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footage looks bad in fcp
Hi there,
Creative Cow’s website usually helps me to figure out technical problems by just browsing the forums.
Unfortunately that’s not the case right now so I decided to post my own little cry for help.I’ve shot footage with my sony pd150 16:9 (pal)
and it looks really bad in fcpMy fcp settings are:
audio/video settings: dv pal 48khz anamorphic
sequence settings:
frame size 720 x 576 CCIR 601 / DV PAL (5:4)
pixel aspect ratio CCIR 601 / DV PAL (5:4) anamorphic box is ticked
field dominance lower (even)
editing timebase 25
compressor dv-pal
audio rate 48khz
depth 16-bit
config channel grouped
(so nothing unusual as far as I can tell)in fcp the footage looks bad, like a really low-quality youtube movie (also after rendering and exporting). When I watch the logged clips in quicktime, it looks ok, not extremely good, but better. So I think the problem is in fcp not in the camera ( I’ve just had it serviced and was afraid something went wrong there). The thing is I’ve worked with this equipment&settings for the last couple of months and never had this problem. So I don’t know where to start looking for the solution. The only difference now with former projects is that I am working from an external HD and that it is a lot of footage (25 dvcam tapes).
I did read somewhere that the pd150 works with square pixels, could this be it? (sounds strange to me)
If someone could help me out and tell me where to start looking for a solution it would be very much appreciated!
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4 Replies
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what is your sequence playback video quality settings at? Also how are you exporting this from FCP?
ashercastillo | principal creative
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You can judge the original footage by hooking the cam up direct to a TV and playing the tape. the pd150s 16:9 is not all that pretty unless you are using a 6×9 Anamorphic Lens. Are you?
OSX 10.5.7; MAC Book PRO (EARLY 2008); Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30, Sony vx2000/PD170, Canon xl2; Pana, Sony, and Canon consumer cams; FCP certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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hi, thanks for your reply
sequence playback video quality settings
render&playback
filters=on
frame blending=on
render
framerate 100%
resolution 100%
codec same as seq codec
master templates and motion proj
quality: best
always use=on
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playback control in system settings
RT: save
Video Quality: high (was set at ‘dynamic’ but i changed it, no real difference)
frame rate: full
pulldown pattern: 2:3:2:3
gamma correction: accurate
frame offset: 4
record: full qualityplay base layer only=off
beep when playing unrendered audio= on
scrub high quality=on
multipleclip playback=on
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export settings:setting: current setting
include: audio video
markers: none
recompress=0ff
movie self-contained=on
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anything strange here?I am not using an anamorphic lens ( i do use wide angle), just the 16:9 camera setting
thanks again
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https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/35/857356#857356
Do a search on the cow and elsewhere for 16:9 pd150. After reading such, I never tried shooting 16×9 with the vx2000, pd170, and pd150. They have 4×3 chips. You want 16×9, time to upgrade to a HD cam, which is designed for that aspect ratio.
That said, there are folks that did what you want and although they lost resolution, the end result did not look horrible. Just not great.
OSX 10.5.7; MAC Book PRO (EARLY 2008); Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30, Sony vx2000/PD170, Canon xl2; Pana, Sony, and Canon consumer cams; FCP certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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