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TimeExposure Support Center - KnowledgeBase - Burning a QuickTime Movie to a CD or DVD
With ProSelect you can easily create a compact, copyright safe (and stamped/watermarked, if you wish) QuickTime slide show movie for distribution on CD that people can watch on their computers - both Mac and Windows.
CREATING A CD
To save a slideshow on a CD, you just need to export it as a QuickTime slideshow movie (File menu -> Export -> QuickTime Slideshow).
When exporting the movie you can:
set the image size,
add synchronized music,
copyright stamps, lables etc.
See the ProSelect Reference manual for more details on these options.
Because the images in the movie are low resolution and all located in one self-contained file they are fairly safe from being copied. However, people with screen capture software can still take "snapshots" of them. If this is a concern, then select the option to a copyright stamp to the images while the movie is being made.
Finally copy the resulting movie file onto a CD and give it to your clients. Anyone with QuickTime installed on their computer will be able to play the movie.
For more information on how to do this see the Reference Manual under section: "Creating a QuickTime Slideshow" in the Exporting section.
Hint 1:
CD will always look better than a DVD because you can provide it at higher resolutions (such as 800x600) than you can use for DVDs.
Hint 2: Playing the movie directly from the CD with some CD players/computers may result in jerky sound. In this case, tell your clients to copy the movie file from the CD to their hard disk before playing it.
Hint 3: You can only included QuickTime compatible music in your QuickTime movie so avoid formats that QuickTime can't play like Windows .wma files.
Hint 4: Some QuickTime players, by default, play all movies at full screen. This results in any movies that you created in a smaller size appearing pixelated. Suggest to your client that, to get the best result when playing the movie, they should choose "Present Movie" (from the View Menu) and then select to play at "Actual Size". This will give the best results.
Hint 5: If you have Quicktime Pro (an upgrade available from Apple), then you can open the .mov file in QuickTime and Export it to a wide range of other movie formats. If you do this then make sure that you check the new format because we noticed that some conversions to not correctly render the slideshow transitions.
CREATING A DVD
You can take the QuickTime movie and convert it into DVD format, however this does involve re-compresssing the already compressed movie images. Coupled with the fact that most low-cost DVD production programs use domestic quality compression algorithms designed mainly for video means that your results may only be fine for proofing purposes. If you need to produce a higher quality DVD for sales then see the other options below.
For Mac users
The QuickTime movie can be burnt to DVD using software such as iDVD or DVD Studio Pro. Note: If you are using iDVD, make sure that you have installed the latest QuickTime 7 (7.1+) and a iDVD version 6 or newer (the current version is 6.0.3) as earlier versions of both had problems with some movie files. iDVD comes with many low to mid-range Macs as strandard or can be purchased as part of the iLife kit.
For PC users
The only PC software that we have found that correctly reads QuickTime movies is Ulead's DVD MovieFactory. It is pretty easy to use and you can download a 30 day trial of the software from their web site.
Other options
Another option for both Mac and PC users who wish to burn a higher quality DVDs, is to use ProSelect's Export Sample Images (under the File menu). This will produce a folder of low-res images (you can specify the size). These images will include any effects (eg B&W, Sepia) and croppings applied in ProSelect. You can also optionally add a copyright stamp/watermark to the output images. This avoids the extra compression step that comes wth making a QuickTime movie first.
Take this folder of images and use other software such as iMovie or Final Cut Pro (on Mac) or ProShow Gold or DVD MovieFactory (on PC) to create the final DVD. In this case you have to add the music and transitions in the software you are using.
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