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About the Export Settings dialog box

Adobe Media Encoder can encode a sequence to any of a wide variety of compressed video formats.

The Export Settings dialog includes a large image area where you can toggle between Source and Output tabs. The Source tab allows you to see the source video and apply cropping options interactively. The Output panel includes a deinterlacing feature, and indicates how the clip’s frame size and pixel aspect ratio (PAR) appear after processing. Under each view’s image, there is a time display and a time ruler. The time ruler includes a current‑time indicator and a viewing area bar. Other tabs include various encoding settings, depending on the selected format.
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Export Settings dialog box

A.
Source tab

B.
Output tab

C.
Source tab menu

D.
Image Area

E.
Export Settings

F.
Video, Audio, and other settings tabs

Set the image preview pixel aspect ratio

  1. Do either of the following:

    • (Adobe Premiere Pro) Select the sequence or clip you want to export, and choose Export > Adobe Media Encoder.

    • (Soundbooth) In the Save As dialog box, choose any video format except AVI or QuickTime, and then click Save.

  2. In the Source or Output tab menu, choose either of the following options:
    Aspect Corrected Preview
    Displays the image, correcting for differences between the source file’s native pixel aspect ratio (PAR) and your computer screen.

    1:1 Pixel Preview
    Displays the image using a square PAR. If the source file’s native PAR uses non‑square pixels, the image may appear distorted on a computer screen.

Use the Export Settings dialog box viewing area controls

  • To scale the video image, choose a scale setting from the View Zoom Level menu. Fit scales the image to fit into the available image area. The zoom level affects only the image in the dialog box; it doesn’t affect the source file or exported file. You can also zoom out by pressing Ctrl+ hyphen (Windows) or Option+ hyphen (Mac OS). Do not use the numeric keypad.
  • To cue the video numerically, drag the timecode display; or click the timecode display and enter a valid number.
  • To cue the video using time ruler controls, click or drag in the time ruler under the image to set the current‑time indicator (CTI).