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Exporting a Video

CrazyTalk offers the convenient feature of exporting your projects into multimedia formats that are compatible with a wide range of devices. For instance, you can now convert your work to an AVI file in DVD, HD, iPad or iPhone quality.

ClosedExporting Video - Windows OS
  1. Click the Export Video/Image button.
  2. In the Export Video/Image Settings panel, switch to the Video tab.
  3. Choose from the Format drop-down list.
  4. Determine the frame size from the Frame Size drop-down list.
  5. You may also manually adjust the Output Size by entering the target width and height.
    Activate the Lock Ratio to keep a fixed ratio for the exported video.
  6. Click the Export button to export the project into a video.
ClosedExporting QuickTime Video - Mac OS
  1. Click the Export Video/Image button.
  2. In the Export Video/Image Settings panel, switch to the Video tab.
  3. Choose the desired codec from the Video Codec drop-down list.
  4. Determine the frame size from the Frame Size drop-down list.
  5. You may also manually adjust the Output Size by entering the target width and height.
    Activate the Lock Ratio to keep a fixed ratio for the exported video.
  6. Click the QuickTime Export button to export the project into an MOV video.
ClosedExporting Video for Further Compositing

If you wish to export videos for compositing with other images or videos via external video editing tools, then there are three methods according to your operating system:

ClosedExporting MOV with Alpha Channel - MAC OS

The videos in MOV format are able to contain Alpha Channel information. If you want to use videos of this type for further compositing in external video editing tools, then follow the steps below:

  1. Make sure that the background is set to Actor Only with a solid color.
  2. Click the Export button to show the panel.
  3. Simply select the Apple ProRes 4444 codec from the Video Codec drop-down list  and export the project.
ClosedExporting Video with Solid Background - Windows, MAC OS

If you do not want to include any Alpha Channel information in your exported video, while still needing the background of the exported video to be filtered out when you composite the video in a video editing tool, then please follow the steps below:

  1. Make sure that the background is set to Actor Only with a solid color. The commonly used color is either green or blue.
  2. Click the Export button to show the panel.
  3. Export the project as an ordinary video that does not contain any Alpha Channel.
  4. Load the exported video into an external video editing tool.
  5. Use the feature for filtering the background (e.g. chroma key in Adobe Premere). The exported video can then be overlayed on top of other video or images without the original solid color background.