[Kevin Medal]

Thanks for the input. Checked em all out, but I don’t think they’ll do the trick. They all look pretty standard as far as freeware plugins go,..ripples and color blobs that don’t really simulate water realistically. There’s a couple of PS brushes that look interesting but they are only for Windows. I am thinking that getting hi res stock images and maybe creating a pattern from it or something. I’d like for it to look more like this:

https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1279/1201079836_75567dba2d.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=https://www.flickr.com/photos/11963891%40N08/1201079836/&usg=__j-pcaceGwXQJKvQlFjQBBb-6tjY=&h=375&w=500&sz=245&hl=en&start=106&um=1&tbnid=qTZQL5PjgajqQM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Docean%2Bwater%2Btexture%26start%3D100%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

and this:

https://www.cgtutorials.com/oneadmin/_files/linksdir/1932_http___www.pekaro.de_blender_water_water_tutorial.html.jpg

Thanks again

[Kevin Medal]

Thanks Ed.

I will try and figure this out some more. It seems like the best quality I can get is by exporting the sequence(QT clips) to my DV cam and recording it to tape. Then I will be able to play it on a dv deck, or like you suggested, on a laptop. However, I don’t have either of these ..not even a projector yet! Nor a DVD player..hahah.. And I’m flying to Miami for this to I can’t really lug my desktop. I’ll figure something out..

In the end, I have to burn it to some kind of media anyhow for archiving and for potential people who might want to own it, etc.. so I will be checking out Adobe Encore. Thanks!!

[Kevin Medal]

Muchas gracias David

Compressor/ DVDSP …It seems to be the shared sentiment by many many posts around here. I will give those a go. Now I have to find out about a proper projector for it..I guess thats a question for another forum though.

Thanks again!

Kevin

[Kevin Medal]

Ed and David,

Thanks alot for the replies. It sounds pretty grim though. David mentioned that a consumer program like Toast isn’t good for creating watchable DVD’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case. I would then assume that the projection would have pixels the size of feta cheese crumbles on an enlarged screen. Do you know of better DVD software(i use mac) or encoding app that will sew these problems up? I’m using Toast because that’s what I have now. But I’ll toss it out if you can recommend something with more reliabilty..a name? a company? a filter? Anything would be helpful.

Ed, I’m not ashamed to say that I anm indeed am attempting to make silk(or the best I can) out of..lesser grade material(dv!. I suppose it’s been my philosophy for some time. I guess its the alchemist in me. I’d just like to know how far I can push this. Maybe I’ll get satin, or polyester, who knows. However, I know I cannot upconvert the dv quality to HD. I thought that working/editing and doing post in HD After Effects might enable to project it larger without noticing the pixels so much. I know video is a different story, but I guess I’m thinking more in terms of “print’ logic..in terms of resizing images in Photoshop which I use more than anything.

The logic is this: In Photshop, changing the resolution will assist in being able to blow an image up larger..even with an image with pixels. Of course you will still see a difference, but at least you are able to enlarge it, even just a little more, with the res change. I suppose its just a technique for trweaking, but i know it has a threshold- the margins of no return. I’d like to find that line somewhere. I really only need to project it 4′ X 5′. It doesn’t make sense to me that I wouldn’t be able to project DV ( yes, even DV) to that size without things falling apart.

My limit here , I suppose is the DVD. There’s only so much space on it.. Is there anyway to make up for this?
Like is there a technique..maybe a dual layer burning technique or something, to get better quality on a DVD? Thanks again.