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FREEZE FRAME PROBS
Hi Guys
Am doing an edit with several freeze frames (done by shift N shortcut) have outputted to DV Cam and as an MPEG file, when these files are put on to DVD and VHS (UGH!) the freeze frames are very rough and wolley, they are not nice and crisp as the client and indeed myself would like. I have looked through the manual but to no avail… any help very much appreciated as we are on a deadline.
Thanks
Phil -
5 Replies
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VHS, they will start to fall apart.
Everything is fully rendered at high quality before you output to DVD, right?
What settings are you using for the MPEG-2? I generally run at 6 for the minimum bitrate and 7 or 8 for the maximum on my MPEG-2’s.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Hi Walter
Thanks so much for your response, as I expected VHS to fall apart we’ll leave that and move on to the DVD stuff. I am editing in Final Cut 4.5 HD and have a charity doco approx 18 mins long. Everything is, as far as I know, rendered to the highest quality (I have gone to the ‘sequence settings’ and have rendered both audio and video fully). What I need to do now is create an MPEG file to put into iDVD or DVD Studio Pro for the final product. You said that you used MPEG 2 but all I can find on FCP 4.5 is MPEG 4, is there a significant difference? I must confess to being a bit new to all of this! Anyway if you could give me a run down on what you would do from FCP to the final DVD authoring I would be hugely appreciative. Its probably something really simple I am missing. Thanks again.
Phil -
If you install DVD Studio Pro, you’ll get the MPEG-2 export option to show up in FCP.
But since you’re new to all this, why not go into iDVD and let it do all the work for you. Export a movie from your Final Cut Pro timeline. Then go into iDVD. Set it up for the highest quality DVD. Now import the Quicktime Movie and iDVD will automatically make the appropriate MPEG-2 for you.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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THANKS VERY MUCH WALTER!
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glad I could help!
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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