i know, i know. "not another exporting question!"

[mod rod]

so i recently did a 3 camera shoot (panasonic hvx, dvx, and a handheld) of a live show for band called "why?" and i finally finished it after months of editing. i have it burned to a dvd and it looks fantastic. however, i'm trying to export it to put up a few songs on vimeo.

i go to "export>use quicktime conversion" and then go to "size>de-interlace source video" and export it. the problem is, when i do this the video comes out super pixelated. the show was shot in a fairly dark venue. could that be part of the problem?

anyone have any quick tips on how to avoid this?

[evolvnyc]

Try doing an export without de-interlacing it in export and see how it looks. Also you could try using the de-interlace filter in fcp in the browser go to Effects>Video Filters>Video>DeInterlace and play with the settings until you get an export you like.

[Dirty Uncle Bob]

What codec are you using? Is it a preset?

Additionally, what data rate are you using?

[bigbossbmb]

be sure to use the appropriate chroma smoothing filters in the "keying" folder for each clip. this will help with the chroma artifacts which get very obvious in darker footage.