# Best methods for exporting a .mov from Flash?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-methods-for-exporting-a-mov-from-flash/318826 "2011-01-31T19:24:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixelmech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@Pixelmech](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pixelmech)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/best-methods-for-exporting-a-mov-from-flash/318826/1 "2011-01-31T19:24:12Z")

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I’m creating an introductory video for readers of my webcomic. Because I know Flash, I’m creating it there. Basically it’s a voiceover with some static comic images getting panned and zoomed around, with some sound effects and such.

They key thing is that I want this to be easily shared. The best way for that (I think - open to other opinions) is to get the final file uploaded to YouTube and saved as a YouTube video, which I then embed on my site. YT vids are extremely easy to share and email around. This gives me the best option for getting the most eyeballs on it.

The problem I have had in the past is that exporting a Flash file to .mov makes a MASSIVE file, size-wise. This video will be like 3 minutes long, I’m a little worried that the file size might be too big to upload to YT. Also, in general the exported .mov looks like garbage compared to the SWF.

I know you can modify the Quicktime compression settings and such when exporting, but I am not sure what the optimal settings are.

What are your thoughts? Looking for any good advice…