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Horizontal Distortion Lines
I have just finished editing a wedding and putting it onto a DVD using Toast. Whilst editing the film I noticed horizontal lines on the clips, which look worse depending on how much movement there is in the clip. This is the first time I have edited on Final Cut and I assumed this was just the norm, and that once exported and put onto DVD, this distortion would dissapper. But I was wrong! 🙁
I’d very grateful for any advice. Thanks
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What format are you working in? What you’re seeing sounds like interlacing. If you’re working in an interlaced format this is normal when viewed on a computer screen. DVDs and interlaced video are designed for display on a television screen.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Thanks for the response Tom. I am working on Final Cut Pro 5. The footage I have been editing is from a basic hard drive video camera (MPEG movie files). I exported as a quicktime movie. I have tried adding the deinterlace filter to the sequence but it doesn’t seem to have made any difference. The lines appear both when watching on the computer and the TV…
Do you know how I might be able to fix this?
James
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FCP doesn’t edit MPEg video properly. The media should have been converted to a format that works in FCP. It would help to know exact information about your source material, frame size, frame rate, codec, and the exact specifications of the sequence you edited in and are trying to export.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Oh right, do you think it’s too late to fix it then?
To be honest i don’t actually know how I find all that information out… I am a bit of a beginner to all this. I don’t really know what codec’s and frame rates are! I don’t suppose you could give me an ‘idiots guide’ to finding that stuff out?
James
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Open your media file in the QuickTime player and go to Movie Inspector.
If you do want to redo the whole thing. You might try running your exported file through JES Deinterlacer.
You really should learn the application a bit, because I’m pretty sure your quality has suffered through the process you went through, not to mention spending, I sure, a painful amount of time rendering.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Ok here is the info from Movie Inspector:
Format: 720×480. Millions 16bit integer (Big Endian). Stereo. 48khz
FPS: 29.97
Data Rate: 30.32 mbits/sYes I’m realising that now! I was hoping that I could just learn as I went along..
Where can find JES Dinterlacer?
Thanks very much for taking the time to help!
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What’s the codec? MPEG-2? Something else?
google JES Deinterlacer.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
I don’t know what the codec is. It doesn’t say anything about a codec on the Movie Inspector. How do I find out what it is?
I have downloaded JES Interlacer. Once I have ‘put’ the file in what should I then do?
Thanks, James
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there must be something there in Format right in front of the numbers 720×480.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Oh sorry yes its DV…
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