Saving movies

After you finish editing a movie, you can save it in a QuickTime movie format that you can then add to a Web page. (See Adding media to a Web page.)

The first time you save a movie, GoLive automatically flattens the movie to copy all referenced data into the movie and make it self-contained. Before GoLive flattens the movie, tracks contain references to data but not the actual data. To avoid problems with missing data when a viewer opens a Web page that contains your movie, GoLive flattens the movie to be Web-ready. (After flattening, the file size of the movie increases because it contains all of the data.)

Note: GoLive flattens movies automatically only the first time you save them. To flatten a movie after saving it the first time, you must choose Movie > Flatten to flatten it again manually, or choose File >Save As to save the movie with a new name. Also note that the file you embed in the movie track does not become a part of the root movie when the movie is flattened. (See Using movie tracks.)

To save a movie:

Choose File > Save or choose File > Save As. Name the file and then select the destination folder in the Save As dialog box, typically in the root folder for your site. You might want to create a folder in your site window (for example Movies), and save your movies in that folder.