Poor Quality of Final Video

[Mark Suszko]

Well, I’m working in my 22nd or so year of doing it, and I still don’t feel like I’ve “mastered” any part of it. That’s one reason it still is intersting work to do, I guess!

I suggest that you get comfy with Apple Motion by grabbing one of their existing pre-made templates, saving it out with a new name, and taking it apart to see how it works. Highlight the type box and change the text to your own. Mess with the keyframes and camera placement. Swap new images in for the ones in the template. This is a quick way to create a unique look without reinviting everything from scratch, and you get a feel for the various controls. Also try the COW’s motion forum for help and ideas, the guys there are incredibly responsive and helpful.

[Spencer Tweed]

Check out this video, it has some great editing and color correction. The titles are also pretty good, but they are done in 3DS Max and then composited in After Effects (adding things like the glow behind it).

https://www.scientology.org/videos.html#/videos/category/churches/scientology-state-of-the-art-dissemination-center

To add interest to your shots of this machine in your video you can do similar slow-mo ramps (like 300). I’m not sure if FCP does that, but I would bet that it can. And if not, After Effects sure can. Check out this tutorial:
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/speed_variation/

Cheers,

– Spencer

[Chris Tompkins]

Instead of converting all your DV footage @ the beginning of an edit;

I would Shoot DV (only if you have to)
If you shot DV then, Edit DV

Once the edit is locked…

THEN, change your sequence settings to 8bit Uncompressed.
Re-render all.
Output as current settings
drop that file into compression program to make your DVD files and web files.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Spencer Tweed]

This would only work in FCP, as far as After Effects goes – always go hi-res.

– Spencer

– Spencer