Emma Assin
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well i got on… not so great. tried exporting with compressor using the 90 min DVD setting and took the files into DVD studio pro. it then started an encoding process (i thought it wouldn’t need to since they had already been compressed for DVD) and then froze at 90%. then i tried again exporting from FCP and using the resulting file in DVD studio pro. worked ok, but again the quality isn’t what i would have hoped for. and when i get info on the DVD it’s just 1.1GB – is there any way i can force it up to the full capacity of the DVD and max out the quality?? this is what i’d really like to do. i even tried exporting an uncompressed version from FCP (came out at 35GB) but when i burned a DVD using that i got the same 1.1GB and average quality. i’ve got a premiere looming and need to get this DVD in the mail… any help would be so appreciated! thank you!
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ah ha! thanks so much! i’ll let you know how i get on tonight 🙂
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that’s interesting – thanks for the reply. i’m going to try what you suggest tonight. i almost tried exporting with compressor before but was a bit daunted by the number of choices i was presented with! will take your advice and give it a go. yes i have dvd studio pro and used it to make my dvd already, so think i’ll be able to figure out where to change this setting you mention! thanks for being patient with a n00b! 😀
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hi Jaap
yes, that’s what i’ve done – my sequence is 16:9, no letterboxing displays in FCP now. despite this, when I do a straight output as a quicktime without touching the settings, it outputs as 4:3, squashing the image. now i have taken that movie and using quicktime pro, have restored it to 16:9. when i burn this to a dvd i am getting the widescreen image i want. BUT i see some loss of quality in the movie and also a slight washing out of the color (looks like the brightness is upped). my question now is how can i output at a higher quality? what settings should i fiddle with? my movie is 20 mins long and is coming out around 4MB – am i right in thinking i can afford to make the output from FCP a larger file and thus better quality? will this help the quality of the final DVD? and the color issue?
thanks!
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those sound like some great pointers, thanks so much! i think the wavy line with blur and some light effects could be just what i’m looking for – thanks again!
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that’s very helpful – thanks so much!
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have been doing some reading around and came across this post:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1002283might i have the same problems as this guy with the natress filter? don’t want to spend $100 on it and have it make things worse! can anyone explain what was going wrong for him?
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there we go, i added a bit to my profile! i work in flash and spend more time on flash forums, so i haven’t been around here much! filmmaking is more of a hobby and supporting my husband who’s a DP. anyway, thanks again and i’ll see if i can get my head round all this when i get home tonight!
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thanks again chris! looks like this is my best bet. will see about purchasing it when i get home from work. i’m afraid i don’t understand the whole NTSC/PAL, 30/24p thing… my movie was shot on NTSC and i haven’t done anything to it in Final Cut yet apart from cutting it the way i wanted. also added an opening title sequence done in after effects and a scrolling title at the end from that titling program that comes with FCP! don’t even know the name 🙂 i’m a bit of a nOOb, heh. are the instructions that come with the filters easy to figure out for someone like me??
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thanks all for your posts – i’m going to do some more research and see if i can get it done in FCP. Nattress sounds like a good deal if they can do everything in one package… hope they’re not too expensive 🙂
oh and another question – if i get these filters, do i need to apply them to each and every clip on the timeline or can i do like an ‘apply to all’ thing?
thanks again and will be sure to post back if/when i get stuck again!
emma.