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Image Quality
Basic Question:
I searched it on other threads but didn’t find any.
I’m working with 720×480 footage on FCP7.
I’d like to know which option results in better image quality:– Set the Sequence Settings for exactly 720×480.
– Set the Sequence Settings for 1440×960 (the exact double size).Both will fit the footage’s aspect ratio because they’re proportional. But i don’t know if any of these are gonna have higher resolution than the other, and if so, why.
I’m just wishing to make it look a little better so it can be screened on a relatively small film theater screen during a workshop.
Thanks, and sorry if i’m repeating someone else’s question.
Gabriel.
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3 Replies
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Hi Gabriel,
The quality will always be better keeping the original size.
Any up/downscaling will degrade the picture.
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[Gabriel Borba] “I’m working with 720×480 footage on FCP7.
I’d like to know which option results in better image quality:”As Rafael suggested, the quality does not get better because the image gets bigger.
You might try changing the compressor in Sequence>>Settings to ProRes 422 however. It won’t make your DV footage any better, but it will certainly make any text and graphics you use in the sequence a heck of a lot better by avoiding DV compression.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
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Los Angeles
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Ok, thanks guys.
I’ll render it on ProRes422 at the end of the editing process.
Thanks for your helpGabriel.
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