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editing for the web
Hi there,
I am a newbie here, and although I have been using FCP for the past couple of years, I believe that what I know barely scratches the surface of this app.
I have been reading all the posts on this and the HDV forum every day for the past couple of weeks, and have not yet found a clear answer to my main issue.When there is any discussion about equipment, specially what concerns color correction, an external monitor is always recommended so that you can see the interlacing and all.
My question is, if I am just editing for the web, and only occasionally are the original clips I make used for tv, what should I keep in mind about the interlacing? And do I still need the monitor to correct color, or since it’s for web vieweing, what I see on my lcd is enough? Is it important when most computer screens are now lcds?I normally just import from DV into FCP using FireWire PAL and export my final sequence in DV – PAL or lately even uncompressed 8 bit since I read there were improvements by doing that. But just not knowing what to do about the interlace issue and wether I should still get an external video monitor, is totally taking away any confidence I may have in my work.
I thank you in advance.
Best regards,
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16 Replies
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For web video, you would want to de-interlace your footage and probably step it down to 320×240 or smaller. You may even wish to compress using Sorenson or Compressor. It would be recommended, as most people aren’t set up to watch interlaced full-resolution video over the Net.
You needn’t worry about color correcting, etc., for the web. This is a 72dpi environment wherein there are few calibrated monitors and so “what’s good enough is good enough.”
Just as MP3s have become acceptable audio quality because of the Net, low-rez video is also acceptable because people will accept almost anything on the Net. It’s the idea and the content that matters on the web.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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We edit everything as if it’s going to broadcast. If it’s initially going to the web, I export it and let the
compressor du jour de-interlace. There have been more than a few times when the web-only program
became a DVD or was shown on TV. I would never *not* color-correct, even for “just the web”.
Ed -
i also find it good to shrink down my edit window in fcp…so i can see what it’s going to look like on the web.
i edit a lot of lectures (https://athome.harvard.edu) and sometimes when doing text, slides, etc, you need to leave them up longer, then you would for tv.
-ben
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I have a related question.
What audio setting should I apply in Compressor for the web?
In Cleaner, I used MPEG-4. However, this isn’t an option in Compressor as I now want to start encoding using H264.
By applying AAC audio settings (Stereo, 48.000Khz) my video doesn’t play when uploaded onto the website, whereas previously when I was encoding to Sorenson Video 3 I had no problems.
I do apologise for jumping in – but I do feel it relates to the initial post!
Thanks.
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for aac audio to work, make sure you have quicktime 7….
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Thanks for your quick reply.
Quicktime 7 is what we have running, but is there another option other than AAC which is web-compatible?
Thanks.
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i’d try just about any other one…test them out to see what sounds best. your having a codec issue….millions of possibilities.
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wait, if you can hear it, and can’t see it…then your having a video codec issue.
when you encoded it sorenson, you had the codec, hence you were able to play it.
i would uninstall qt7 and reinstall maybe, sounds like something is funky.
-ben
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hey guys, excellent stuff!!! it’s amazing how quick and helpful you guys were!
I guess I’ll still do the regular color correction since it might be used for tv at times, but will not worry that much since everyone’s screen looks a little different.
the interlace issue was my real question, and that’s very clear.
thanks again to all of youben
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Thanks Ben – will try the options available.
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