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From Keynote to FCP to Insane – Please help!
Hello,
I am caught in an exporting nightmare. I am not sure where I mis-steped but lets retraceI created slideshow in Keynote with slides 1024X 768
I exported the slideshow to QT with Format Full Quality, Large, Video Compressor: H.264, Video Size 1024X768, FPS=24
I did my edits to music in FCP
and now I am stuck….
When I export (QT, QT uncompressed, QT h.264, to compressor (and then to DVD or QT again) the result is HORRID. It is grainy and pixelated.The purpose of the video is to be played on a basic Dell laptop. I am open to the file being played as a QT movie or DVD movie…what ever it takes that it looks clear and not the pixel madness I have.
PLEASE PLEASE assist!
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6 Replies
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Jennifer,
H.264 is not an editing codec, it’s a web delivery codec. You should have output to something like DV50, DVCProHD, or ProRes for your editing. Plus, you’re recompressing it and it’s not meant to hold up to recompression.
David
David Roth Weiss
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Thank you,
I just found out (thanks to your post) my coworkers who recomended this format (H.264) is because his videos are being played off a computer not a DVD and the older models can not handle large video files. My project can be played with a DVD on the laptop I mentioned.If I need to go from Keynote to FCP to DVD
Please what would you specifically recomend on the different levels
Keynote –
Final Cut – Send to compressor or QT?
If Compressor – Settings?Thanks
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Keynote to DV50 to FCP
Export a self-contained QT at current settings via Export>Quicktime Movie.
Import to Compressor use the Best 90-min DVD preset
Use that to make a DVD in DVDSP, or if its for playing off a laptop now’s the time to make an h.264 file.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Along with proper exporting like mentioned you should also change the keynote project properties to a standard video format dementions. You said yours are set to 1024×768 that is a computer monitor resolution. The video will look better on DVD if comes from a standard video format size in Keynote.
I love useing keynote to make graphics and simple animations for video projects. And because I work in HD I just use Keynotes preset sizes and they always look great.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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Please forgive my ignorance I am new to the whole resolution, size, etc issues. My deskmate says that video dimensions are all well and good but they are never the same. It depends what you are outputing to.
I really am open to learn. When you say Video demensions what would that be exactly?Thanks
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Video dimensions vary, but are standard. NTSC is either 720×486 or 720×480 DV. HD comes in many sizes, 720p and 1080i are most common, at 1280×720 and 1920×1080 respectively. These sizes are in pixels.
Note that in different formats, these two can be 960×720 and 1440×1080, but these will always display properly in their respective projects.
Go by the top numbers for your Keynote sizes.
Have a wonderful day.
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