[MacDV] Re: Exporting sequences from FCP 6

[sb]

Have you rendered everything before exporting? If you don't, then when  
you export the render files become part of the resulting file.

also, are you mixing down the audio?

  regards,

  sb


On Aug 2, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Conlon Brett wrote:

> Hiya,
>
> I'm using FCPro v6 and am exporting sequences to later run through  
> Compressor when I'm ready to encode for DVD.
>
> With previous FCP's (v5 or v4) I remember exporting sequences as  
> final cut pro files (File --> Export --> ??can't remember the  
> option??  but produced a .fcp file, I think) and it was really quick  
> (a few or less than a min) and produced small sized files. I assumed  
> it was simply saving the edits list. You could also tick the box  
> "Make self contained" in the export dialogue and it would export the  
> entire video/audio file (which of course took much longer and  
> produced a much larger file).
>
> Now with FCPv6 I'm using File --> Export --> QuickTime Movie. The  
> resulting export for a 50 min sequence takes appx 17 mins (MBPro  
> 2.4MHz) and the resulting file is 8+GB. I'm not even ticking the box  
> to make self-contained.
>
> I'd like to be able to export in a similar fashion as I was before -  
> the quick "edit list" style file. Is that possible?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cojcolds