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Export differs from edit
Hello All! Thank you for your time!
I just posted a “Christmas Card” my wife and I shot on my new camera (Canon EOS 7D), and when posted on vimeo, the quality, put simply is just not up to par. It’s not as “clear” and it seems as though it has gotten blocky, fuzzy or has some added grain. It does NOT look like this in Final Cut. I think this may be in my export.
The video is shot in 1080p/24p and was edited using final cut pro.
Here is a link if you’d like to see the damage…
To export, I chose these options:
File, export > using quick time conversion
Format: quick time movie
options>settings>compression type>HDV1080p24
options> settings> size > compressor native
Thank you guys for checking out the post. Hope all is well!
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8 Replies
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Post the sequence settings you’re using.
Jerry
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The SD playback looks pretty good here, even at “full screen.” Could not view the HD version as my G4 just can’t handle it. Happy Holidays!
Chuck Reti
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Make sure your seq setting is ProRes. Stay as far away from HDV as you can. Do not export using conversion. Export QT Movie and drop the file into Compressor. Use a h.264 setting.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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This looks pretty darn good to me.
Shane
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Yeah, your video looks good to me too. Nice idea too.
You do realise that it’s never going to look as good as the original? Vimeo have recompressed your video to their own standards which you have no control over (as every other internet video provider does) – all you can do is get it to them in the best quality possible.
You might want to use Compressor for this rather then exporting directly from FCP as once you’ve learnt the basics it becomes a powerful tool.
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Wow! I really appreciate you all responding to this inquiry!
I will definitely attempt to learn how to use compressor from here on out!
Jerry Hofmann, my sequence settings we as follows:
Frame size – 1920 x 1080
Aspect ration – – HDTV 1080i (16:9)
Square Pixel aspect, time base – 23.98
QT Video settings H.264 w/ quality @ 100%
Someone had suggested using ProRes next time…I couldn’t find it in the drop down menu in the sequence settings…would this be found when trying to export?
Thanks again for all the input (and compliments). I would like to learn a great deal more to bump up my production values.
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your video is shot on 1080p but your sequence setting is 1080i aspect ratio, I’m no expert but shouldn’t they both be 1080p?
your video loos great to me, maybe you watched it before fully processed by the host site?
did I notice the slightest bit of lip flap in the first sound shot?here’s mine,
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The best practice when editing footage shot with the DSLR’s out there is to transcode the footage to ProRes before you edit. Then use a ProRes sequence setting… H.264 is a delivery format, and it really isn’t supported by FCP. It works, but it has issues. Slow motion is one of them. Round tripping with Color might be a problem too. I’ve never edited directly using the files shot by the DSLR’s, I’ve always transcoded it first. Then I don’t have any problems.
Jerry
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