Chapter 12. From iMovie to QuickTime

For the best and most cinematic viewing experience, play your finished iMovie productions on TV, on a tape or DVD. That way, your public gets to see the full- sized picture that your camcorder captured.

But when you want to distribute your movies electronically , convert them into QuickTime files instead. Both Mac and Windows machines can play these files right on the screen with little more than a double-click.

Your distribution options for QuickTime files are far greater than for videocassette or DVD, too. You can email a QuickTime file to somebody or post it on the Web for all the world to see (Chapter 13). You can put bigger QuickTime files onto a disk, like a recordable CD, a Zip disk, or an Apple iPod, to transport them.

This chapter covers all of these techniques, step by step.