Exporting your file as a Quicktime Movie
 

Now that you have completed your movie you will want to share it with your friends or submit it for a grade. Since quicktime movies can be played on almost any computer you will be submitting most of your work in this format. Here are the steps for exporting to quicktime.

  1. Click on the film canister in the bottom left hand corner of FCP to open your project library.
    projects canister
  2. Select the project you want to export.
  3. Press Cmd + e for export or go to File > Share > Master File.
  4. From the Export pull down list choose the H.264 format and click Next.
    export H.264 format

  5. Choose the name of the file (should be the name of your project plus your full_name) and then the location where you want the file to be saved. You should be saving your videos in your Movies folder.

    saving to your Videos folder
  6. Press Save.