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output .mov file is huge

Jun 30, 2012 9:07 PM

Hello everyone,

I sent my friend two 45 mb .mov files to alter in afer effects. after he was done with the first 45 mb clip, he rendered and exported it out and his file is now 1.1 gb. Why did the file become so large? I need his edited footage to be a reasonable size so he can DropBox it and I can put it back into final cut pro. Plesae help!

1245 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Dave LaRonde, Jun 1, 2012 9:41 AM
 
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  • Andrew Yoole
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    1. Andrew Yoole,
    May 31, 2012 4:05 PM   in reply to lxjordanxl
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    From the FAQ section of this Forum:

     

    Why is my output file huge, and why doesn't it play back smoothly in a media player?

     
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    2. lxjordanxl,
    May 31, 2012 4:20 PM   in reply to Andrew Yoole
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    i have compressor but what format do I compress it to? compressed to apple pro res 422 (lt) and it looked awful?

     
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    3. Andrew Yoole,
    May 31, 2012 4:44 PM   in reply to lxjordanxl
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    If you were happy with the quality of your two 45mb source files, what codec and resolution were they?  ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ are common choices for intermediate file exchange, but depending on the resolution and duration of the shots, may still be too large to exchange online.  If you really want top notch quality, exchange lossless files via real-world storage devices.  Until we all have fibre-to-node internet access in our homes and offices, there's still a need for the post office!

     
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    May 31, 2012 4:44 PM   in reply to Andrew Yoole
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    i logged and transfered all of my orginal footish off of my canon 7d (apple pro res 422  LT ) but what I did was I  exported those two files as a sequence as a .mov file from final cut pro.

     
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    5. Dave LaRonde,
    Jun 1, 2012 9:41 AM   in reply to lxjordanxl
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    Is the codec of the FCP timeline also ProRes LT?  You may have better luck making the timeline ProRes 422, exporting the timeline as a quicktime movie -- it will export in the codec of the timeline, ProRes 422 -- and rendering to ProRes 422 in AE.

     
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