Dive Into Your Imagination

Exporting is often the most confusing part of the whole filmmaking process, at least from what I've noticed with beginners. With so many export settings, formats, and aspect ratio's out there, it is a bit overwhelming to deal with especially if you have deadlines. Sometimes you will want a DVD export, or internet, or maybe even HD but you're not sure what the right settings are and you don't want to sit and wait for a whole movie to render and export just to find out that it's not going to work! Well one tip I have that you may find very helpful is the ability to export just a small piece of your movie. A timeline snippet.

This way, you can see what the final output looks like and if you got your settings right. Simply click anywhere in the timeline to highlight the timeline window and move your playhead to a good spot. Push the "i" button and an arrow will appear at the top of the timeline. This is the IN point, now add an OUT point by pushing "o" at about 10 seconds after your in point. Now any exports you do will only be this length! You can safely review your export settings without having to wait for your whole timeline to export.

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