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Exporting HD to DVD quality problems
This is my first post here; however, you have all helped me so much over the last couple of years.
I’m quite new to this, and just a hobbiest. I’ve used Premiere Pro 1.5 for years and just upgraded to CS3 because I have a new HD Sony camera and new beefy computer. Here’s my problem. I have captured a ton ov HD video from a safari my family went on in Kenya. I have edited it in Premiere Pro CS3 and want to export it to Encore to burn onto standard dvd. My thought was that when Bluray players, burners and disks become more affordable, I would reburn it using that. The problem is that the quality of the dvd when I burn it is unacceptable. It’s blurry and leaves “trails” on moving objects. It’s like you can see the “math.”
Does anyone have a suggestion before I have to convince my wife that I need a Bluray burner and player and I have to tell my family that they all have to buy Bluray dvd players and HD televisions?
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As you can see from the “Related Threads” below your post, this topic is very popular and your concerns valid.
Much of the issue involves Premiere’s deinterlacing of your HD footage during the resizing. The resizing also contributes.
You did not mention what camera you have, because AVCHD has its own set of challenges.
Some determined guy named Dan Isaacs invented a rather convoluted workflow as discussed in this very long thread at Adobe;
https://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5b2fb/56 -
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I’m using a Sony HDR-HC7. I can export to tape on my camera and it’s fine. I’ve even thought of doing that and then recapturing in SD and burning from there, but that seem like a long way to go. One woulf think that Adobe would address this if it’s such a problem.
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CS4 might be the answer.
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I couldn’t get the link to work. Is there another way to find Dan Isaacs workflow method?
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Hey Ann… Nice to see you here 🙂 I saw this post so I just had to join the cow.
Yes, my method of converting 1080i -> SD is far better than what you’re liekly to get with anything else. I’m not saying it’s “the best” (there’s always room for improvement) but it provides very nice quality at reasonable rendering times — and it is done entirely with free software!
The link Ann posted is correct:
https://invertedhorn.axspace.com/hdv2dvd_basic.htmlDon’t be scared of the process. It’s a lot simpler than you may think at first. Go through the basic workflow I outline on the page, and when you “graduate” from that, download the “advanced” workflow .zip file at the bottom of the page. It will make your HD->SD fantasies a reality 🙂
What do y’all mean “convoluted workflow”… IMO, it’s no worse than other suggestions I’ve read, such as rendering as MPEG2, exporting to tape on your HDV camcorder and recapturing as DV using the camera’s built in conversion??? For long and complex projects that would take FOREVER and give you the “worst of both worlds” by subjecting your video to both DV and MPEG2 recompression. Worse yet, the results are never very good, due to the rather unsophisticated HW processing on most cameras.
Seriously, try it out. I don’t vistit Creative Cow that often, so drop a post on Adobe’s PPro forum if you’ve got any questions:
https://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5b2fb/134
Good luck and enjoy!
— Dan
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