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[Shane Ross]

Tree Falls post…in the Cahuenga pass. Near Barham.

3131 Cahuenga Boulevard West, Los Angeles, CA 90068
(323) 851-0299

Ask for Mike. Say that I referred you to them. I’ve had a working relationship with them for about a decade now…

Shane
Little Frog Post
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

[Nancy Kiang]

Thanks, again, Shane!

[Nancy Kiang]

Results:
I did not run the whole film through Compressor, but I ran some scenes with combo of still, mild motion, and quick pans.

– Compressor on default settings, just dropping frames, results in jerky motion.

– With various combos of video quality settings set to Best and/or Adaptive Details checked, the output had significant ghosting on fast pans, regardles: it looks like Compressor merely overlays adjacent frames on top of each other (middle one full opacity, adjacent ones slightly transparent).

A Teranex produces the same results. Keith Slavin’s Viarte automated system is far superior to the Teranex, with very smooth interpolation and not the shadow/ghost effect (at least on my footage).

– With video that does not have such quick pans, and in which motion is not so rapid (like a casual turning of the head), Compressor’s results (with all settings at Best) are quite excellent!

So, for non-rapid motion, Compressor has no noticeable differences from the original (but need all Quality options set to Best and longer render times; without these, you’ll get jerky motion). It’s better to go with better software for shots with motion, like Twixtor or Keith Slavin’s system.