[Bruce Mitchell]

Vince, thanks for the info and sorry I didn’t specify that this setting would be for standalone files loaded onto the iPad so streaming isn’t involved (although I set the streaming option to iPod just for compatibility purposes).

One online article that gave me a starting point was this one:
https://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoencodvd/revfeat/encoding_apple_ipad_0420/
Here he shows various parameters from several different file resolutions. One of them is a 720p file downloaded in iTunes and running at about 4.1Mbps.

So perhaps I was incorrect in saying “optimum” setting. I’m really looking for the setting that’ll produce the absolute highest quality standalone file for playback directly on an iPad.

Thanks again,

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Yup, it ain’t cheap. I don’t have the Edirol box, but it looks like the HDMI on it is only an output. You’d need to go SDI into it.

[Bruce Mitchell]

How about something like the Edirol VC-50HD? You could come out SDI from the camera into the Edirol, the feed the HDMI out of the Edirol to the monitor and the Firewire out of the Edirol to the burner.

https://www.rolandsystemsgroup.com/en/products/edirol-by-roland/video-converters-mainmenu-424/vc-50hd

[Bruce Mitchell]

Wow Jon, thanks a bunch for all of the R&D – those are some good tips to try. I’ll let you know if I find any magical process.

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Yup, agree with all of that. Unfortunately, the end results for this project will be 720p WMVs and other computer formats as opposed to video or TV so making it look its best in a square-pixel, non-interlaced format is the goal.

[Bruce Mitchell]

Nope, I’m not using a hardware-based solution, just PPCS3 (but I have the entire Production Premium suite).

Actually, that capture looks about the same as when I import. Maybe I’m expecting too much, but both of those look pretty “jagged” to me when compared to the original PNG viewed at the same size. I have found that cranking the Anti-Flicker Filter all the way up to 1.0 makes the graphics look much smoother, but it the logo were to have text in it (which this one actually does but I took it out for the example), the Anti-Flicker filter makes the text less sharp.

Many thanks for spending your time on this,

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Thanks for the reply Jon, but I don’t believe the issue is deinterlacing. I’ve exported WMV files with the deinterlace box checked and unchecked and the graphic looks the same. The graphic looks bad immediately upon import and, yes, that’s with my program monitor set to best quality so that’s why I believe it has something to do with the file format and the alpha channel as Jeff suggests.

I’m very curious how you get it to import perfectly. Is this in PPCS3 with a 1080i HDV project?

Thx,

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Thanks, Jeff. I agree that it must be something with the file. The quality loss is immediately upon import. Here is the image I’m trying to use. Is the white glow around the logo contributing to the problem or is that irrelevant?

TIA,

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Thanks, Troy. I tried your method as I had forgotten you can copy and paste attributes.

I also just found another trick and it seems to work perfectly for what I want to do. If you simply copy (in Windows) the new image file with the exact same filename overtop of the old file, PP2 will automagically reread the new file and replace it in the timeline with all attributes, transitions and length the same as the old image.

Give that a shot and let me know if it works for you.

Bruce…

[Bruce Mitchell]

Bummer, looks like the lowest Brightness setting is 10%. I’d like to “flare” is from 0 to 100% and back to 0% in about a second.