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pixelated captures!
please help!
i recently shot a short piece on a sony 3 chip camera…its on mini-dv, watching it on a tv from the camera, it looks smashing.
the video itself is a still shot of a person, and slowly lights around them change from green to red.
when i try to capture it, it immediately seems very pixelated, getting much much worse as the image becomes red.
ive checked presets and everything, and as far asi know i have it set right (DV NTSC 48hz), etc.
i have trouble with final cut, so if its something easy please tell me! is there some sort of uncompressed setting i need to capture with? when i watch the captured files in Quicktime at their original size, the pixelation is even worse.
help!
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You must only judge quality on an external video monitor and not on the computer monitor.
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thats good to know! i will do that
however, it is VERY pixelated more than just a little janky. there are jagged lines where there should be smooth ones. there are visible pixel blocks surrounding the red lights (which are visible in frame).
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What are your capture settings?
Easy Set-up: DV NTSC (or DV PAL, if that’s where you are)?
Are you in “Off-line JPEG” mode?
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DV NTSC
im not sure what offline JPEG means, where is that setting?
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[johnnyboy] “im not sure what offline JPEG means, where is that setting?”
Its called “OfflineRT NTSC” under “Easy Setup”.
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I’ve just come across the same problem.
Shot on DVX 102a – digitized in FCP 4.5, PAL DV settings. footage is a nightclub and FCP seems to be having problems with extreme chroma – areas where there is heavy red or blue go pixelated. NB this is a localised effect – pixelation only occurs around the most extreme chroma areas… Can’t find a fix – have played with settings… Can’t figure it out!
Help!?
Chris D
Chris Dickinson
Lighting Cameraman and Editor
http://www.chrisd.tv
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