, and some of the zooming methods like Ctrl+0 to fit in window. You make an artboard active by selecting something in it, selecting it in the Artboard panel which has higher priority, or using the Artboard tool. When you save your document the default preview that appears in programs that can preview Illustrator files such as Bridge use the artboard with ID 1 at the top of the list in the Artboad panel where you can rearange the order by dragging the artboard items.
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HT2693 how can i save my pages document as a PDF file or jpeg now?

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How can i save my pages document as a PDF file or Jpeg file now that the share is NA.

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I am trying to export my project to an avi file, but its only exporting the audio, help? I can open the avi file but there is not video. I am choosing uncompressed avi, 1080x720 frame rate 29.97, what can i do?

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