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hd export for bluray problems.
I am exporting a project to go to a DVD author to go to bluray, and am getting an odd blue-ish haze around blacks when there is motion. I am wondering if this is a codec problem. Any input would be greatly appreciated. I’m in a deadline bind.
Here’s my stats/important info
Using fcp 5.whatever the newest update is 🙂
Because I am using fcp 5 and have not gone to 6 yet, I do not have the prores codec everyone suggest using for hd.I mistakingly used the apple intermediate codec instead of editing in native hdv. :/ (footage was shot on a z1u)
The authoring guys told me they wanted a QuickTime file using the photojpeg codec. They did not specify a or b, so I used a.
I am viewing the image on a apple hd display, so unlike sd, I figure this should be a true version of the video. Am I maybe wrong and it will look ok ok bluray?
And lastly, I have tried exporting it the way I was told to outlined above, but have also tried a self contained movie using hdv 1080i 60, apple intermediate, and uncompressed 8 bit all with the same results. And no, the footage does not have this in the timeline viewer.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
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[Damion Demeter] “I am viewing the image on a apple hd display, so unlike sd, I figure this should be a true version of the video.”
Damion,
Nothing on a computer monitor will be a “true” version of the video (unless you’re using a Matrox MXO). You absolutely have to view it on a real calibrated video monitor to know what you’re actually seeing.
That being said, the codecs in FCP do not typically create color shifts. You will either need to trust what yu’ve got, bring it to the place your’re going to let them evaulate, or try burning making an SD from the files which yu can evaluate on a TV.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Thanks for the reply!
I was almost thinking about sending it off as a test and letting them know it might have a problem, but I’m worried that if it IS something odd going on, I still wont know the answer to solve it.
The odd thing is when I export it with the settings i use to upload HD footage on vimeo, it looks fine. What I am worried about tho, is for vimeo, I use the h.246 codec, and deinterlace it.
And I am not knowledgeable enough in the full range of codecs and bluray authoring to know if this will cause a problem on the TV/bluray side of things. I don’t even have a bluray drive/deck to test it on. :/
any thoughts?
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Your best bet is just to make a SD DVD. For a down and dirty DVD you can just import the Exported HD file into DVDSP and hit burn. It will cue you to put in a DVD and then it will encode and burn the DVD. Its not the best quality, but its good enough for a color check and its easy…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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ohh i see what you’re saying. just check if the color problems are still there! thanks! I will try it!!
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For the record, there’s no PhotoJPEG A or B, just MotionJPEG A or B. If they need PhotoJPEG, I’d suggest PhotoJPEG @ 75% (which translates to ‘High’ in QT). Great looking and very efficient file sizes.
Jeremy
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