I currently have been shooting on a 60D w Canon 28mm f1.8, @ 24fps 1080, my shutter normally stays at 1/50, with manual ISO and expo. I've been getting some great shots, but I'm not happy with the quality once I transfer it into Final Cut. And especially once I upload it to the internet. I've been using the Canon E-1 movie plugin for transfer and log, and after editing, exporting using the current settings as a Quicktime file. Im pretty sure that how I'm exporting it is causing it to go down to 720. How can I make sure that I am keeping my video at the highest possible settings at all times so when it finally hits the web it's as clear as possible. And what websites support higher quality? Here is a promo music video I shot last week and uploaded to youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQcpqoWeXQ&feature=share If you know how to help me out at all. please do.
60D, getting the best quality from start to finish?
- Thread starter mlaferla
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vision_filmz
Carbonite Member
Are you converting your files?
Also you can't expect much quality when you are running and gunning in a night club with not enough light. What aperture and iso are you shooting at? Are you using an on camera light for fill? What are your export settings?
A lot of things you need to answer before we can help you.....
Also youtube is not the best place to show your work, that's why Vimeo.com exist.
Also you can't expect much quality when you are running and gunning in a night club with not enough light. What aperture and iso are you shooting at? Are you using an on camera light for fill? What are your export settings?
A lot of things you need to answer before we can help you.....
Also youtube is not the best place to show your work, that's why Vimeo.com exist.
M. Gilden
Canon DSLR Moderator
Vision_filmz, it sounds to me like he is happy with the shots in camera, but unhappy with how it looks after exporting it from Final Cut.
mlaferla, it definitely looks like you are downgrading the footage somewhere in your rendering pipeline. The video you linked to isn't even HD at all (the highest option offered is 480p playback). I would suggest you experiment more with output options and compression settings. Feel free to ask more specific questions in the Final Cut section of the forum, as this is the DSLR section and your question really has very little to do with the camera.
Just keep in mind that compression is a delicate science, so don't give up if a particular preset doesn't look perfect the first time. Keep playing with it and try to understand the options and how they work- for example, fast motion like this is going to require higher bitrate at times versus others, so a good 2-pass VBR would be better than the 1-pass CBR that many presets default to. Knowing your compressor and its limitations will go a long way.
Good luck!
mlaferla, it definitely looks like you are downgrading the footage somewhere in your rendering pipeline. The video you linked to isn't even HD at all (the highest option offered is 480p playback). I would suggest you experiment more with output options and compression settings. Feel free to ask more specific questions in the Final Cut section of the forum, as this is the DSLR section and your question really has very little to do with the camera.
Just keep in mind that compression is a delicate science, so don't give up if a particular preset doesn't look perfect the first time. Keep playing with it and try to understand the options and how they work- for example, fast motion like this is going to require higher bitrate at times versus others, so a good 2-pass VBR would be better than the 1-pass CBR that many presets default to. Knowing your compressor and its limitations will go a long way.
Good luck!
wgzn
Veteran
yeah. that youtube clip looks like dogpoo. i have to wonder where in your workflow, things are going bad. if its in what you shot, or simply the injest or export phase...
you can find recipes online (google search) for the best ways to feed youtube. but ive found that a simple best quality hd res h.264 generally works fine.
arguably vimeo may provide a less compressed, better looking end product. but if if youtube is where you need to show your work for traffic reasons. something else being a better quality is a non-issue
im not sure that youtube does noticeable damage to a clip, if what you feed them is good in the first place.
here are links to the same 720 h.264 clip. one on youtube and one hosted directly on my own server played through the jw player encoder. once you engage HD on youtube. there isnt much if any noticeable difference:
youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHre44EPfsE&feature=channel_video_title
self hosted:
http://understandinc.com/jw.html
you can find recipes online (google search) for the best ways to feed youtube. but ive found that a simple best quality hd res h.264 generally works fine.
arguably vimeo may provide a less compressed, better looking end product. but if if youtube is where you need to show your work for traffic reasons. something else being a better quality is a non-issue
im not sure that youtube does noticeable damage to a clip, if what you feed them is good in the first place.
here are links to the same 720 h.264 clip. one on youtube and one hosted directly on my own server played through the jw player encoder. once you engage HD on youtube. there isnt much if any noticeable difference:
youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHre44EPfsE&feature=channel_video_title
self hosted:
http://understandinc.com/jw.html