imovie to vimeo (compression?)

**uncle blake** · 26.10.2009, 13:22

I am trying to compress an edit I've been working on through imovie but I keep losing the quality. I've done this before and maintained the quality, I just can't remember how I did it. When I "compress to disk" using quicktime it totally loses the quality. When I "compress to high quality" the file is too big, and it is a "dv." file, not "mov." What am I doing wrong?

and I know, "imovie" FTL,

, etc... I'm working on an upgrade but for now all I have is imovie

**r.s.** · 26.10.2009, 13:24

Originally Posted by uncle blake

I am trying to compress an edit I've been working on through imovie but I keep losing the quality. I've done this before and maintained the quality, I just can't remember how I did it. When I "compress to disk" using quicktime it totally loses the quality. When I "compress to high quality" the file is too big, and it is a "dv." file, not "mov." What am I doing wrong?

and I know, "imovie" FTL,

, etc... I'm working on an upgrade but for now all I have is imovie

ok from imovie export it, choose expert settings, then there is a drop down select default settings. It should look good, thats exactly what i do for all of mine. the file size will be a few hundred mb but vimeo will let you upload up to 500mb.

**uncle blake** · 26.10.2009, 13:28

Originally Posted by r.s.

Originally Posted by uncle blake

I am trying to compress an edit I've been working on through imovie but I keep losing the quality. I've done this before and maintained the quality, I just can't remember how I did it. When I "compress to disk" using quicktime it totally loses the quality. When I "compress to high quality" the file is too big, and it is a "dv." file, not "mov." What am I doing wrong?

and I know, "imovie" FTL,

, etc... I'm working on an upgrade but for now all I have is imovie

ok from imovie export it, choose expert settings, then there is a drop down select default settings. It should look good, thats exactly what i do for all of mine.

Tried expert settings too, but the awaiting time keeps getting greater until like 90mins, then an error message comes up. I'll try again though.