QT export has interlace artifacts

[Tom Wolsky]

Set the canvas to 100% and look at it. You’e working in an interlaced format. It’s going to be interlaced.

All the best,

Tom

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Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Brad Mirman]

I’m not sure I understand. When I look at the MOV as filmed on the AVCHD card it plays smoothly even when I view it in QT full screen. It’s only after I export that I see the lines

[Tom Wolsky]

It doesn’t matter what you see in the QT player or how it displays. All that’s important is what the material is. It’s interlaced. View it in Final Cut with the canvas set to 100%. That’s a correct display of the image. You will see interlacing because your media is interlaced.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Brad Mirman]

Then what is the solution? Should I deinterlace when exporting to QT

[Zane Barker]

[Brad Mirman] “I am using the Canon t2i 1920 x 1080 – 30frames. I am exporting the AVCHD files using MPEGStreamclip: “

The T2i does NOT shoot in AVCHD it shoots H.264

[Brad Mirman] “Export to MOVE
Compression: Apple Intermmediate Codec “

Not the best codec to export to.

I would recommend using compressor and converting to ProRes.

Hindsight is always 1080p

[Brad Mirman]

I guess I should have stated that I am using FCE so I don’t have ProRes. There doesn’t seem to be a forum for FCE here and I thought the exporting issue would remain the same. Can’t figure out why the clips look so smooth as recorded on the camera and so interlaced after export

Any help would be appreciated

[Brad Mirman]

I deinterlaced the sequence in the time line and it now plays much smoother when viewed in exported QT on my computer.

[Joe Kaye]

you should keep in mind what your final delivery format is going to be – if it is to be displayed in the same format as it was captured (which is 1080i60) then you do not want to deinterlace the footage as that halves the resolution

for previews on a computer screen deinterlacing is a good temporary solution but don’t let those artifacts put you off before you’ve watched the video in it’s intended format – it’s just the computer struggling to play video that’s meant for a different kind of display, it doesn’t mean there are problems in the video itself….