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resolution?
Hi Everybody,
I have a question that’s new to me and I’m hoping it might not be new to somebody else. I was asked the other day if it was possible to increase the capture resolution or increase the the quality of the footage shot during the capture/import. I don’t know. Part of me wants to say yes and then part of me wants to say no. I feel there might be a way to do this but I am unsure how.
The footage was shot on a AG-DVX100 on scene file 5. Importing via AG-DVX100 to a dual processor 2.7 G5.
Anyone ever heard something about incrasing resolution on capture?
Thanks,
Nate -
4 Replies
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No.
Best regards,
LeoDirector/Cinematographer
Southeast USA -
Kinda stupid question but I didn’t think you could adjust capture.
I don’t know everything so I thought I’d ask.
Thanks Again,
Nate -
To E-X-P-A-N-D on Leo’s answer…
The footage shot with your DVX-100 is recorded onto the tape at a 5:1 compression. When you capture that footage, all you are doing is a digital file transfer, transferring the data from your tape into your computer. No loss of quality…but still compressed 5:1. There is no way to get more since that is what is on the tape.
HOWEVER…if you want to work in an uncompressed 8-bit or 10-bit timeline, if you have lots of text, graphics, green screen effects, then you can do one of two things: 1) purchase a capture card and capture the footage at the higher resolution (8-bit, whathaveyou) and work with that footage (recommended) or 2) capture the footage thru firewire as normal and drop it into an 8-bit uncompressed timeline and render it and work from there. The drawback to this is that you will have to render each time you make a change to the timeline interms of adding a clip or changing a clips duration…AND you will then have no way to get this timeline out to tape without a capture card. You couldn’t burn a DVD of the final, but if you need a tape, it is best to go with option 1.
Again, you wouldn’t be increasing the resolution of the source footage, but rather working in a timeline that allows for your compositing and graphics to be sharper and better.
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wow, hey, I thought that was the end of my question but you cleared it up Shane. Thanks for going a bit deeper. I did some reading, kinda got a little confused about this, but then I checked the cow, found your responce. Totally connected some dots. Thanks Shane for helping out all the newbees…
nate
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