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Solution to Smoothcam loss of resolution issue?
Hi there,
The downside to using the Smoothcam filter seems to be the fact that it zooms in slightly on the image resulting in a slight loss of resolution but I wanted to know if I was applying Smoothcam to 1920×1080 video footage on a 1280×720 timeline sequence then in theory there should be no loss of resolution right? Does anyone know of any reason why this wouldn’t be the case?
Many thanks,
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Is it really zoomed in that much to lose that much resolution?
What’s the original source?
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I would apply the filter on a 1080 sequence and set for the higher vertical and horizontal correction.
It doesn’t matter if you get a lot of black on the frame, on the 720 sequence you will get rid of that easily.
rafael -
Well some only zoom in 1% or 2% but others are zoomed in anywhere between 10% and 20% and in my expreience this leads to a softening of the image. The footage was shot at 1080p on a Canon 7D then transcoded to Apple ProRes 422 (LT).
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Sorry I don’t quite follow what you’re saying… what do you mean by “higher vertical and horizontal correction” and “you get a lot of black on the frame”?
The trouble is I need to use a 720 sequence as a lot of my footage was shot at 720p/60fps…
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SmoothCam works well on when the camera moves horizontal vertical; no when it zooms.
The most you correct on H and V, the more black borders you may get.
Those black-borders are not a problem when you put that 1080 picture on a 720 sequence.
rafael
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