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Do timeline settings matter to final output?
A PP CS4 timeline will accept multiple frame rates and audio sampling rates. I can edit these clips together and then export them at yet different sampling and frame rates.
Let me stipulate that I understand mixing formats like this, particularly frame rates, is a bad idea and looks awful playing back on the timeline. The quality of the final output is also compromised. In this case I have no choice.
My question then is this: Will my final output be at all affected by my timeline settings or do those settings simply make playback of the timeline easier? From what I can tell, my final output will look the same regardless of how well the timeline settings match the video and audio formats on it.
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1 Reply
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Hey Tim,
It would be best practice to have the Sequence settings best match the frame rate as the export. Other than that its a matter of finding the most common format in as far as frame size (SD HDV HD) so then there is less strain on actual editing the most commonly used media.
If you have the same frame rate at least as the final output you might be able to see in the edit where deinterlacing or flicker removal on clips with differing frame rates might help. Then you can guess-timate (yes i made that word up) what the quality frame rate wise will look like on export.
Cheers,
Jon Barrie 🙂Jon Barrie
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http://www.jonbarrie.net
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