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Imported footage issues…
Hi all,
So I’ve done a pretty straight forward corporate AV edit in FCP6 with HDV footage and the most complex effect is a lower 3rd text bar with names. Once the edit was done I dragged my HDV sequences onto a PAL timeline in order to reconform everything to a 4:3 dvpal output (so now I have a 4:3 picture with crops). I exported the edit to a standard DVPAL quicktime and it all looks beautiful. Right. My problem comes when I needed to reimport the dvpal cut into FCP and layout to Digibeta. The clip looks great when I view it through Quicktime, however in FCP it’s clear as day that what I’m seeing is a lower quality version (esp. on the broadcast monitor). And now, even when I layout to the digi the picture is shocking! ALL my settings (as far as I know) in fcp are set to either FULL or HIGH. And yet still my picture is shoddy… I’m laying out using a Blackmagic HD Extreme card.
Can anyone possibly shed some light on this issue? Any and all help is appreciated, am pulling my hair out this side!!
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5 Replies
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Hi dale,
You choose almost the lower quality available in FC: DV.
When you start with HDV and you want to end up with a quality product, you better export to a better quality codec.You set “Render all YUV material in High precision” and “Motion Rendering: Best”.
Set you sequence codec to proRess or 10b Uncompress and you will end up with a beautiful master ready to do what ever you want with it, even printing directly to DigiBeta.
Cheers,
rafael -
If you regard your DV Pal as a ‘low quality’ viewing copy, then use your ‘HD’ time line to feed the digibeta.
Good Luck
Andy -
Thanks so much. I guess I naively figured the dvpal codec was sufficient for a standard tv quality AV but why not go better…
Can I however ask why it is that my dvpal quicktime looks fine, clear and sharp in Quicktime but in my viewer in fcp (and monitor) it looks horrid? Especially the text?
Thanks for your help guys, the re-exports as prores have made all the difference.
-D
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[Dale Vedder] “Can I however ask why it is that my dvpal quicktime looks fine, clear and sharp in Quicktime but in my viewer in fcp (and monitor) it looks horrid? Especially the text?”
I really don’t know the kind of dithering or smoothing that the computer do, but working with video is important to have always a look to an interlaced monitor. Even if is a cheap TV set it can reveal you things that you won’t appreciate in a computer monitor. As you have noticed the graphics look specialy bad in DV.
Cheers,
rafael -
Raf is right. Hook up that TV to a DV deck so you can “SEE” what you get.
A quick check of the Canvas at 100% precisely should give you an approximation.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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