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Editing stills to best quality
Hi there.
I’m making a short film and we’re shooting high definition still images and was looking for some help in what is the best sequence set up on FCP, best export procedure and best overall production pipe to get the sharpest images.
To work backwards, what I’ll need at the end is a quicktime file I can burn onto a SD disc. I’m in the UK, so this will be a DVD PAL disc, in widescreen.
I’ve tested a DV-PAL timeline and the quality is understandably poor.
My other test was to experiment with a HD (1440×1080) timeline, using an Animation compressor. The quality was better, but it took a long time to render the pictures and would mean a really slow edit.
The camera itself shoots 3456×2304 pixel size at it’s highest setting.
Everything is up for grabs, we could change the camera setting as well, if someone has experience of that.
Or do we need to prepare the photos before bringing them into FCP?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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4 Replies
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If your looking at doing a photo slide show, look into a program called Fotomagico. It is MUCH faster for creating photo slide shows then FCP.
If you want to do it in FCP and want to work in a higher quality time line then you will have to live with the longer render times. If you have FCP 6 then you could try using a ProRes sequence.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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It’s going to end up being DV in size and less than DVD in quality in the end, so you might as well stick with the DV PAL setting. It will provide a better impression of the final product.
RB
Rory Brennan
Editor
New York City“Have a nice day!”
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Hi Rory,
Thanks for the response.
When you say it’ll be less than DVD quality in the end, what do you mean?
Kind regards, Paul.
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My sincerest apologies. I really didn’t word that well at all.
You suggested using a HD timeline, which I believe to be unnecessary as your final product will be SD.
Secondly, as your final product is a DVD compression (of which the quality is even less than DV-PAL – due to compression) you might as well stick with DV-PAL. It will use up the least amount of room on your computer and have more responsive playback.Hope this clears things up for you.
RB
Rory Brennan
Editor
New York City“Have a nice day!”
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