[Dorit Grunberger]

Thanks Mike!

[Dorit Grunberger]

Thanks you Michael. If I have any other questions I’ll post again, but your answer seems easy to follow.

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Jaap

I didn’t do anything about the interlace artifact yet but the results I was relaying in my 1st email are visible after compression with compressor and burning a DVD project through Toast. In other words, this is probably what the client will be seeing as the end product, so it is unacceptable. I will try the work-around of putting the problematic transitions on separate tracks and using the opacity/transparency trick.
Can you tell me more about what deinterlacing the inherited stuff will do?
Since FCP 6 is supposed to handle mixing of formats, would I still need to do deinterlacing using FCP 6?

thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Don
Well, I just tried both the self contained, uncompressed movie and the H264 compression. They both play perfectly on the projector I borrowed. Thanks for your input. I learned a lot of new stuff through it.

[Dorit Grunberger]

Thanks again Don

I know this is a simple task and there are different ways to handle it. I’m concerned that the play back will be glitchy if the file is too big (i.e. uncompressed?), but what do I know…
I just got a projector so I’ll check all of it out.

great appreciation,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Don

I was looking at the QT movie I generated on the computer monitor and everyone looked wide. I did a H.264 conversion with the following settings:
1. current (it saw current as 640 x 480)
2. Custom and 640 x 480 in the size tab
3. Custom and 720 x 480 in the size tab
4. NTSC 720 x 480 and the result of that was a perfectly well proportioned QT movie on the computer monitor.

Unfortunately, I might not have access to a projector prior to departure (From San Francisco to Portland Oregon, where the event is being held) and would really like to be sure of the correct way of getting the project viewable.

Don, I don’t know what you mean by PAR 720 x 480. Could you please explain? Or what would be best is to tell me exactly how to export it step-by-step in FCP 5.
If you still have patience for this, you’re a prince 😉

[Dorit Grunberger]

Good Morning

We’re done with the FCP part and wearily did a quicktime movie and everyone is fat. I know it’s a setting issue, but I’ve never been clear how that works. Even though my timeline is in the correct 720 x 480 when I export, the H.264 codec sees it as 640 – 480. I don’t know why.
So the steps I’m taking now are:
1. Export using Quicktime conversion
2. On the bottom left of the setting page choose Options
3. Choose H.264
4. In the size tab choose Custom then 720 x 480, I also tried 640 x 480
and under Export Size Settings, if I leave the dimensions box on
current, it fills in 640 x 480. If I input Compressor native, it
also fills in 640×480.
5. Bottom line, all of the above settings wind up with fat looking
people…
6. HELP!!!!!

[Dorit Grunberger]

Good Morning

We’re done with the FCP part and wearily did a quicktime movie and everyone is fat. I know it’s a setting issue, but I’ve never been clear how that works. Even though my timeline is in the correct 720 x 480 when I export, the H.264 codec sees it as 640 – 480. I don’t know why.
So the steps I’m taking now are:
1. Export using Quicktime conversion
2. On the bottom left of the setting page choose Options
3. Choose H.264
4. In the size tab choose Custom then 720 x 480, I also tried 640 x 480
and under Export Size Settings, if I leave the dimensions box on
current, it fills in 640 x 480. If I input Compressor native, it
also fills in 640×480.
5. Bottom line, all of the above settings wind up with fat looking
people…
6. HELP!!!!!

[Dorit Grunberger]

Thank you kind sirs. I am wiser through your efforts. 🙂

[Dorit Grunberger]

The Rest of the story:

1. All photos, lots of transitions and motion, some titles
2. frame size is 720 x 480
3. 23.98 fps
4. DV/DVCPro – NTSC compressor
5. NTSC-CCIR 601

I hope that’s all the information there is to convey. So I’m still trying to figure out how to size the H.264 movie to best suit projection.

All the best,
Dorit