Video export settings

The following options are available in the Video Settings panel of the Export Settings dialog box:

Compressor Choose the codec (compressor/decompressor) for Premiere to apply when exporting a file, and click Configure (if available) to set options specific to the selected codec. The codecs available depend on the File Type you chose in the Export Settings panel.

Note: If you cannot find options that your codec provides, see the documentation provided by the hardware manufacturer. Some codecs included with video-capture hardware require that you set compression options in dialog boxes provided by the codec, instead of through the options described in this book.

Depth Choose the color depth, or the number of colors to include in video that you export. This menu may not be available if the selected Compressor supports only one color depth. You can also specify an 8-bit (256-color) palette when preparing a video program for 8-bit color playback--for example, to match the colors on a Web page or in a presentation. When available, click Palette and then either select Make Palette from Movie to derive a color palette from the frames used in the video program, or select Load Palette Now to import a color palette that you prepared and saved previously. You can load color palettes in the .ACO (Photoshop color swatch), .ACT (Photoshop color palette), or .PAL (Windows palette--Windows only) format.

Note: With the QuickTime file type, you can attach a 256-color palette to a movie of any bit depth. You can specify a palette for 24-bit movies to use when displaying on 8-bit monitors, and you can prevent palette "flashing" by attaching the same palette to many movies. Video for Windows supports attaching a palette only to an 8-bit movie.

Frame Size Specify the dimensions, in pixels, for video frames you export. Select 4:3 Aspect to constrain the frame size to the 4:3 aspect ratio used by conventional television. Some codecs support specific frame sizes. Increasing the frame size displays more detail but uses more disk space and requires more processing during playback.

Frame Rate Choose the number of frames per second for video you export. Some codecs support a specific set of frame rates. Increasing the frame rate may produce smoother motion (depending on the original frame rates of the source clips) but uses more disk space.

Quality Drag the slider or type a value to affect the picture quality of and disk space used by exported video. If you are using same codec to capture and export, and you've rendered previews of the Timeline, you can save rendering time by matching the export quality setting with your original capture quality setting. For example, if you captured clips at 50% quality, set the export quality to 50% also. Premiere then performs a straight file copy of the data whenever possible, instead of recompressing the data frame by frame. Increasing quality above the original capture quality does not increase quality, but may result in longer rendering times.

Limit Data Rate to _ K/Sec Select (if available for the selected compressor) and type a data rate to place an upper limit on the amount of video data produced by the exported video when it is played back.

Note: In some codecs, quality and data rate are interrelated, so that adjusting one option automatically alters the other.

Recompress Select to ensure that Premiere exports a video file that is under the data rate you specified. Choose Always from the Recompress menu to compress every frame even if it is already within the data rate, or choose Maintain Data Rate to preserve quality by compressing only the frames that are above the specified data rate. Recompressing previously compressed frames may lower picture quality. Deselect Recompress to prevent current compression settings from being applied to clips that were not altered when you edited them into the program.

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