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HDV & Text
I’m just working with full on HDV for the first time and when I try and apply a text treatment, it comes out looking low res. I’ve tried making the text files in Motion, Live Type and Boris Text 3D and the results are always the same. Any ideas?
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5 Replies
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Creeker- Do you have an external NTSC broadcast monitor? Standard definition NTSC (especially graphics) look bad on an LCD screen. Don’t judge the graphics until you’ve seen them on an external NTSC monitor.
JerryG5 Dual 3GB Ram
FCP5 Studio
External 1 TB SATA Raid 0
Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA
Sony Z-1 -
Yes I do have a SD NTSC broadcast quality monitor, but I’ve been viewing the HDV images on my Cinema HD Display monitor. I was hoping to project this image as an HDV images onto a 11 X 20 foot screen, therefore text resolution in an HDV format is important.
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You did not mention which capture card (Blackmagic or AJA HD) you have.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Creeker- HDV is a different animal. As you know, HDV is mpeg2 and if you are editing HDV native in FCP5 then FCP goes through a conforming process for the timeline before it goes out to tape. The true test is to be viewing on an external high def monitor via a video card like Kona or Black Magic (as Steve suggests) in 1080i high defintition. And even better yet output a portion of your show (with lots of graphics) back to HDV tape. Then use the HDV camera or deck’s component outputs plugged into your 1080i compatible high def projector and see how it looks on screen. My guess is you will be impressed with the results. HDV has major limitations but how much can we expect from a $5,000 camera? Once you get more comfortable with its unusual workflow you’ll find your own way to get the most out of the format. I hope this helps.
JerryG5 Dual 3GB Ram
FCP5 Studio
External 1 TB SATA Raid 0
Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA
Sony Z-1 -
I have done some recent compostitng over my HDR-FX1 HDV footage. I had no pixelation issues. I used the text generator in FCP and Motion. You may see pixelation due to FCP’s Real Time (RT Extreme) playback feature, which will degrade unrendered video or layers ( text in your case ) to maintain a real time playback. The quality of real time unrendered playback automatically varries based on your systems specs.
Cheers
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