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  • DV50 project – best de-interlacer for web ?

    Posted by Niklas Wikman on September 4, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    I have a project with four films, shot with the HPX500 in DV50 (they have some time on their neck…)

    The client wish to use the films on the net, Powerpoint, etc.

    So, what tool do you recommend, de-interlacing the films?

    I have FCP 7 with Compressor and also Telestream Episode 5 and 6.

    (in particular, the client (and I) think that the scrolling text in the end is jittery – but this is i fairly common problem, that I have not manage to resolve. I have tried Boris FX, Manifesto, etc. Still not looking good (although Manifesto does look better…)

    Now, that’s a sidetrack.

    Thanks for your input!

    Nick Meyers replied 11 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
  • 7 Replies
  • Niklas Wikman

    September 4, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    Darn…. And yet hollywood is film, not video?

    But I still tjink of a good way of making this DV50 project look the best possible on the web, computer screens, PP, etc

    No go on that one?

  • Niklas Wikman

    September 4, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Hmmm…. How do I mix a progressive text roll clip in a DV50 timeline with good result?

  • Andrew Kimery

    September 5, 2014 at 1:26 am

    Have you tried adding a very slight blur to the credits or zooming in a pinch?

  • Nick Meyers

    September 5, 2014 at 9:05 am

    actually, my preference for De-interlacing IS to do it in FCP, mainly because there is no single solution that will work for all types of material.

    the last big job i did a total de-intelace on i used a combination of single field, and blended fields, depending on the shot.
    and sometimes even WITHIN a shot (masking areas of high motion)
    to make life simple i just exported a version of each for the whole film then flipped between them.

    the best de-interlacer for FCP i’ve used is Graeme Nattres’s SMart De-interlace.
    not sure what that goes for these days, but as FCP is EOL you might pick up a bargain.

    nick

  • Niklas Wikman

    September 22, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    Bumping the topic – the credit roll was terminated, we use text stills instead. Works MUCH better…. 🙂

    But the main question still remains – being an all DV50 project, I really figure I would deliver the material de-interlaced, since the client will not use it on DVD. Just web/computers.

    What’s my best option here? I’d prefer free software, but for VERY good result, I might consider buying software/filter/plugin.

    I’ve read that MPEG Streamclip could actually do a nice job – plus it will let me produce web-ready files (at least I think so). Or should I just do the de-interlacing (with ProRes422 as target) and then use for example Telestream Episode 5/6 to compress to web-ready files?

  • Nick Meyers

    September 22, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    i stand by what i said earlier.

    if you want to control the de-interlace, do it within your editing app,
    otherwise you cant preview your results easily.

    in FCP Nattress is the best.

    nick

  • Nick Meyers

    September 22, 2014 at 11:56 pm

    however, for free, people like JES de-interlacer.

    nick

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