AVID – Canon XF and (318) Vimeo Exporting Workflow

First open the timeline and select the video and audio tracks to export.

Next go to >File>Export>

Choose Export As: Quicktime Movie



Choose Save as Source




Choose Video and Audio


Color Levels – RGB


Choose Display Aspect Ratio as 16:9 square pixel 1920 x 1080

Click "Save"

Title the file as what you want to save the file as

Navigate to the hard drive and folder you want to save the file to


Make sure the Export Setting is set to QuickTime Reference


Click "Save"

The .mov is the only file you will be using. The export will make two files but only use the .mov.

Launch Adobe Encoder
Icon is in the dock or look for it in the Applications folder

Click the "+" icon in the project window that opens or you can simply drag and drop your file to be compressed into the grey portion of the window

After clicking the "+" icon, navigate to the file on the hard drive and click Open.

When the file loads into the project window, click on the "Format" tab dropdown and click on "H.264"

Next click on the "Preset" tab and scroll down the dropdown and select Vimeo HD 1080p 23.976

Click on the "Output" tab and choose where to save the compressed file

Click on the "Play" icon to begin the compression

The Current Encode window will show estimated time and processing information