[James G. brown]

so does the blank media you burn to make a difference? I had never thought of that aspect before!

I may have a go with vbr and compare the two. The time it takes to transcode is not an issue really, I just want the best possible because I see all these cgi retail DVD’s and the quality of mine never compares. The 3d renders are just as good (i dont actually do them, a company does) but the final DVD stage of the production is never quite as crisp and perfect as I would like it to be which gets me frustrated.

Does Hollywood use some software/hardware that I am unaware of and is totally out of reach?

Thanks again for your responses Jeff. They are very helpful.

James

[James G. brown]

thanks alot for your help on this Jeff, what you say makes alot of sense. i don’t really work with live footage, just rendered frames from 3ds max which are rendered out with fields.

i try as much as possible to speak to my clients and find out exactly what setup they will be showing the DVD’s on but usually they just guess. it can get annoying.

one other thing, i always export my final project from after effects or premiere as an MPEG-2 with a constant bitrate of 7mbps, quality of 5. i have always been told that 7mbps is the highest I can go. Do you know otherwise? And is this the best way to get the highest quality MPEG2?

Cheers again,

James

[James G. brown]

hi,

thanks for all your responses. i will take a look at the plug ins you suggested. i have tried using two masks, one feathered, one not, and it kinda works but i want the feathered trail to be quite long and it doesn’t really work….

thanks again

james