Tips for exporting smooth, clean, clear video

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Morgan Butler] ” I think this is because it’s hard not to lose information in the blacks when encoding. “

It’s hard not to lose information from DSLR footage. If it isn’t exposed properly you can’t really push it in post. Video #1’s contrast might have been pushed too far and the shadows have lost information and are showing some nasty artifacts. Video #2 seems to be lit, shot, exposed and graded by someone who knows what compressed H264 can and can’t do.

Premiere has nothing to do with the fact how the footage was shot.

[Jamie Sinclair]

I also believe lighting plays a big roll in the end result but I’ve seen footage very similar to mine exported with flawless results.

I am super happy with the quality in the small youtube player above on this page(Video#1). If I can get the same quality on youtube.com as in Video#1 on this page I would be very happy.

Is there a reason why it looks perfect in the small youtube player and when played in the original youtube size it doesn’t look as good?

Please help
Thank you again for taking out time to help

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[Jamie Sinclair]

Also, I watched Video#2 in two different windows at the same time. One window in the small player on this page and the other window on the youtube website(standard youtube player size) & I see no difference. They both have perfect beautiful quality.

But when I watched my video(Video#1) in two different windows the video on this page looks perfect and more crispy than on the youtube page. Any tip you can give or is this a common problem people have? Sigh.

Please help if you can

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[Chris Tompkins]

YouTube Specs:

Chris

[Edan Cohen]

Lighting and color-grading. Look into buying Film Convert as well. That plugin does nice stuff to a properly balanced shot.

[Jamie Sinclair]

Thank you so much for the guidelines for exporting footage for youtube. Do you know by any chance why my video looks sooooooo much more clear and HD in the small youtube player on this page rather than the actual standard youtube player size on the youtube website? sigh

I really hope you can help me out,
Thanks again

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[Tero Ahlfors]

[Jamie Sinclair] “Do you know by any chance why my video looks sooooooo much more clear and HD in the small youtube player on this page rather than the actual standard youtube player size on the youtube website?”

Because you’re looking at a smaller video where you can’t see all the prevalent flaws that you might see if you viewed it in full size.

[Jamie Sinclair]

Aww man. Alright thanks. I basically have to export it as best as possible to get the best results at standard youtube player size then

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[Rich Tamayo]

Hi. I know this is an old thread, but I have the correct technical answer. 1st, your video is only @ 720 whereas theirs in 1080. BIG difference. 2ndly, what camera & lens are you using compared to theirs? They’re obviously, using 2k or better and a long lens (or better prime) which has everything to do with look, feeling, mood, etc… Are you shooting 24p? I believe they are? Do you have sunlight-bounce-cards, as they obviously had? Is your background far far away (like theirs?), De-focussing the background gives perception of 3D. lots of differences in the two videos that give off a different vibe. Also I’d bet that they’re using a softening filter in editing too. JMHO Rich Tamayo, TVP Studios