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Image Quality Degradation When Zooming in Post Production
Hi all;
I’m currently working on cutting together a documentary filmed on a Canon EOS C100. There are few shots that I want to zoom in on using FInal Cut Pro. I’m wondering if anyone knows if there is a limit to how far I can zoom in artificially while still maintaining the image quality needed to display clearly on a large format screen? Is this just going to be a case of my having to trial and error and see for myself? Thanks for any help!
-EK
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1 Reply
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Trial and error is usually the best. I would guess around 120-125% you’ll start see a distinct softening of the image. It largely depends on your quality standards as what’s an acceptable loss visually. Some people won’t got past 110%…so it’s very subjective.
If possible I’d run some tests and project on the screen you anticipate showing it on. That may give you the best idea of how it looks.
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost
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