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How to get “Broadcast Quality” footage from DVCam Tape
I’m using the Adobe CS3 Suite (Premiere, Encore, After Effects, Photoshop) to author a DVD for a client.
I’m having trouble maintaining the broadcast quality of the video.
-I’m capturing PAL 16:9 footage from MiniDVCam tapes and editing to length.
-I’m exporting as a movie and choosing Quicktime under the General Section
-My compressor is DV – PAL under the Video Section, 100% Quality, no RecompressionTaking that uncompressed Quicktime into a new (default) Compositition in After Effects. In the Render Queue,
-Output Module, format is MPEG2-DVDIn Encore, importing the two new files as a timeline and burning the disc.
The result is a decent disc, but a bit grainy and not quite the broadcast quality the client saw at the post house that put the footage on the DVCam Tapes.
Is there anything that anyone would do different to get that clean look to the video.
Please post if you have a solution.
Kind Regards,
ClintPremiere:
General
Editing mode: DV PAL
Timebase: 25.00 fpsVideo Settings
Frame size: 720h 576v (1.422)
Frame rate: 25.00 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 (1.422)
Fields: Lower Field FirstAudio Settings
Sample rate: 48000 samples/secondCapture Format
DV CaptureVideo Rendering
Maximum Bit Depth: Off
Preview File Format: DV PAL
Compressor: DV PAL
Color depth: Millions of colors -
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If no FX is done in AE take the file straight form PP into Encore. Let Encore do the math and burn it to disk.
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I’ll try that.
I need to do two timelines and use a menu, so in the Export Settings I’m setting the Quality to 5 and using VBR, 2 Pass.
Should I be doing anything different/else?
I’ll reply with the results.
Clint
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You didn’t mention how long the video ran, but you can go to the advanced settings and possibly max out the bitrate– at a certain point it doesn’t make much difference, but you can safely go up to 7 Mbps for video, as long as the file will fit on disc. If it is a short file (under 20 min? I haven’t done the math), you should be able to just use 7 Mbps, CBR, one pass. It won’t get much better than that.
The big difference is you client is comparing MPEG compressed to “fresh” DV, and possibly also in 2 different viewing situations – with the post house maybe having a better monitor, proper environment lighting (one would hope), and that free cappucino and scones on the work table.-jeff
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