**** quality of still images output via compressor??? – DVPAL after deinterlacing *******

[Wes]

After doing further searching I thought I should add the following.

I think some of the images have not been scanned at a high enough resolution resulting in their poor quality. I tried upresisng them in photoshop as a cheat – this gives a small improvment but there is only so much you can improve.

Any tips??

[David Fortin]

Are you editing in the DV codec?

That could be your undoing. Since I shoot on BetaSP I usually edit using the 8bit uncompressed codec. Last year I did a project that was shot on DV. The client looked at the DVD and said, “why are the edges of the buildings in the photos so blocky? They weren’t like that before.”

It was the difference in editing in the DV codec. I created a new sequence using the 8bit uncompressed codec and copied everything into it. And the building edges in the scanned photos looked as crisp as ever.

So if you are editing in DV that could be the problem. And it’s one you sometimes don’t see until you output to MPEG-2 and watch it on your DVD.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

David

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[Wes]

Thanks David,
this is what I had ended up trying

Then just before I sent the 8-bit to compressor I’ve read your post. I now have confidence the results will be good. I’m on a very veru tight deadline and doing an all nighter!!!! so you response was much appreciated

[Dave Martin]

If you wouldn’t mind…wjhen your deadline is over…could you post your results?

Tim Martin

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[Wes]

HI Tim,

deadline passed thank god!!!

It’s difficult fo me to quantiify the differnec in results as many of the pics have been delivered at too low a resoultion and had to be rescanned. However there was definately a difference and the 8 bit uncompressed can a better result as DAFsr 1’s post described.

I will definately go straight to 8 bit next time for any project conatining lots of still pictures. Only dissadvantage is the greater rendering when incorporating DV footage – I’m still flogging a dual G4 and just hanging out for the new Intel Powermacs.

cheers, wes