Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step 16:
When the Export dialog appears, if
you scroll down a bit, you'll see an area
dedicated to exporting video (seen here).
Since you clicked on your video file to
export it, the Include Video Files checkbox
should already be turned on, so all you
have to do is make two simple choices:
(1) Which video format do you want to
save your clip in? I use H.264 as it's a widely
supported format, and makes the file size
smaller without losing much (if any) visible
quality (kind of like JPEG does for image
files), but of course, how much it's com-
pressed is based on (2) the Quality setting
you choose. If you're going to be sharing
this somewhere on the web (YouTube,
Animoto, etc.), then you'll probably want
to consider a lower quality than Max (the
physical size and fps will appear to the right
when you choose a Quality size from the
menu, so you know what each delivers).
However, if you're taking this video over to
a dedicated video editing application, that's
when you'd want to choose Max quality.
For the rest of the exporting features, see
Chapter 9 (the exporting chapter).
Step 17:
Before you jump to the other sections of
the topic, I wanted to give you a few great
examples of what kinds of things you can
use Lightroom's video editing features for
that might make your life easier. One I use
a lot is to warm up skin tones. Although
we set proper white balance for video by
using a white card (rather than a gray
card for still photos), that white balance,
while being technically accurate, is a bit
on the cool side, and people generally look
better a little warmer. So, by capturing a
still frame of the video, taking it into the
Develop module, and dragging the Temp
slider to the left, toward yellow, you can
make the skin tones of people in your
video look much more pleasing. Be sure
you have Auto Sync turned on and have
the video selected in the Filmstrip, along
with the still frame.
