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Maintaining color quality in DV exports
I have exported a 3.5 minute short film(animated) in two ways.
One is to export as a simple microsoft avi with no codec. This produces a large file(6.5GB), but the perfect colors.
The other way was as DV avi, which had a smaller file size (1.4GB), but a noticable deteriation in the depth of the color, especially gradients.
I ultimately wanted to use the XviD codec to reduce the file size for various applications etc. The XviD compression barely changes the colors if converted from the DV.
What should I do to preserve the color quality of the film when reducing it’s size? What codecs? What process?
6GB is way too much for 3 minutes.
I also have problems exporting from PPro 2 into XviD and have used VDub to do this instead.
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2 Replies
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Compression is about compromise and DV cuts a lot of corners in the area of color space. While it is not too noticeable from the camera, this degradation is quite noticeable in CG with gradients.
Premiere cannot export Divx or Xvid.
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What is the end use you are compressing for? Web posting, archiving, exchange?
-jeff
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