How do you export only a small selection of the sequence in FCP?
 

Hi all,

This seems like a really simple question but I cant find the answer anywhere, have looked on FCP help, googled and searched these forums and no joy so maybe someone can help.

I want to try and export a small selection of my FCP sequence to send to a client. The sequence is 20mins long and HD and exporting the whole things takes forever when he only needs to see a minute long section.

In Avid I can export in and out points but you cant seem to do this in FCP?

Thanks for any advice
Em

In your timeline, set an In (I) and Out (O) point, then export.

Remember to clear them (Opt X) before you next export the whole project.

N

Yeh I did actually try that (am used to editing in Avid so I-O is the obvious one) and it just exports the whole sequence every time - there doesn't seem to be an option on any of the export windows to tick 'export marks/I-O pointd only'

Em

Ok - clearly was doing something stupid the first time as i just tried again to test it and it worked fine. Wierd.

Coming soon - more pointless questions taking up needless forum space...

Strange - I tested exporting a section before I posted. Attached is a screenprint of the timeline with the In and Out markers set, then I used File>Export>QT Movie. There is no need to tell it to export between marks - if they are present, it will use them.

I'm using FCP6.0.5

N

No worries - glad it's working