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Better to use on camera digital zoom or scaling in Premiere?
I’m using a basic HD camcorder (Panasonic SD600) and I’m wondering if there is a difference between using the on camera digital zoom and simply scaling it up in AE or Premiere? If they are different, which is better? Why?
Thanks!
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2 Replies
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Neither. Both will cost you quality.
Allways use optical zoom and dont scale up in Premiere or AE.
You can use scale if you drop HD footage in a SD project.
But best is to film HD, edit HD and export to SD. -
Like Ann said, it’s always better not to scale up for fear of fuzzy images, but if you have to, scaling in post theoretically produces better quality vs. camera’s digital zoom because the software (AE, Pr) has more muscle (better CPUs, more time) to minimize quality loss. Moreover, when using camera’s digital zoom, the quality is irretrievably lost, whereas if you scale up in post, you still have the original image if you don’t like the results of the scaling.
HTH.
Alex (DV411)
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