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Compressing with ConvertToMovie
To compress a sequence with ConvertToMovie:
<HTML><ol></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Open ConvertToMovie.<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>ConvertToMovie displays a file-selection dialog. Select the film or folder of PICT files you want to compress. ConvertToMovie then displays the compression dialog, which includes a number of fields and pop-up menus.<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Select Compact Video and Color in the Compressor pop-up menus.<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Slide the Quality control to “Most.”<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Set the Frame Rate field to the frame rate of your QuickTime movie.<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML><HTML><p></HTML>For VCR-like controls, a key frame every 1-2 seconds is advisable. If VCR controls aren't a priority and quality is a high priority, the Key frame rate should be set equal to the total number of frames in the QuickTime movie.<HTML></p></HTML> <HTML><p></HTML>For a scene with a lot of change in it (such as a pan across a room), set the key frame to a lower number so it refreshes the buffer instead of calculating the new image. This reduces the artifacting and edge crawl slightly.<HTML></p></HTML><HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Set the playback data rate in the Data Rate Desired field. Typically, a value between 240 and 200 is used, depending on the complexity of the film's audio track.<HTML></li></HTML> <HTML><li></HTML>Click the OK button. ConvertToMovie now begins to compress the film into Compact Video format. Each minute of film takes approximately an hour to compress.<HTML></li></HTML><HTML></ol></HTML>
ConvertToMovie overview
Table 1: Characteristics of the ConvertToMovie tool.
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Characteristic |Description
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Compression |Compact Video
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Frame Rate |Frame rate of the QuickTime
|movie
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Key Frame Rate |Every 1-2 seconds
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Color |Millions
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Quality |Most
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Data Rate |As high as possible, 16-bit or
|8-bit 22 kHz mono, 240 KB/sec
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