Absolutely, and it does work - except then I feel like my 8 cores are going to waste. For the moment, I'll settle for the old fashioned use of Compressor, and hope they reengineer the whole thing in the next revision.
Leo Ticheli video version comparison: FCP Save as Quicktime vs Quicktime Conversion
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Absolutely, and it does work - except then I feel like my 8 cores are going to waste. For the moment, I'll settle for the old fashioned use of Compressor, and hope they reengineer the whole thing in the next revision.
I agree 100%. However, consider that you lose a generation:
Original media in FCP -> FCP Export as QT -> Compressor
vs.
Original media in FCP -> FCP Share export
If you use "Export > QuickTime Movie" in FCP and select "Current Settings" and make sure that "Recompress All Frames" is deselected, there should be zero generational loss.
FCP will export an exact duplicate of what's on the timeline without re-encoding the video.
Yeah, you're correct - there will be a generational loss if you're rendering a clip with FX. However, in my case, it's not too much of a factor. All my work goes directly to an online site that compresses the living hell out of what I send them - and reduces the frame size to right at SD - so any generational loss in my case is pretty imperceptible ...because the end result pretty much looks like crap no matter how pristine I send it through. 
Hopefully by the time I start doing some serious narrative work next year, this will all be moot. Boy, I hope so.
Hopefully by the time I start doing some serious narrative work next year, this will all be moot. Boy, I hope so.
SantaCruzMichael
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By all means, Export Quicktime movies using current settings and then use Compressor.
Here's another tip, though:
Opening up Compressor and navigating through all those options (and remembering the right settings) every time is not necessary.
Create DROPLETS in compressor. It's a little button on the left side that takes the current Compressor settings and makes a shortcut icon that can be placed on the desktop (or anywhere else).
Then, just drag your Quicktime movie on to the Compressor Droplet and it starts the process automatically WITHOUT EVEN OPENING COMPRESSOR. You can monitor progress using Batch Monitor.
Make a few droplets with titles such as "DVD" "h264_1280x720" and "Vimeo."
I love this shortcut! Within seconds, you are opening a beer, pulling weeds in the garden or whatever, and congratulating yourself on how fast you wrapped up this year's "Fun Family Thanksgiving Video!"
Here's another tip, though:
Opening up Compressor and navigating through all those options (and remembering the right settings) every time is not necessary.
Create DROPLETS in compressor. It's a little button on the left side that takes the current Compressor settings and makes a shortcut icon that can be placed on the desktop (or anywhere else).
Then, just drag your Quicktime movie on to the Compressor Droplet and it starts the process automatically WITHOUT EVEN OPENING COMPRESSOR. You can monitor progress using Batch Monitor.
Make a few droplets with titles such as "DVD" "h264_1280x720" and "Vimeo."
I love this shortcut! Within seconds, you are opening a beer, pulling weeds in the garden or whatever, and congratulating yourself on how fast you wrapped up this year's "Fun Family Thanksgiving Video!"
I don't think Compressor works any differently. When a sequence is sent from FCP to Compressor the clips are rendered just the same.
Yes, but we're talking about a different method: Export as Quicktime Movie then send to Compressor to use Qmaster to take advantage of multiple cores. There is a generation loss with that method, although it is faster because of using multiple cores. If you use Send to Compressor or use Quicktime Conversion in FCP you can use only 1 core. If you try to force multiple cores with Send to Compressor it will crash. Multiple cores isn't an option with Quicktime Conversion.