Filed/interlace issue with Quicktime export

[Philip James]

I’m now running this through Compressor. I’ve used Apple ProRes 422 for interlaced material (High Quality) and set Native Field Dominance to ‘Progressive’ in A/V attributes. Have I covered it or is there anything else I should take into account to have a successful de-interlace?

[Philip James]

The resultant QT file from the above settings in Compressor didn’t solve the interlace issue.

[Chris Tompkins]

What are you trying to create here?
What is deliverable.

Edit your video till it;s complete/done/approved/locked. Interlaced.
If your going to DVD -Leave it interlaced.
Going to web? When you compress for web, deinterlace.

What is your deliverable?

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Philip James]

Thanks Chris

Ultimately this is for web content. I shot the material and cut a selected rushes sequence in FCP. I’m then going to pass that on to a contact in the US who will cut it for web. I usually shoot 25P on my projects so not used to working at 50i. I just want the material to be watchable online. There is a lot of movement in this since it features runners – the field issue is therefore a big deal. I wanted to do any de-interlacing before I pass the material on.

Thanks

Phil

[Bouke Vahl]

eeer, if someone else is going to cut it after you, why not give them the original quality?

If the other side is a pro company, they will know what to do.

Otherwise your question has been answered several times…

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pros

[Philip James]

Thanks Chris. It’s not going to a pro company but someone who will not know what to do with the interlacing issue so I’d like to address it for them.

I guess my question has been answered to a degree but my concern is that I haven’t been able to get results using the methods outlined. When using the de-interlace option in FCP QT export I couldn’t really see any improvement. Then I noted that you and Bouke suggested not using the FCP de-interlace but doing it as a separate stage. I then tried Compressor using the settings I outlined. That didn’t work either.

Am I missing something or could there be something else going on with this footage that can’t be addressed by de-interlacing?

I really appreciate your help on this by the way : )

[Chris Tompkins]

Can you tell them it’s interlaced and they need to deinterlace once done editing and then compressing for their deliver?

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Philip James]

I need to keep it very simple – the person is very new to video content. I’m also concerned that I haven’t been able to address the issue at hand by doing my own de-interlace and I’m not sure why. If there is another issue going on I don’t want to pass that problem on.

[Bouke Vahl]

I don’t get what is happening.
The de-interlace filter in Compressor should give decent results.
The preview in compressor might be horrible, but a renders should do the trick.
Pick a few seconds of testing material and start experimenting.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pros

[Philip James]

Thanks Bouke – I’m playing with it.

Phil