Outputting your video for Youtube or Vimeo best quality:
a helpful tutorial here: http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/fcp-basics-exporting-quicktime-video-for-youtube-out-of-final-cut-pro/
Youtube’s advice: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=132460&topic=16612&hl=en-US
IF YOU ARE FINDING H264 out of Final Cut through QuickTime is too slow, then consider the suggestion below (and explained in the link)
Export out of Final Cut
- File > Export > Quicktime Movie (choose “current settings” and Make movie self contained, this will not compress your file, so will give you a large file (which you should archive for the future).
- Choose a file name for your exported video and a destination where it will be saved.
- Open “Streamclip” (a program for “transcoding” from one codec to another on all the SCA computer lab computers …it is also free if you want to use it at home)
- Menu: File/Export to Mpeg 4
- Go find your new file and “Streamclip” and rerender or “transcode” to H264 (1280 x 720) using Streamclip as suggested above.
- If you want to watch a video on the process (with slightly different but compatible instructions then check the link below)
- This should be quicker here is a video that explains the process using streamclip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XAJ6BFFVWw