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image quality
What would be the best codec to use to retain the highest image quality for DV? I have been using the DV NTSC 48Khz codec and the person I am interning for has an issue with the image quality being downgraded a bit when we export from Final Cut. With the latest project, he just wanted a Quicktime file and I exported that to him not using Quicktime conversion, yet he still has issues with it. Is there some other way to get it to be a higher quality for a SD video?
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If you export from FCP using QT and leave the setting to “Current Settings” you will have the exact same quality as your original material (assuming you haven’t changed any sequence settings)
Seeing as your footage is interlaced, this may look a little goofy when playing back in QT because you will be seeing the interlaced fields on a progressive computer display. But when this footage is laid back to tape or broadcast, it will look fine.
There is no point trying to uprez the DV footage, because there is no extra colour information to be had.
Depending on how you’ve affected the footage (grading, titles etc) the only thing I might suggest is to convert your footage to 8bit uncompressed before grading it. That may help a little but will take up a lot more disk space.
All the best,
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I actually tried converting it to H.264 and setting it to its highest quality and that came out nicer, but I’ll give that a shot as well.
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If you guys are watching it in QT, go into settings and make sure the “Use High Quality Settings When available” option box is checked.
Same problem was making me crazy until someone clued me in…
Good Day
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