You could use Cleaner 6.0.1 and other compression programs to reduce the size without losing much of the quality. Try searching "compression" at http://www.versiontracker.com. This is a Macintosh Digital Video list. Of course Adobe product discussions are welcome. It's only an iMovie 3 heavy list right now because of all the iLife hype at MacWorld Expo, Friday's release of iMovie 3 and the new integration among all four iApps. We all like to experiment with a wide variety of digital media and software. k On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 07:24 PM, H. Eddie Reed wrote: > OK I have finished my first production. ! > Thing about it is I used probably 20-30 mb's of clips (in Adobe's > Premiere 6.0) included some sound and transitional effects and now my > not so little any more "movie" is just under 1000 mb's !! Go figure ? > > My question is in regards to optimizing this footage to fit on a CD > (700 mb's). Is that possible ? I noticed on the export menu within > Adobe's "After Effects" there are some options though they don't apply > (Already tried) that sound like they were inteded to do what it is I > need. > > Any help appreciated, > > <Eddie> > ps. Is this list strictly for iMovie users ? I mean am I out-of-bounds > by bringing up Adobe products?