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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
Saving and exporting movies
Saving movies
After you finish editing a movie, you can save it in a QuickTime movie format that you can then add to a web page.
The first time you save a movie, GoLive automatically flattens the movie to copy all referenced data into the movie
and make it self-contained. Before GoLive flattens the movie, tracks contain only references to data, not the actual
data. To avoid problems with missing data when a viewer opens a web page that contains your movie, GoLive flattens
the movie to make it web-ready. (After flattening, the file size of the movie increases because it contains all of the
data.)
Note: GoLive flattens movies automatically only the first time you save them. To flatten a movie after saving it the first
time, you must choose Movie > Flatten or File > Save As. Also note that the file you embed in the movie track does not
become a part of the root movie when the movie is flattened.
See also
“About movie tracks” on page 538
“Sprite tracks” on page 543
To save a movie
1 Choose File > Save or File > Save As.
2 Name the file, and then select the destination folder in the Save As dialog box (typically in the root folder for your
site). You might want to create a folder in your site window (for example, Movies), and save your movies in that
folder.
To export a movie or track
1 Do one of the following:
• To export a movie as a different movie format, choose File > Export > Movie.
• To export a track as a movie, choose File > Export > Track.
2 Choose a movie format from the Export menu.
3 To select compression settings for the movie, click Options, and then click Settings. Select compression settings in
the Compression Settings dialog box, and then click OK twice.
4 In the Save Exported File As dialog box, name the file, select the destination folder, and then click Save.
To export a movie as an RTSP streaming movie
1 Choose File > Export > Streaming Movie, name the file, select the destination folder, and then click Save.
2 Select options in the Hint Exporter Settings dialog box, and then click OK. For information on the options in the
Hint Exporter Settings dialog box, see Apple’s QuickTime documentation.
Note: Before you export a movie to an RTSP streaming movie, see the Apple QuickTime documentation about preparing
movie files for RTSP streaming.