• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Keeping High Quality Footage

  Posted by Jared Kirshenbaum on April 4, 2005 at 5:54 pm

  Hello All.

  I am a newbie to editing but have a very good grasp on it. I have a high quality question. Hopefully you can help

  I am producing a small documentary on the eye. I want to keep high quality through the entire process.

  Please help with the steps.

  1. Shoot footage with my new Z1
  2. Bring into FCP
  3. Export via uncompressed quicktime
  4. Bring into DVDSP for DVD or Burn to DVCPRO AJ-D250 Deck

  Is there anything I am missing to keep high quality? It seemed that in the past when I did projects, the picture quality looked much better in FCP then when I exported to DVDSP. I know both programs have a compressor. IS there any other steps I can take to ensure a nice picture quality throughout

  Please help or let me know where I can find good refences

  Thanks
  JAred

  Bret Williams replied 21 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  April 4, 2005 at 7:16 pm

  Well, any type of compression for DVD will degrade the image and make it not look nearly as good as it did at full res in FCP. Mpeg 2 is a highly compressed format. To maintain highest quality your best bet is output to tape. But, if you need DVDs, then you are going about it the best way you can.

  I am sure someone familiar with Compressor will give you the appropriate settings for teh best quality possible.
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  Bret Williams

  April 5, 2005 at 6:00 am

  Except for the extra compression step of going to uncompressed quicktime. Just export a reference movie. You can’t make your footage look better by exporting to uncompressed. Although unlikely, you are still running it through yet another process. Why bother to do that?

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