Horizontal Lines (Not Field issue?)

[Jeremy Garchow]

Way more information is needed about your sequence settings and footage. My guess is that you are editing in an interlaced timeline or using interlaced footage.

[John Ford]

Yes ,

The footage is interlaced..

What info would you need to know about my sequence?

Let me know and i will post it..

cheerz mate

j

[Jeremy Garchow]

[John Ford] “The footage is interlaced.. “

Then what you are seeing is absolutely normal.

[John Ford]

Hey..

Ok, I fixed the things with the lines, Its was interlaced sequence settings..

Here’s the deal…

I really wanna learn about how to set up the sequence/settings for my projects..

I am editing the footage from out band’s show so i just get given the footage from the camera men who film us. Because we perform in different countries every time, its hard to keep the same format, We tell them, but they do what they want most of the time..

This show was filmed with many different cameras and formats, The MAIN camera used was a SONY Z7 and i have an AVI file of it.

Now the only way I know how to see the info of the file is to import it and push Command+9 and read the info..Here is what it says:

Vid Rate: 29.97 FPS
Frame size: 720×480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO NTSC
Data rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC CCIR 601
Anamorphic: (Ticked)
Field Dominance: Lower (even)
Alpha: None/ignore
Composite: Normal

To be honest, i don’t really know the significance of most of that info nor the way it can make or break a project.. I am doing things by eye, and i like it that way, but quality is being lost in my export which means my sequence setting or setting for this project are wrong..

I would really like for someone to explain to me how to set up a project for this camera and its info..

I have other shot from other cameras that i will include in this project, If they require different sequence setting to get the best results would i need to create projects for all cameras and export into one format to work with …

Anyway, That’s enough info for you to deal with already..

Cheerz in advance for the patience and help…

j

[John Ford]

PS another thing..

I set the setting (command+0) to the exact settings as the clips info.. now the image fills the canvas perfectly.. BUT, when i try to export the video is no longer in the shape it was ORIGINALLY or in the CANVAS… Its becomes more square, left and right squashed together..

I tried all difference export settings , Preserve A.R, and sizes… but all come out the same..

Also i notice in the canvas, where you select the % of the size your viewing, the CORRECT FOR ASPECT RATIO is ticked.. When i un-tick it , i see the image the same as the export.. All squashed together..

I have a few versions of this project where i have distorted the aspect ratio in them motions tab, i did it by eye… BUT the video has lost quality…

Hair falling out..

J

[John Ford]

I have adjusted my sequence settings now to my video..

It exports the correct size now..

Without applying ANY De-interlacing filters, I get a clear image with lines only in fast movements..

When i apply the De-interlace filter. The lives go, but the video becomes EXTREMELY PIXELATED.

I saw this and understood what i meant, but now how i can get around this:

https://www.hqv.com/index.cfm?page=tech.de-interlacing

Guys…What do i do?

John

[John Ford]

STILL desperately wait for some help with this…

Can anyone help me with it?

J

[Jeremy Garchow]

John you are way way way ahead of yourself.

Keep the original sequence settings that you posted. SD video from tape is non square pixel (so it will look squished upon export). When you go make your final file for the web, you will change to a square pixel ratio and de-interlace then. If going to DVD/tape, the 0.9 aspect ratio will remain (non square). For now, just edit interlaced and non square in FCP.

It’s the way digital video works.

Jeremy

[John Ford]

Ok…

So when i export i change the pixel ratio to square then export?

I uploaded a few version in the start for this and did not come out well.

I get what your saying but i am exporting my final for the web strait from FCP. I am not doing anything to it after.

do you think that will get rid of the pixels?

Cheerz J

[John Ford]

Its on a computer screen.

I know that fcp needs a video monitor, but that should not matter with this, as i will be online and everyone will see using computers.

Also, These pixels are there when i upload so its not the way i am seeing it in FCP or even my export. They are really there…