• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Noisy Black on final BluRay??

  Posted by Jim Murphy on May 7, 2012 at 2:08 am

  So I’m editing a project shot in 1080/60 on Sony DV tapes. Captured the footage using the Apple ProRes codec. Footage looks fine within FCP. After outputting some of the edited project to BluRay I’m noticing a lot of noise (artifacts) in the Blacks/Shadows.

  Where does this noise come from and how can I fix it? (or at least improve the quality) I know this may not be an easy question and may require me to supply additional info so let me know what else you might need to know to help.

  Jim

  Jerry Hofmann replied 14 years ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  May 7, 2012 at 3:46 am

  How does the footage look when you view it externally? Is the noise there?

  Jerry

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  Jim Murphy

  May 7, 2012 at 7:17 pm

  I assume you mean straight off tape on a broadcast monitor correct? I do not have a broadcast monitor however if I view the tapes themselves on the same screen as the Bluray master, the tapes look much better than the BluRay. Some artifacts but not nearly as much as the bluray.
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  Rafael Amador

  May 8, 2012 at 1:54 am

  Your source is HDV which is quite noisy (even if you don’t see the noise).
  Recompression (H264) will add noise.
  Try some Color Correction, crunching a bit the blacks and if you have some decent de-noise filter, apply it.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Jim Murphy

  May 8, 2012 at 1:57 am

  what compression would you recommend?
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  Jerry Hofmann

  May 8, 2012 at 1:32 pm

  H.264 is the best codec to use for a Blu-Ray disc…

  Jerry

  Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann

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  8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.

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