Daniel Haythorn
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You mean just because I use Final Cut Pro it doesn’t actuall make me a Pro?! I want my money back!
Seriously though, you should blame Apple for making such an accessible piece of software… Truly, the barbarians are at the gate 😉 -
I’d desaturated it already… someone suggested applying Broadcast Safe filters, which I imagine will have a similar effect? Will definitely try desaturating if it continues to look dodgy… the logo is looking less and less colourful though! Guess it’s better than fluffy artifacting edges though 🙂
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Many thanks… changing to ProRes appears to have made a huge difference.
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I’ll try that with the filters / blurs… I’ve already taken a bit of colour from out of it, but may well try taking a bit more… Cheers!
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I’ve heard that in the long run it’s better to just avoid bright red in certain formats… but alas it’s their logo! Wish I could ditch it but I suspect my client might be a little upset 🙂
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Thanks for your prompt replies, and apologies, I should have provided more detail…
It’s HDV material, and I’m editing it in an HDV sequence. Is that prone to make this red problem a little worse?
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Thanks for your prompt replies, and apologies, I should have provided more detail…
It’s HDV material, and I’m editing it in an HDV sequence. Is that prone to make this red problem a little worse?
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I had no idea that the different methods of interlacing produced results of differing quality! I just kind of assumed that they’d all do the same thing…
Anyway, thank you very much for all your advice. One final question: by “Just keep it interlaced”, do you essentially mean I leave it as it is, with sequence set to Upper Field First?
Dan.
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Darn… and there was me thinking there’d be some magic shortcut!
Thank you anyhow. If I have to choose, the priority is undoubtedly getting the best possible picture of DVD (TV). Given that I would like to acheive a smooth / filmic motion on the moving footage, what is the simplest workflow for that? I am guessing – from previous experience – that it is best to start with Sequence Settings at “Upper Field First” and then apply a de-interlace filter to the footage… or perhaps there is a much simpler way of doing it?
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Hello – and cheers for your prompt response!
I had a hunch that setting to progressive wasn’t the most natural solution…
I am monitoring it on a good computer monitor (that is where I saw the horrible interlacing) but testing by burning to DVD and playing on a TV (not the most efficient of setups, and it’s due to improve soon – but not soon enough for this current project!)
I guess I wanted to achieve a picture that looked nice on a computer monitor AND the tv. However, if – as it seems your suggesting – I put up with horrible interlacing on a computer monitor, and in so doing get a smoother picture on a TV, I would gladly do that, as this film will most likely be viewed on TVs more often.