[Jeff Pulera]

I apologize, I should have asked earlier – what Sequence Settings are you using? The 2560×1440 clip is 16:9 widescreen, but looking at your program monitor it looks like 4:3. Perhaps the Sequence is not HD, but is SD and that is why the quality is suffering?

Click on top menu – Sequence > Sequence Settings – what does it say? A screen shot is helpful

What resolution are the other clips you are working with? You will need to figure out the best Sequence Settings for your project before proceeding with the editing. What size clips are you working with, and what size do you want to deliver? Such as 1080p, 720p, SD/DVD? I see you have a mix of 25fps and 60fps clips, another factor to consider.

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[Jeff Pulera]

What version of Premiere are you running? I’m on CC 2014 and at lower right of Program Monitor, I have the option to set the preview resolution. If set to something less than “FULL” then it will of course degrade the quality. Not sure where that setting will be for you, maybe click the tool icon.

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[Jeff Pulera]

You’re welcome, glad to assist

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[Jeff Pulera]

Just realized something – you said the source clip was 1080p, yet the Sequence in Export Settings shows Upper First fielding (1080i).

Try this – right click the source clip in Project Bin, and select “New Sequence from Clip”. This will create a Sequence to properly match the specs of the source video. Now go back to original sequence and Ctrl-A to “Select All”, the Ctrl-C to “Copy” contents of timeline, then open the new sequence and Ctrl-V to “Paste” contents.

Now you should have a copy of original sequence, but with correct settings. Then set up export as in my previous post.

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[Jeff Pulera]

What format is the corner logo? Best bet is a .psd or .png with alpha, at the correct 1920×1080 sizing so no scaling required in Premiere.

I see you have the export set to be a .mov file, but what you want for YouTube is just an .mp4 file. Also, for anything viewed online/computer you do not want interlacing (1080i), you’d want 1080p export.

For Export, use the H.264 > YouTube 1080p 29.97 preset.

DO not check “Max Render”, that is for scaling output which you are not doing. Also do not check “Use Previews” – else you are compressing twice and previews could be of poor quality anyway.

Let me know how that goes then

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Turn off Scaling, right-click the clip in sequence (or Mac equivalent) and from drop down menu, select Scale to Frame.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Any chance you have applied a Stabilizer to some clips, or Video DeNoiser, anything like that? Those things can take a very long time to render. Otherwise, 8 hours makes no sense – you have good hardware and it should take only minutes really.

Please post a screen gab of Export Settings if you can

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[Jeff Pulera]

Please share a screen grab of export settings for review

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[Jeff Pulera]

The answer is no.

Perhaps share your source video specs and export settings for review, screen grabs are helpful

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jon,

The last thing you’d ever want to do is shoot sports/action at 24p. Ouch. Shooting 24p is best reserved for “film makers” that are going for that filmic look, then you have to alter the way you move the camera to minimize jerky shots.

If you shoot 60p and drop that clip into a 24p or 30p Sequence, you can apply 40% or 50% Speed respectively and get smooth slow-motion since you have enough extra frames from the 60p clip that no frames get duplicated. You don’t need to interpret, just change speed on the clip and Premiere will handle it.

60p records 60 frames each second. Drop that 60p clip into a 30p sequence and only every other frame gets played back – only using 30 of the 60 available frames, so the one-second clip still plays in one-second. So you have enough material to play for two seconds if you use all 60 frames, so doing 50% slow provides smooth playback, playing all 60 frames over a two-second period, 30 frames per second.

For 24p you want 40% slow to use all frames smoothly (60 x 40% = 24). That would play 2.5 seconds for each second of 60p footage (60/24 = 2.5).

What the other poster may have meant is that 24p is jerky in general due to low frame rate, so even your slow-mo may look somewhat choppy when viewed at only 24fps, though the source was shot at 60p.

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Jeff Pulera
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