Michael Tysh
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Thank you, very helpful!
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I think what we may do is just market it as optimized for 4:3 SD-TVs, whoever buys it can watch on SDTV or their computer. But then they also get free AppleTV/iPod downloads. I feel like any less quality would be cheating the product.
Also,… what do you think of something like this…
https://www.videoconversionexperts.com/
-mike
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Thanks for your responses Russell.
So would you say the only way to get this true AppleTV resolution, would be to get our footage transferred to an HDDVD?
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What I had done was I exported it straight from final cut as a QT conversion for AppleTV, just for a way to quickly get it ready to compress to mpeg2.
I now just tried what you said and opened a new DV50 timeline and slapped a 4:1:1 Color smoother onto each clip. I suppose I should try exporting as a DVD best quality 90min? Are there any GOP or Bitrate settings that I should customize? Is there a way to get H.264 onto an SDDVD? Why does a DV50 codec matter if the actual picture is going to be the same aspect ratio? (i changed the aspect ratio of each clip to ‘0’).
-mike
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Progress is going slowly but surely.. after downloading a demo of the Digital Anarchy resizer, I found that resizing of the clips just made them too blurry for the most part… BUT upping the smoothness/sharpness/fine-tuning of each clip made it look a lot less fuzzy, the only side effect being SLIGHT discoloration. So now I have to carefully look at all of my clips, take off certain effects, and add the digital anarchy smoothing etc. to optimize the look for HD/Progressive scan viewing.
To preserve all the previous effects I had keyed in that looked good on a 4:3 interlaced TV, we are thinking about making a dual-sided DVD, one side being optimized for 4:3 CRTs, other side optimized for HD Progressive viewing (with certain effects: namely strobe and sharpen taken away, Digital Anarchy effect added).
I am going to look into optimizing for progessive/HD even further, by looking for stronger effects than what digital anarchy provides, for a similar cost.
I’d like to thank everyone for their input and continued support!
-Mike
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Graeme, Walter and everyone else, thanks for your help in responding. I used the ‘G Chroma Sharpen interlaced’ effect. I tried several different settings for the Sharpen and Anti-Alias amounts. Mode is on ‘just sharpen’ and diognostics are set to ‘final’.
I created a new sequence and set the sequence preset to ‘DV50 NTSC 48khz’.
The picture is not looking any different in the Canvas after the effect has been applied. Is this something that will only be noticeable once it is playing on an HDTV? Also, I am confused on the compression to DVD and the effect that will have on the picture.Forgive my ignorance on this issue, i figure this is a good way to learn about the HD world.. we will soon be upgrading, but for now we just want to make the best picture possible.
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[tyshpix] “Also, do i have to convert my 4:1:1 project to 8bit uncompressed before using the G Nicer effect? If so, how do I import the file into a 4:2:2 timeline?
I got an ‘FXScript Error: Out of Range’ when using the demo G Nicer filter. Is itbecause I am not using a 4:2:2 timeline?
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To Graeme, or anyone that has used his plugins. do you think it’s worth it to pick up the Film Effects bundle for the G Chroma sharpening OVER something like InstantHD? They are both priced the same, and you guys said they both worked. Before we spend the money on both, I was wondering if anyone had a better experience with one over the other?
Also, do i have to convert my 4:1:1 project to 8bit uncompressed before using the G Nicer effect? If so, how do I import the file into a 4:2:2 timeline?
Sorry that was a lot of questions, i’d appreciate any input!
-Mike
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To Graeme, or anyone that has used his plugins. do you think it’s worth it to pick up the Film Effects bundle for the G Chroma sharpening OVER something like InstantHD? They are both priced the same, and you guys said they both worked. Before we spend the money on both, I was wondering if anyone had a better experience with one over the other?
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A few questions about software like the “instant HD”…. after you have upscaled your project, does it appear overly stretched? can you convert the upscaled files to MPEG-2 for dvd? Do you have to first use a progressive field scan on your project before using the instantHD? How much time would it take for a 5minute video? And overall, i guess do you think the output is worth it, or does it just give you an overblurred/still too fuzzy picture?