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Footage from different cameras
I have a Multicam project of a show and I had to use two different cameras. They are a recent action camera and an older camcorder from about 9 years ago but still going strong. Screen shots of the footage properties of the two different cameras are shown below.
The project is 1920 x 1080 50p, Rec. 709 and ultimately I’ll be making some PAL DVDs. The reason for this post is that at one point the stage is very dark apart from an object with some lit horizontal and vertical lights moving slowly around and when I switch to the action camera in the edit there is a rippling effect whereas for the older camcorder the lines are straight and steady just as they are to the eye. I’m just guessing because of my inexperience in this area but maybe I have to make the action camera footage conform to the camcorder footage? Maybe I have to put the action camera footage through Compressor with a particular setting? What might that be, please? I’d be so grateful for any help on this. Many thanks in advance.
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Hi,
As long as the frame rates are equal, I can see they are both 50P here, so there shouldn’t be a problem. Converting 1080 footage to a bigger frame size won’t fix anything. I am wondering when you are in multicam mode, especially those small multicam windows don’t show a good quality of the image, and the program monitor may not be showing the correct quality either depending on the zoom scale. Can you export that section and check if the problem still exists with the exported video?
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Thanks for the idea Devrim and I’ll get back onto it tomorrow as it’s way past my bedtime now. 🙂
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Actually I wasn’t considering making the 1080 footage go to a bigger frame, perhaps I didn’t explain my situation clearly. And yes, it is Multicam project, as mentioned, but my concern is for the exported project where this difference between the cameras is sort of noticeable – but not too bad. What I was hoping is that someone might be able to suggest a Compressor setting (or some other utility) that would make the codecs and frame sizes closer to each other or maybe even the same before I reassemble the Multicam project and edit. As far as my inexperienced eye can see, the differences between the two video files are frame size and codec? It’s quite possible that I’m asking for the impossible as although I’m very much at ease with FCP, I’ve never noticed this rippling effect on the footage from my action camera before which is possibly due to the unique lighting situation? So, anyone got some Compressor settings suggestions…?
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Yes, but changing the codec or frame rate won’t help to fix bad video problems. All different codecs and sizes work on the timeline without problems. Maybe applying a flicker filter could help. And making some color grading they will be closer.
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Oh yes, the flicker filter could be interesting, thanks. Actually I made a very short extract for the client of that particular dramatic moment in the show (with some colour matching done) and he didn’t mention what I had noticed so I might get away with it as it stands. All the same, I’ll try that filter!
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