Quality Issue when Importing DV-Pal Progrssive

[Steve Roberts]

a) Interpret the footage and make sure that field separation is off.
b) Pixel aspect ratio correction (in the comp window) can sometimes pixellate things. Switch it off if it bothers you, but it won’t affect the render.

Did either of those work?

[Sascha Engel]

…That is what I call a quick response 😉
Yes, the Intepretation is on OFF concerning the Field Interpretation.
I toggled already the Aspect Ratio correction as well – it did help a bit – still looked much worse quality than in FCP.

Really weird!

[Steve Roberts]

Gpt a screenshot of the ugly shot in the AE UI, also showing the data for the clip as seen up in the Project window?

[Sascha Engel]

Hi Dave,

good to hear from you again 🙂 We still need magic wands here in the Middle East, but for now I’ve that problem:

1.) I import the MAster Cleip (whole Tape) from mthe FCP folder ‘Capture Scratch’

2.) The footage was captured in FCP the right way and is interpretated good in AE – DV-Pal/Widescreen Progressive Field off

3.) When I set the quality in the QT Player to High, it looks in the QT as fine as in FCP

I will post ScreenShots now.

Thanx, Dave.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

HI Steve,

here are the ScreenShots.

Sascha

[Sascha Engel]

And here the clip info:

[Sascha Engel]

I did it in a rush for the screen capture – on the pics you see, the Interpret footag was set to Fields ‘Off’

[Steve Roberts]

Re-interpet the footage, Sascha. (file>interpret footage>main)

That image says that you’re separating fields (lower first). Separating fields for progressive footage messes it up.

[Steve Roberts]

Never mind. Looking for a new answer …

[Steve Roberts]

If the comp window is set to anything other than 100%, the video won’t look optimal.

Can you show us a screenshot of the entire AE UI, with the ugly clip in the comp window?