Final Cut Pro 7: Visual QuickPro Guide

To export a Final Cut Pro movie for use

in iDVD or DVD Studio Pro:

1.

Follow steps 1 through 4 in the previous

task, “To export a clip or sequence as a

QuickTime movie.”

2.

If you want to export chapter markers

along with your file, choose Chapter

Markers from the Markers pop-up menu.

3.

Do one of the following:

◆

Check Make Movie Self-Contained to

make a stand-alone file that can be

used with iDVD or DVD SP on this or

another computer.

◆

Leave Make Movie Self-Contained

unchecked to export a reference

movie—a small movie file that con-

tains only pointers to the original

audio, video, and render files—which

can be used only with a copy of iDVD

or DVD SP that is located on the

same computer as your Final Cut Pro

project (Figure 19.22).

4.

In the Save dialog box, type a name for

your file in the Save As field and select

a destination folder; then click Save.

The exported movie contains any

sequence markers you have designated

as chapter markers (Figure 19.23).

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Creating Final Output

Exporting Sequences and Clips

Figure 19.22 Uncheck the Make Movie Self-Contained

box to create a compact reference movie you can use

in another processing program like iDVD or DVD SP.

Figure 19.23 Open your exported reference movie in

QuickTime Player, and you’ll see a pop-up menu

containing your exported chapter markers.

FCP Protocol: DVD Chapter Markers

It’s very simple to export a QuickTime Movie with chapter markers that you can import into

iDVD or DVD Studio Pro, but you should be aware of a few rules governing the number and

placement of chapter markers:

◆

Final Cut Pro chapter markers must be sequence markers, not clip markers.

◆

You can set a maximum of 99 chapter markers per video stream in a DVD SP project;

iDVD allows no more than 36 chapter markers per project.

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Chapter markers must be set more than one second apart, and more than one second

from the start or the end of a sequence.