[MacDV] Re: forcing iMovie to display the dialog ["Your movie contains still, slow motion, and/or reverse clips which need to be rendered for this export. This will provide the best quality. Would you like to render them now?] again

Martin Modrzejewski mmodrzejewski at shaw.ca
Wed Feb 20 16:57:58 PST 2008


The best quality copy you can make is still to export out of iMovie  
back to a blank tape in your camcorder. A DVD, while acceptable, will  
loose quality due to compression. That's only important if you have  
any intention of ever re-editing the footage in the future
Martin
On Feb 19, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Gordon Alley wrote:

> If you want an archival copy of the movie, miniDV tape or a highest- 
> quality DV file on a disc would retain the best quality. What I've  
> been doing recently is to backup the iMovie and iDVD projects and  
> associated media files to a set of DATA DVDs.
>
> Printable TDK DVD-Rs can be purchased on 100-disc spindles at  
> CostCo for a bit over $30, which works out to a bit over $0.30 per  
> disc, so it can be more time- and cost-effective than backing up to  
> miniDV tape. I'm not sure about the lifetime of the media, though.
>
> -Gordon
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 9:34 PM, <Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net> wrote:
> Norman wrote:
>
> >When I finish an edit in iMovie I export it to the camcorder
> >mini dv tape. From that tape I can make VHS or DVD.
>
> Is this typical? I would have thought one would export iMovie
> directly to iDVD.
>
> -- 
> Gordon B. Alley
> http://www.gordonalley.com
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