[Nick Henry]

Check your playback quality? See what its on. Might need to be set to dynamic or low. Its worth a shot.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

I would second Chris’ suggestions. Also, if you find your entire computer running slow, I use a program called Onyx once every two weeks or so on my edit computer. Gets rid of all the crap and refreshes everything. Works like a charm for me.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

You can try a nest as well. They can be a pain to use, but in some cases they’re just the thing to get you out of a bind as far as multiple filters on a track go. Give it a shot and see if it’ll work for your situation.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

I’ve tried multiple monitors from the DVD output. Regular TVs, plasmas, that sort of thing. No luck. I also will need it for computer monitor viewing as well eventually, so I need it to look acceptable on all monitors. I’m still working on an export of the field dominance test to a TV, so I’ll report in with that.

I’m using photoshop instead of boris because I have a few logos in there, and a lot of different elements and layouts for sections of the credits. Its a short film with a lot of names, companies, etc., so I didn’t find boris or the built in scroll that useful. Motion is an interesting recommendation. I didn’t use it because I barely know how to get around in it, but I might have to look up some tutorials and do a crash course as a last resort.

Thanks for the advice!

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

On a second pass through, I noticed that I had a load of lines over the video when I exported. They almost looked like interlacing lines. I switched over to Field Dominance None, and it fixes both the interlacing lines and the scrolling credits issue.

Is there any negative to doing this?

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

[Shane Ross] “Was the footage captured 16:9 within a 4:3 frame? If so, and recapture is out of the question, then you are stuck with that for this project.”

I have a feeling it was. It was so long ago I don’t remember the specifics. I wish I didn’t have to crop in compressor to make them look normal, because it produces a pretty crappy image. And since its not HD I don’t have much play to work with as far as zooming into the image.

Thanks for your help Shane. I really appreciate it.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

Thanks for your response Shane. I’ve been bouncing ideas off myself, and its good to get some outside input.

I went uncompressed for the final sequence because it made all my text look a lot better, and I’ve read some tutorials supporting the workflow of having your final sequence be uncompressed, so no further compression is added. I’m assuming that is incorrect?

I agree completely with the anamorphic thing. The problem is…I’m not sure why. The original capture and sequence settings were set up by an awful professor of mine when I was very very green in editing. Years later, I see all the problems, but getting ready for delivery, recapture is out of the question. I don’t have anamorphic on because at this point it completely stretches out the image. Is there any thing I can do to make that right at this stage of the game?

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

Slight update.

I followed the advice and created a sequence with a de-interlacer, compressed in 16:9 with no crop. Its not perfect, but it definitely helped. I’m trying not to get overly critical, since I am used to digital HD footage, and SD originally 16mm not so much.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

[Bret Williams] “So if you’re taking your 4:3 720×480 output from FCP, then cropping out some middle portion, then that middle portion is getting blown up to the full 480 height, and yeah, lots of pixels are being doubled”

Yeah, that does make sense. However, that 1:66 cropping has been a recent development. I originally just exported to compressor, and put into a widescreen track in DVDSP. Even still, I had the quality issues. To further that point, I did that 4:3 test, which had absolutely no cropping or setting change in compressor, and I had the same quality issues. What would you suggest to fix it?

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card

[Nick Henry]

I’ve attached an image of an example of the issue, played in dvd player on my Apple Display. So not only is it bad on my HD tv, but pretty much every time its fullscreen. Hopefully a visual will help.

My edit rig:

Mac Pro (2007 version)
Leopard 10.5.8
Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10GB ram
ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card