Compression and Outputting

[Rafael Amador]

[Sabreena Peters] ”
I’m editing with Final Cut Studio 2, with P2 card footage, and I know when footage gets put on to the time line it gets compressed under the default settings.
So first of all, what exactly is the reason for this”
Only when you set your footage in a sequence with the same parameter (codec, size, field order,..) you can edit and export with no recompression. The footage on export will be exactly as when you imported it and you will have more RT performance.

[Sabreena Peters] “Next, the footage on the timeline is noticibly grainier than the original footage. I know that this is because of the compression set by the sequence settings, but when I tried changing the compressor setting to “none” and rendered a small section, it was still a lower resolution. “
A I sayd if the parameters of the footage match with those of the sequence it can be no difference between the footage on the browser and on the time-line.
Don’t use NONE. Is a pre-historic codec. The bigger files in the market and not a single advantage.
Try to edit, as long as possible, in he same clip that you have shoot.

[Sabreena Peters] “Also, are the MOV files that are made when the files are captured into the system the same quality as the original footage, or do the files have to be reconnected during the online process? “
This is the rial advantage ofigital video. you get in your computer exactly what you have shoot. Bit by bit.
Rafael

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