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Exporting A High Quality Freeze Frame
Hi Everybody,
I’ve been searching to the answer to this one, but come up with no answers as of yet.
I am wondering if it is possible to export a freeze frame from Final Cut which is of high enough quality to play around with in photoshop and then re-import back into fcp for use in a project.
I know how to export an image from fcp, but I’ve heard that the image exported is only at 72dpi. Can we get any higher quality out of fcp than that?
My reason for doing this is that I recently shot a film in HD (Panasonic HVX) and unfortunately have ended up with some frames which are pixelated. Tiny blocks which appear only for frame or two in the footage. I have many theories on why this happened, one of then is that this was caused by copying of the files from hard drive to hard drive, but to be honest I have to real idea why this occurred.
Unfortunately I no longer have access to the original HVX files, so I am left now with the option of manually importing the offending frames into photoshop so I can fix these pixelated blocks. My concern is that when I re-import these frames back into fcp, there will be a noticeable drop in quality. It certainly wouldn’t be HD anymore.
So apologies for the long mail. I wonder what your thoughts on this are?
Best,
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There will be no drop in quality. There is no such thing a dpi in video. 72dpi is the equivalent of screen resolution. Dots per inch is strictly print resolution standards and has nothing to do with video or even still photography.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
how many frames are pixilated? A bunch? a bunch in a row?
if its just a few, you can take still frames form the surrounding frames, and copy and paste them in between replacing the pixilated ones, at the same quality.
Otherwise, try exporting in several formats through quicktime conversion, still image, and see what you like best.
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Checkout Digital Heaven’s Dropout filter
https://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/fcplugins/dh_dropout.phpSteve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the tip on that plugin. I have downloaded the demo to see if it is the right solution for me, but I’m not convinved as yet. I think I need to play around with it some more.
I found another plugin from Digital Heaven though, called ‘DH_Reincarnation’, have you had any experience with that plugin?
Below is a screen shot from my film, as you can see this is the problem I am having with footage. These pixelated blocks come up every now and again in certain scenes, but only for a frame or two.
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Check out this program demo
https://dvcreatorslabs.com/dvccast/features/timefreezer
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