Why is it impossible to export a file with the same fidelity as the version iMovie itself plays for me?

My movie is a photo slideshow using Ken Burns effect throughout, using iMovie 09. It looks beautiful when I play the project directly from within iMovie, even when enlarged to fullscreen playback. Is there really no way to set the quality settings high enough to reproduce this level of quality in an exported file? It seems so, and I don't understand why. "Export to iDVD" is a joke--even with the best quality settings there is an incredible amount of moire patterns and jagged edges. Exporting to Quicktime is better, but still the comparison with the version played from within the application is very poor. I wouldn't care if my computer had to crunch all night to render a file (and my movie is only 12 minutes long), I would just like to be able to view it on other computers or DVD players at the original quality.
It seems to me that playing it from within iMovie should be *worse*, because iMovie is not only displaying the movie, it has to render it from scratch in realtime by zooming and panning on the photos. So an exported version (i.e. precalculated, prerendered) of the same quality would certainly be playable on a normal device like a DVD player.
Can anyone explain? Or (but I doubt it) could anyone tell me what I've missed, and explain how to export a pixel-for-pixel, frame-for-frame replication of what iMovie apparently effortlessly displays??

montagular wrote:
… I would just like to be able to view it on other computers or DVD players at the original quality.…
a DVD is 720x480 and highly compressed.
… how to export a pixel-for-pixel, frame-for-frame replication of what iMovie apparently effortlessly displays??
video is compressed - otherwise, files are getting gargantual (a top-notch intermediate in FCPX is 40-120GBs per hour, a disk, for comparrison is 4GB/h).
two options:
• in the Export with Quicktime Option, you'll find a bit-rate setting - depending on your other settings (resolution, framerate, codec), 5-10.000 kbps should result in a superb result.
• instead of a playback-optimized codec as usual h.264, you can give AppleAnimation a try - much larger files, but e.g. less banding. only for use on Macs.
to transfer lossless to iDVD, choose AppleIntermediate, which is iMovies internal codec.
.... but a disk with same quality as a computer HDef? Not possible.

Similar Messages

HT2203 How do I export a file from the new iMovie 10.0.2 to iPod size?

How do I export a file from the new iMovie 10.0.2 to iPod size? I used to be able to do this and it would save as a m4v file but I can no longer do this and the files are too big.

iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos
You may need a third-party computer app like HandBreak. That one is free and has preset outputs for iOS devices

Premiere not exporting audio files with the footage

Hello All, has anyone had trouble lately with Premiere not exporting audio files with the footage?

1st, show your export screen so people may see what you are doing
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933 for screen shot instructions
2nd, when you ask a question you need to provide more information for anyone to try and help
-Premiere Pro Video Editing Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840

Can you export your files with the Trial Version??

I've been into the help section, and it says to go to Share and then export ect ect, but when I clicked share, I can't click any of the options (theyre that light grey). I REALLY need to be able to export with this trial version I have, and soon. Please help!!

Click in the timeline window to make sure it is the active windqw. The most common cause for grayed out share menu options is if you have the browser as the active window.

Why my MAC can't read MPG files with the MPEG StreamClip?

I have two videos that areare in MPG format. video.MPG, I tried to open in it with MPEG StreamClip, but even my MAC doesn't recognize this files because it doesn't appear on the Finder. Please help me. I need to edit this videos with Adobe Premiere, or at least try co convert it to some format.

You must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x

Problem with PDF 1.3-Export: Photoshop-Files with transparency over InDesign colored objects

Hello!
I'm using InDesign CS6.
I'v finished now a layout for a folder, and I put a photoshop-image with transparency over a InDesign-rectangle which I have filled with a cmyk-color in yellow.
When I export a PDF with the Settings "PDF X-3:2002" (with PDF-Standard 1.3) the Photoshop-image shows uggley jagged edges at the border to the InDesign-colored background. However, the Photoshop-images which are over another bitmap-image (as background), this images don't show this annoying edges.
When I export to PDF-Standard 1.4 the problem doesn't occor, however my printing-service requests PDF 1.3.
I know, the workaround for this problem is, to replace the yellow background-color with an bitmap-file with the same color, but is there any other option to get a correct result without this more time-consuming image trick?
I think it has to do with the transparency reduction which is necessary if using PDF 1.3. When I examine the PDF-File in Illustrator, this edges occurs mostly at the borders from the tiles in which the image is cut during the transparency reduction process. Although, if I open the rendered PDF in Photoshop this jagged edeges are visible, so it is definitly a render error.
I would be glad if someone of you has a solution for this problem, in the attachment is an image which illustrate the problem.
Best wishes

Find another printer.
End of problem. It really saddens me to think that these Luddites are
still in business making no effort to move into the 21st century.
Bob

What's the difference between PNG and JPG for exporting .idea files from the Adobe Ideas app?

What's the difference between PNG and JPG for exporting .idea files from the Adobe Ideas app?
What situations are better to export to to .PNG or .JPG?
J

iPad apps are designed specifically for the iPad and will not run on the iPhone or iPod Touch. iPhone/iPod apps will run on the iPad, but will only take up an iPhone sized portion of the iPad screen (though you get a 2x button which effectively doubles each pixel in both directions so may appear pixelated). There are also 'universal' apps (which have a '+' symbol against them in the store) which have processing in them to recognise the device that they are on and will tailor the display accordingly (so will make use of the iPad's larger screen).

Story does not correctly export fdx file with scene numbers? Bug needs to be fixed.

Story does not correctly export fdx file with scene numbers? Bug needs to be fixed.

Okay, Even if i remove the scene numbers from Story and export the file to Final Draft 8. The format in incorrect. The "transitions" ex. CUT TO: are not in the correct allignment. Also there are numbers on each of the dialogues
Pretty much alot of the formatting is not the same. Spaces that break dialouge and action which are there in Story, are not converted over to Final Draft.
Please fix this as soon as possible.
thanks,
Rohit

I created a photo book in Photoshop elements 11 that contains png files with the invisible backgrounds. When I export the book to a jpg or a pdf, the png files appear with white backgrounds.

I created a photo book in Photoshop elements 11 that contains png files with the invisible backgrounds. When I export the book to a jpg or a pdf, the png files appear with white backgrounds. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

jpg and pdf formats don't support transparency. You need to use a format such as tif, png or psd that does.
Cheers,
Neale
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children
If this post or another user's post resolves the original issue, please mark the posts as correct accordingly. This helps other users with similar trouble get answers to their questions quicker. Thanks.

I need to export Quicktime files using the PhotoJPEG, MJPEG-A, or DV codec. Is this possible in Final Cut Pro X? In the options under export I don't see any of these available.

I need to export Quicktime files using the PhotoJPEG, MJPEG-A, or DV codec. Is this possible in Final Cut Pro X? In the options under export I don't see any of these available. I'm a newbie to this so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm importing .MOV files from my Canon 5Dmk2 at 1080p. So should I just export using a different codec and then use Compressor or MPEG Streamclip to convert to an MJPEG-A or PhotoJPEG codec?

Can't export NEF files with sidecar so it opens in Bridge

Hi there,
I've been able to do it in the past, as I can look at previous images in the Bridge and view them as NEF files with the sidecar so the edits are written on the files and it also includes all the metadata.
But for the lastest new set of images (of a friend's wedding :/ ) I'm struggling to export them so I can view them in Bridge. They will export, the sidecar is also there, but when I open in Bridge, it doesn't open them, and no metadata is saved to the file. I'm not sure if I've forgotten to do something or if I have to start all over again, and there's an issue with the Catalogue/Collection that I might or might not have set up when I first imported them (I didn't set one up to start with, but when I was having issues exporting them, I did create a collection and set and they're sitting in there now).
Can anyone help?

I've just tried exporting is as a DNG (I didn't want to roiginally do that as I wanted to avoid converting the images where possible), but I've just done it and they're now openable in Bridge, so hurrah.
Decision made. DNG is it for all files going forward.

Getting Datapump Export Dump file to the local machine

I apologize to everyone as this is a duplicate post.
Re: Getting Datapump Export Dump file to the local machine
My initial thread(started yesterday)was in 'Database General' and didn't get much response today. Where do i post questions on EXPORT/IMPORT utilities?
Anyway, here is my problem:
I want to take the export dump of itemrep schema in orcl database (in a remote machine). I have an Oracle server (10G Rel2) running in my local Windows machine. I have created a user john with necessary EXPORT/IMPORT privileges in my local db. Then i created a Directory object,ie a folder named datapump in my local hard drive and granted READ WRITE privileges to john.
So john, who is a user in my local machine's oracle db is going to run the expdp utility.
expdp john/jhendrix@my_local_db_alias SCHEMAS=itemrep directory=datapump logfile=itemrepexp.log
The above command will fail because it will look for itemrep schema inside my local db, not the remote db where the itemprep is actually located. And you can't qualify the schemaname with its db in the SCHEMAS parameter (like SCHEMAS=itemrep@orcl).
Can anyone provide me a solution for this?

I think you can initiate the datapump exp utility from your client machine to export a schema in a remote database.But, Upon execution,oracle looks for the directory in the remote database and not on your local machine.
You're inovoking expdp from a client (local DB) to export data from a remote DB.
So, With this method, you can create the dumpfiles only on the Remote server and not on the local Machine.
You can perform a direct import instead of export using the NETWORK_LINK option.
Create a DBlink from your local and Remote DB and verify the connection.
Then,Initiate the Impdp from Your local machine DB using the parameter network_link=<db_link of the Remote DB> to import the schema.
The advantage of this option eliminates the Dumpfile creation at the Server side.
There are no dumpfiles during the import process. the Data is imported directly to the target schema.

Impossible to export a diaporama in the wmv format : it says "error writing".

Impossible to export a diaporama in the wmv format : it says "error writing".

You must update the application. That version will not work properly with the changes made to the OS.

Hi guys, I've been given some .mov files to use. When I play them I can hear the audio but the pictures are green. The client says they play for him. I am on mac 10.5.8 and FCP 6.0.6. Any clues as to why this is happening?

Hi guys,
I've been given some .mov files to use on FCP.
When I play them I can hear the audio but the pictures are green. The client says they play for him.
I am on mac 10.5.8 and FCP 6.0.6.
The files details are the same as a file that will play.
Apple Mpeg IMX 625/50
(50 Mbs)
720 x 576 millions
16-bit Integer (Little Edition)
I've been told this happened to somebody else last week, but didn't get a resaon why.
Any clues as to why this is happening? I suspect it's a codec issue of some sort
Cheers,
G

FC 6 supports 29.97 & 25 IMX frame rates but a third party plug-in is required:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/FCP6_HD_and_Broadcast_Formats.pdf
This plug-in costs $100
http://www.nanocosmos.de/v4/en/products/quicktimeIMX.html
This software is cheaper at $30 and will let you test drive it for free
http://www.pavtube.com/guide/working-with-xdcam-imx-media-in-fcp-avid-imovie-ppr o.html
There may be a free option available but I'm not aware of it.

How can I export a file with transparent background?

Hi all,
I know InDesign doesn't allow to export a PNG file, but I need my file to be in image file format with transparent background.
I'm still learning so I am stuck here. How can I export a file with transparent background?

If you can't get the PNG file export to work, you can export a pdf and open it in Photoshop, from there you can save it as whatever you like.

Why is it impossible to export a file with the same fidelity as the version iMovie itself plays for me?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for