Specify QuickTime Movie settings (Photoshop Extended)



  1. In the Render Video dialog box, select QuickTime Export and then choose QuickTime Movie from the pop‑up menu.
  2. Click the Settings button.
  3. In the Movie Settings dialog box, make sure Video is selected.
    Important: Although the Movie Settings dialog box displays Sound options, you cannot adjust the current audio settings. To include audio in exported files, see Preview audio for video layers (Photoshop Extended).
  4. Under Video, click the appropriate button to set the following:
    Settings
    Opens the Standard Video Compression Settings dialog box so you can set the video compression and accompanying options.

    Filter
    Opens the Choose Video Filter dialog box, where you can apply built‑in QuickTime video effects.

    Size
    Opens the Export Size Settings dialog box to specify pixel dimensions for your exported video.

  5. (Optional) If your movie is being delivered over the Internet, select Prepare For Internet Streaming and choose any of the following:
    Fast Start
    Sets up the movie to start playing from a web server before the movie has completely downloaded to a user’s computer hard drive.

    Fast Start-Compressed Header
    Compresses the movie’s header losslessly and sets up the movie to start playing from a web server before the movie has completely downloaded to a user’s computer hard drive.

    Hinted Streaming
    Sets up the movie to be streamed by a QuickTime Streaming Server.

QuickTime standard video compression settings

The following options are available in the Standard Video Compression Settings dialog box:

Compression Type
Choose the codec to apply when exporting a file.

Motion
Specify the frame rate for your video by choosing the number of frames per second (fps). Some codecs support a specific set of frame rates. Increasing the frame rate may produce smoother motion (depending on the original frame rates of the source clips) but uses more disk space. If available, specify how often the key frames are generated. (See Understanding QuickTime key frames.)

Data Rate
Select (if available for the selected compressor) and type a data rate to place an upper limit on the amount of video data produced by the exported video when it is played back.

Compressor
Set compressor options specific to the selected codec. Click the Option button (if available) to specify further compressor options. If the Depth menu is available, choose the number of colors to include in exported video. (This menu is not available if the selected codec supports only one color depth.)

If the Quality slider is available under Compressor, drag the slider or type a value to adjust the exported video’s picture quality and, consequently, its file size. If you are using the same codec to capture and export, and you’ve rendered previews of a sequence, you can save rendering time by matching the export quality setting with your original capture quality setting. Increasing quality above the original capture quality does not increase quality, but may result in longer rendering times.

Note: Compressor options are not available for the Component Video codec.

QuickTime movie size settings

The following settings are available in the Export Size Settings dialog box:

Dimensions
Specifies the frame size for your exported movie. If you want to specify a frame size not included in the Dimensions menu, choose Custom and enter values for Width and Height.

Preserve Aspect Ratio Using
Specifies an option if the movie is scaled to a new frame size. Letterbox scales the source proportionally to fit into the clean aperture, adding black bars to the top and bottom or sides as necessary. Crop centers, scales, and trims to the clean aperture. Fit Within Dimensions adjusts to the destination size by fitting to the longest side, scaling if necessary.

Deinterlace Source Video
Deinterlaces the two fields in each interlaced video frame.