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suggestions for video (screen) capture resolution
Hey,
Working on a doc that is very heavy on requiring video capture from the computer. I have iShowU HD, which works great, but I’m stuck on trying to decide what resolution I should be capturing the feeds in.
The project is a mish-mash of formats, and it looks like we’re going to keep it standard-def (which matches with the subject matter of the grainy gritty internet).
So the issue is, I’ve got my little macbook monitor being used as the source for video capture (normal res: 1440×900). I did, as a test, down the res of the actual monitor to 720×480 to do a capture at the native resolution, but this just seems ridiculous… Also, it just doesn’t look right, I mean, no one has that tiny amount of screen real estate.
Any ideas for what I should have my monitor/capture settings at to dump this into a standard def NTSC timeline? It would be great to be able to zoom in a bit on highlights without making it looks crummy, so maybe a higher resolution, and then zoom in with FCP to fit in the 720×480 window?
I don’t know, I’m completely hung up on this. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much!
Sam Jaffe
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4 Replies
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Get down to a 1280×720 resolution…whatever is close to that. Then choose DVCPRO HD 1280×720 as your encoding option. That is what I do.
Shane
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Do you then just import this into fcp and toss this into an SD timeline? Or are you HD?
My main concern is just making sure it looks right in SD. Capturing at 1280 sounds good, as it would give me ample zoom wiggle room.
Closest I can get on the macbook display is 1280×800. Does that sound right?
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[sam jaffe] “Do you then just import this into fcp and toss this into an SD timeline? Or are you HD?”
DVCPRO HD…this is an HD format. 720p.
[sam jaffe] “Closest I can get on the macbook display is 1280×800. Does that sound right?”
Yup…that’ the one.
But if you need SD, well, SD for what? Is this going back to tape or something? or just online? You can always compress for online after. Record a big area and shrink it….like they do with comic strips.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Interviews are being shot standard-def, the subject matter (loosely) is “webcams” so the quality doesn’t need to be great here (the idea of up-rezing a 320×240 seemed overkill).
However, yes, capturing the screen at a standard-def size seems absurd, so I guess I’ll go with this… it’s just mixing matching and mashing formats that’s a bit of a put-off to me.
Thanks for your replies, Shane
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