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  Downconvert creates crushed image on SD-DVD

  Posted by David Dessel on July 21, 2006 at 2:04 am

  I’ve finished editing some P2 footage in FCP. (720-24Pn) When I downconvert the footage using Compressor to create an SD DVD, the image becomes very crushed and the colors become overly saturated. Changing the gamma settings in Compressor help, but I’d like to know what’s causing the shift in image quality during the downconvert. I’m obviously not talking about resolution, but rather, the tonality of the image. Does anyone have a fix or know what is causing this? Thanks in advance.

  -Dave Dessel

  David Dessel replied 19 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Izoneguy

  July 21, 2006 at 6:43 pm

  It’s a known bug.
  What you have to do is export your program to a .mov first.
  Then close FCP, open compressor and encode from there.
  Do a short test to see if that is the problem.
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  David Dessel

  July 22, 2006 at 6:52 pm

  Thanks much for the info. I’ll try that workaround.

  -DD

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