WANT TO PUT YOUR VIDEOS UP ON THE CITY? HERE ARE THE ENCODING PARAMETERS THAT WILL YIELD THE BEST RESULTS THE FOLLOWING SCREENSHOTS ARE FROM SONY VEGAS BUT SETTINGS SHOULD BE SIMULAR IN OTHER VIDEO EDITORS. STEP ONE AFTER YOU HAVE OPENED VEGAS CHOOSE "NEW" AND SET THE SETTINGS AS SHOWN IN THE SCREENSHOT. STEP TWO IMPORT YOUR CLIPS AND EDIT YOUR VIDEO. NOW THAT YOUR FEELING LIKE THE NEXT SPIELBERG GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE RENDER TO COMPRESS YOUR MASTERPIECE. STEP THREE CHOOSE THE DIRECTORY TO SAVE YOUR FILE IN. NOW GO TO "SAVE AS TYPE" AND FROM THE DROP DOWN LIST CHOOSE THE SETTING SHOWN IN THE SCREENSHOT THEN ENTER YOUR FILE NAME. NOTICE THE CHECK BOX "STRETCH VIDEO TO FILL OUTPUT FRAME SIZE" IT'S TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, LEAVE IT UNCHECKED IF YOU ARE USING A WIDESCREEN FORMAT, CHECK IT IF YOUR VIDEO IS A FULL FRAME 4.3 ASPECT RATIO. AFTER YOU HAVE DONE ALL THIS CLICK ON THE CUSTOM BUTTON. STEP FOUR AFTER YOU CLICKED ON THE CUSTOM BUTTON THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST SCREEN YOU SEE, IF NOT CLICK THE PROJECT TAB TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. IN THE "VIDEO RENDERING QUALITY" DROP DOWN MENU AND CHOOSE "BEST". AFTER THAT IS DONE CLICK ON THE AUDIO TAB ON THE BOTTOM. STEP FOUR FROM THE DROP DOWN BOXES CHOOSE THE SETTINGS SHOWN HERE. AFTER YOUR AUDIO SETTINGS ARE SET CLICK ON THE VIDEO TAB. STEP FIVE NOW UNDER THE FORMAT SETTING DROP DOWN MENU SELECT THE CORRECT FORMAT AS SHOWN. NOW SET EVERYTHING UP AS SHOWN IN THE SCREENSHOT. WHEN YOU ARE DONE CLICK ON THE BIT RATE TAB. STEP SIX NOW SELECT "HIGH SPEED INTERNET" 1 M AS SHOWN. WHEN FINISHED CLICK ON THE INDEX/SUMMARY TAB. STEP SEVEN OK THIS STEP IS OPTIONAL BUT IF YOU WAN'T FILL IN YOUR INFO YOU CAN DO IT NOW. NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS SET CLICK ON OK TO CONTINUE. STEP EIGHT OK YOU MAY BE THINKING I'M RIGHT BACK WERE I STARTED FROM, NO YOUR JUST FINE, CLICK ON THE SAVE BUTTON AND YOUR OSCAR WINNING FILM IS BEING CREATED.