Why can't I can't control export settings in iMovie '13

After upgrading to the new iMovie I don't have the ability to have more control of how I export the video files. Before I was able to control more of the file size and what type of file output I wanted. Where has this gone?

No harddrive list as in the former iMovie.
Take a look here about how to manage libraries:
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/?lang=en#mov3fa25bae7
The structure of libraries, events an projects has changed in Movie 10, an event contains the clips, projects, photo's, audio etc. used within that event.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/?lang=en#mov1d890f00b
if you read the whole chapter you might get and understand it. Once you get it its much more powerfull then with iMovie 9.
HtH
Ben

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Hello,
I've created a few iMovie projects that I've put on DVD using the Share To iDVD option.
I have a few different projects that I want to put on one DVD. What are the best export settings in iMovie to create files that I can later import using iDVD?
Cheers

I would sugest using the Apple defaults - which you will get if you use SHARE/Export Movie.
It is possible to infinitely tweak the parameters by using SHARE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME, but in my experience, you are not likely to visibly improve quality. However, you might be able to get more compression(i.e. a smaller file size) at nearly the same quality.
However, there is no harm in experimenting if you like.
You should use Movie to QuickTime Movie. Click Options. Generally, set the video codec to h.264. If space is not an issue, you can use Apple Intermediate Codec instead, but only if you are going to edit the movie some more. For a final movie, use h.264.
For frame rate, use automatic or 24 frames, but you can use fewer and see if it imporves quality.
For bit rate, you can use up to 20 Mbps, but 16Mbps is the highest I have gone, and that results in a very large file. With h.264, you can get good results with 10 or even lower. (Note: 10 Mbps = 10,000 Kbps)
Here is the HELP section on this.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3a9e47fe

Best export settings for iMovie?

Anything better than "share to large"?
I've used Share to Large to the media browser with success, but I was hoping for something that might give higher quality, even if that comes at the expense of time and disk space. The "Large" file is highly compressed, and I think most of the quality loss I see overall in going from my DV footage to the final DVD, occurs in the export from iMovie.
I tried an export to QT's Best quality DV file last night, but that looked far worse after encoding. Anything else worth trying?

may I drop in here, as one of the authors of
http://sites.google.com/site/theimovieoutputproject/
you stumble into 2, 3 probs, using DV, iM09 and creating a DVD:
• as you can read on the site mentioned above, adding socalled 'bad effects' (e.g. page-curl, animated Titles etc) any interlaced material get 'chopped off' one field .. => vertical resolution in half.
• no chance to bring that back with any export settings.. this is some internal prob of iM, how it handles i-material..
• next prob: iM doesn' offer any more the 'Full Quality' option for DV material .. which 'cloned' the timeline of project on export = no quality loss at all. in case, you're using miniDV/DV/Standard source, you can 'force' such an export by using Export With QT/dv-stream .. IF you're just editing, no bad effects..
• so, no bad effects in use, DV on export .. => a computer can not display the 100% of quality of such a stream! a) you are NOT allowed to watch 'fullscreen', this will zoom the video beyond 100%! b) a computer doesn't handle interlace .. (='jaggies'). and finally, the QTplayer sometimes lack the 'high'flag on playback.. the file has full-quality, the playback not..
• judge final quality of a DVD ALWAYS on TV..
for usage of miniDV and DVD, follow SDMacs's advice, use iMHD6 or FCE, both 'native' dv-editors.
the workaround mentioned on my site above is - imho - less Mac-like ..
another person abuses this board for advertising here his 'solution', selling a pdf .. = $$
finally, a Developer on my German board inspired me about some 'solution', by hacking a 'flag'/atom in the corresponding video-files.. actually testing that, but you need a socalled moov-editor (moov, not mov), a tool from Apple's Developer Site, I don't know, if it is allowed to put it online .. so, I assume no 'public' solution.. :-/

What are highest quality export settings from iMovie to FCE 4.0?

I am using iMovie '08 to create Ken Burns effect movies from iPhoto photos to import into FCE. I want the least amount of loss from iMovie to FCE.
What are the highest quality settings for exporting from iMovie to FCE.
I do not care about size of file etc. Highest quality is all that matters to me.
Cheers,
Chuck

Well here are the facts.
My original question rephrased: "I want to know what are the settings to export Ken Burns created movies (therefore using photos) from iMovie (in this case iMovie '08) with the least loss and regardless of file size for importation into Final Cut Express".
I went to the local Apple store and some of the users (employees) of Final Cut Pro mentioned appropriately they thought .DV would be the best. However when we played some created videos they looked horrible when compared to .MOV with H.264. This just did not make sense, but we went by what we were seeing. Not being able to think with this I did more research and found this article which explained why .DV lookes like pooh pooh compared to H.264 video.
The article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93002 explains a setting in Quicktime preferences that if not selected some videos appear pixelated.
So, when this preference in Quicktime is selected (never thought to try playing on VLC) the .DV movies look better than those using H.264. So with this resolved then my trial and error testing was realistic. That is I could try different export settings and see which ones looked better to determine the best export setting.
I tried what I thought was everything as far as "Export using Quicktime..." settings. Then I read in "iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manuals" under "The Video Codecs: A Catalog" an explanation of every type of compression when using the settings under "Movie to QuickTime Movie". Finally someone wrote more data on the codecs. I never found such explanation on the apple website (discussions etc). I really got tired of reading how H.264 is the better than sliced bread "greatest quality for the file size" which I think is true but did nothing to answer my original question. The book then mentioned the option "none". I was like I don't remember this option for "Compression Type". (BTW this all applies to iPhoto '08, Final Cut Express 4, and QuickTime Pro). So I tried "None".
Wow! Zero pixelation! Vivid colors! So I created three videos. One using H.264, DV/DVCPRO - NTSC and None (I had already tried many others but for this last experiment just these three). I also maxed out the Quality for each compressor. Results:
- H.264 colors looked a little faded from the original photos and minor minor fuzziness, file size about 6 MB
- DV/DVCPRO - NTSC colors a little more vivid and less fuzziness, file size about 60 MB
- None...Bam! absolutely photo quality resolution and color, file size about 600 MB. I didn't care about the size.
So, bingo "None" as as the compressor settings in Quicktime to export iMovie '08 Ken Burns effect slide shows for importation into Final Cut Express (FCE) with minimal loss and who cares about the file size. Yeah, this is mammoth file but this allows me to make snappy Extremely High Quality Ken Burns effect videos in iMovie for FCE. Then when I export from FCE I don't make a copy of a copy but make my first compression of the video.
That is my answer!
I consider this thread closed and will only open if I find any of this is incorrect. BTW I already imported the iMovie '08 video with compression "None" into FCE and after rendering it looks awesome and plays well.
Cheers,
Chuck

FCP X DV Export Settings

I need help with some export settings for DV in FCP X
I've downloaded the 30 trial. I'm working with a DV clip that's about 10 minutes long. I'd like to export the finished moved to a file format so I can brun it to a DVD and send to relatives, etc.
I've tried exporting to quicktime using current settings, changing it to progressive, even exporting to h.264. In each case, I get different and undesirable results. Sometimes the footage is interlaced to the point where it is very obvious (sometimes it's so bad it's unwatchable). Sometimes the footage is "shimmery" or jumpy. My comparison point is the same film I exported to QT years ago using FCE 4. None of these exports look close to that level of picture quality.
I was hoping to use FCP X because of it's similiarity to iMovie '11 and because of the single field processing problem affectinf the quality of DV footage with iMovie '08-'11 exports. But I can't seem to get the export settings right. I'm sure it's just a minor issue.
I really need some guidance on the right DV Export settings, as I have almost 100 hours of familiy footage in DV and was hoping to see improved picture quality if I used FCP X.
I'm using a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 13 inch, 2.53ghz processor with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB 7200rpm HD.
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Well, here's an interesting phenomenon. Until now, I have just been working on VHS-DV transfers for DVD end point. I haven't thrown any HD stuff at a DVD yet (except for an experiment on the pretty useless FCPX DVD export.)
All of those VHS projects have required chapters, so I just export media -> DV as we have discussed here. There was one 15 min segment I pulled out and made as a separate DVD for a friend. All of these have been SD and life is good.
Just finished a 720p project. Shared one copy out for my iPad, then went thru the proper project settings for DV Anamorphc and did the Export Media -> DV. Checked it in QTP and saw it was 853x480 as expected. Ran it straight to iDVD since I didn't need Chapt Markers. Made 5 copies and last night proudly played it for the recipients. The sucker was squished to 4:3 (yes, iDVD project was set for 16:9). That'll teach me to not play the DVD first.
Couldn't change it in QTP cuz it was already 853x480. Had to run it thru FCE first to get the 720x480 out, and then thryu QTP to change it back to 853x480.
Just thot I'd come over here and mention it.
As an additional observation, it was interesting to see that the iDVD result was no different for theVHS-DV project SD (640x480 out) whether I ran it thru FCE (720x480 out) or not.

Please help me with export settings and format

I'll try to explain my problem the best I can. I recently captured some footage from old VHS tapes to use in a Christmas video. I imported one of the MPGs that I captured to AE and applied a grain removal plus a couple other lighting effects to the video to improve the quality as well as I could. When I went to export it (through the render que) I found myself confronted with a huge amount of format options and after doing some reading online thought a Quicktime .MOV file with Photo JPEG compression would give me a reasonable size video but after doing the math (an a bit of the rendering) realized that my 2 hour video, that was originally only around 6GB was being converted into a .MOV file that was around 80GB, which is too large for my HDD. Now, I would love to go out and purchase a 1TB SSD right now but I can't currently afford it. I need to end up with a file as close to the original file size as possible but with the grain removed, and the highest quality (for the file size) and just need to know the best settings to use to accomplish that. I looked around for several hours and couldn't find a quick and easy answer like "just export a MPEG 2 file" with ..... settings. The file is going to be imported into Premiere for final edit with several others that are probably going to need the same adjustments. It will then be exported to a 1080p BluRay (with an HD photo slideshow). Also I am using Production Premium CS4, if that makes any difference.
Any quick tips about the grain removal effect would be greatly appreciated as well. I'm currently using a removal amount of .8 with the effect running 6 passes. I also changed the texture setting under "fine tuning" to .4. It's a little blury but MUCH better than grainy, and about as good as I can expect from a 25 year old VHS. If you've used this effect before and know a couple little tweaks I could apply to make the video a little sharper (without the grain) that would be amazing.
Thanks in advance.

The file size is defined by bitrate. The winners among production codecs regard to 'quality / render time / file size' ratio, DNxHD and ProRes, utilise almost identical bitrate: up to 440 Mbps while encoding with 4:4:4 colour subsampling and up to 220 Mbps while encoding to 4:2:2. Do some math, and you'll end up with 90-200 GB/hour.
So, the only option to save on disk space is to utilise highly compressed codec like H.264. With target bitrate set to 100 Mbps (you can set the bitrate in the Export Settings dialog) the quality loss might look affordable (don't remember if you can encode to Level 5 on CS4 though).
If you eventually choose H.264 (working with which on CS4 might in turn result in a nightmare), do not export to H.264 from AE directly. Export to H.264 via AME...

Export settings for sequence from FCP to Avid PC

Hi,
Please can someone give me the best export settings/codecs to use if I need to export a FCP sequence with clips shot on XDCam EX1, 1920x1080i, 35 mbs at the least quality loss possible so that it can be imported into an Avid on PC for titling, effects and other bits added? My on-line editor is on Avid PC.
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Hee....missed that final sentence somehow.
So...offlining imported footage on FCP that you will online in Avid? What is there to online? You imported at full resolution. Must be color correction.
OK then...you edit in FCP from imported XDCAM EX footage...and you intend to go to Avid for the final color correct and titling. Did you plan for this? Test this? because I am pretty sure that the QT files that were created when you imported with the transfer tool won't work on a PC. Unless you tested and they did. But it appears that they don't as you are asking how to get them there.
Did you not ask this question when you started this show? That is ALWAYS something you do. If you plan on doing a certain workflow, you have to make sure that the workflow in question will work. Offline and online from tape is fairly simple, as you can recapture from the tape...timecode being the big thing there. But this is IMPORTED footage. Full clips, and I don't see how you can import only what is used in a sequence.
This issue, coupled with FCP to Avid...and Avid on a PC no less. Well. Find a codec you can export from FCP that the Avid can read (this will require testing), then MEDIA MANAGE the footage to that codec. Hmm....but then how will the Avid read the FCP project file to reconnect to the footage?
Nope...I stand by my original answer. Output to XDCAM disk and recapture, or to HDCAM or HDCAM SR tape and recapture.
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How can I, or can I export my songs on my iPod back to my computer? The songs on my iPod Video 5th Gen now, were at one time on my computer, but have since been erased. Why can't I export the songs from my iPod back on to my computer? I have this

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See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Hello,
I want to compose short transitions (45 seconds) in AE CS6 incorporating 3D graphics and also a short intro (30 seconds) containing some streaming video clips assembled in a 3d space as well.
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One two minute video and one photographic screen shot is worth 10,000 words.
Ben, do you recommend purchasing QuickTime 7 Pro for that PNG render workflow?
Also, a friend of mine recommended the following workflow. Any comments? Constructing my own custom timeline sounds like a bit of a chore.... perhaps it is worth it? He's worked quite a bit in large studios and does not recommend PNG here. Not sure why.
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Greetings Ba25,
It sounds as though you would like to transfer content from your iPod to an iTunes library. You can transfer purchased content from iPods by following the directions in the article below:
Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support
This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store. Any items that you imported from audio CDs or received from other sources won't copy from your device to the iTunes library.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
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I'm running the latest version of iMovie and I was looking to have more control over my export settings. The 'share' tab is convenient and all, but it really doesn't let me choose anything like frame rate or audio bit rate. I heard that you could export to Quicktime (or something like that) in previous version of iMovie, but I can't find anything similar to that in the new one. Can anyone offer any advice on this topic? I'd love to regain that extra bit of functionality and control over my videos. Thank you!

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