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LESSON 20 Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences
Format overview
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can export in a number of formats; let’s run through them 
quickly to identify when you should use them.
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Audio Interchange File Format
: This is an audio-only file format popular on 
the Mac.
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Microsoft AVI
: This “container format,” available only in the Windows version 
of Premiere Pro, can store files using multiple compression technologies, or 
codecs
. It’s useful for storing SD files in DV format, but it’s no longer used as a 
distribution format and is rarely used by HD producers.
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Windows Bitmap
: This is an uncompressed, rarely used still-image format with 
a .bmp extension. It’s available only on the Windows version of Premiere Pro.
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DPX
: DPX stands for Digital Picture Exchange and is a high-end still-image 
format for digital intermediate and special-effects work.
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Animated GIF and GIF
: These compressed still-image and animated formats 
are used primarily on the web. Available only on the Windows version of 
Premiere Pro.
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JPEG
: This is the most popular compressed still-image format for the Internet 
and other uses.
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MP3
: This compressed audio format is very popular on the Internet.
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P2 Movie
: This output option is used for rendering sequences back to P2 cards.

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PNG
: This is a lossless but efficient still-image format for Internet use.
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QuickTime
: This container format can store files using multiple codecs. 
All QuickTime files use the .mov extension and it is the preferred format for 
use on Macintosh computers.