Exporting a video

You can prepare variations of one program or clip for several uses. For example, you can prepare low- and high-resolution versions of a program or clip, or create separate versions for broadcast television, CD distribution, and Web viewing. You can also automate the export of project variations using batch processing. See Processing a batch of projects.

To export a video using a Web or CD-ROM optimized plug-in:

1 Activate the Timeline, Source view, Program view, or a Clip window. If you are exporting the Timeline and it includes virtual clips, make sure that the work area in the Timeline includes the main video program only. See Nesting edits using virtual clips.

2 Choose File > Export Timeline (or Export Clip) > Save for Web, Advanced RealMedia Export, or Advanced Windows Media (Windows only).

3 Select your settings and click OK or Start. See the plug-in's online Help or PDF documentation for details.

To export a video using Premiere's export:

1 Activate the Timeline, Source view, Program view, or a Clip window. If you are exporting the Timeline and it includes virtual clips, make sure that the work area in the Timeline includes the main video program only. See Nesting edits using virtual clips.

2 Choose File > Export Timeline (or Export Clip) > Movie.

3 Click Settings and choose your settings as necessary. See Choosing export settings.

4 Click OK to close the Settings dialog box.

5 Specify a location and filename, and click OK. If you want to cancel exporting, press Esc; it may take several seconds to complete the cancellation.

Use the Save and Load buttons in the Export Movie Settings dialog box to save and later quickly load export settings that you use frequently. Loading saved settings is particularly useful when you create several types of video files (for example, NTSC and Web video) from the same project.

Producing Final Video > Exporting a video