[Michael Levin]

Thank you guys, I realised that I was using the “linear wipe” transition in the effects panel which doesn’t actually allow you to set a border but when using the “wipe” transition, both border width and colour can be set. Exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks again!

[Michael Levin]

Thanks for taking the time to look it Jon. I was afraid of that.

Just to check my workflow – import my 1080 50i footage into Ppro > sequence size 1280 x 720. Clips checked scale to frame so they automatically resize > Export at H.264 HDTV 25 720p High Quality settings. Is that the appropriate workflow to render out a video made specifically for online viewing? Would rendering it out as a flv be better for youtube’s player? From the few tests I’ve done it didn’t make a difference but perhaps I’m using the wrong render settings.

Seems like quality definitely drop from the raw footage, is that always to be expected?

[Michael Levin]

Thanks for pointing out this effect. It definitely seems better than simply using saturation. Going to take a bit of testing but I’m hoping I can get a similar look using it.

Thanks again!

[Michael Levin]

Hmm perhaps that’s it. I am shooting in AVCHD format. Here’s an example of what I was talking about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn8ueq5bS5g

It was rendered under h.264 > HDTV 720p 25 High Quality render settings.

Can you elaborate about the immediate 360 and then the higher quality available later?

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[Michael Levin]

Yeah exactly. I understand that there will be quality loss going to 360p but for some reason other people’s videos don’t seem to degrade as dramatically.

For example all the vevo music videos.

https://www.youtube.com/user/VEVO?blend=1&ob=5#p/f/1/FHp2KgyQUFk

Still look quite sharp playing at 360p. Now my 720p video looks just as sharp but when youtube scales it down to 360p it looks noticeably worse.

Just wondering if anyone else was having a similar experience and whether they have a solution.

[Michael Levin]

Thank you both so much for your help! Ann, that screenshot was great. In the end I copied what you did to the text in Titler and used the setting in Layer Styles on my logo in Photoshop to get the same result – as suggested by Joseph.

Eventually I got the look I was hoping to achieve so thank you kindly!