Best settings for importing/exporting GH2 footage

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Fly-catchers

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Still learning how to get the best from my GH2 footage. Currently using Premiere Elements 10, though would like to upgrade once I have proven to myself I am any good at film-making!

I import my footage as DSLR 1080p25 from the preset menu. Originally when I let PE chose the import settings it went for interlaced. And even now when I drag the first clip into the timeline after opening up the software for the first time it asks whether I want to change the settings to interlaced. I am thinking this is because of the 50i wrapper issue?

When I export the finished film I am currently choosing MP4-H264 1920 x 1080p 25 from the AVCHD options. Do these importing/exporting settings sound correct?

I do notice an increase of moire on roofs etc once the footage is viewed through PE and in the final exported copy. Also on my most recent attempt while it overall looked ok, again I noticed this moire increase. And when played through VLC a section of it failed to play smoothy with brief pause's and jumps. Yet the same footage (moire apart) played fine through Windows media player and PowerDVD 10. Any ideas why VLC might not like it? The original MTS file of that particular footage is both moire free and does play fine through VLC.


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I use Premiere CS5. What mode are you shooting in? Creative movie mode HBR 25p? For me in NTSC it's HBR 30p, and when I bring my clips into Premiere it says they're interlaced. I have to select all the clips and right click and interpret footage and then tell them to use progressive. Not sure if that's how it works in Elements.

If you're shooting in FSH mode (hitting record off of a picture mode) then unfortunately your videos are interlaced and it might just be the Media Player that's doing the deinterlacing.
 
I use the HBR mode at 25p PAL. I select under the drop down settings PAL- AVCHD- DSLR- 1080p25. When I drag my first clip into the timeframe I get a message box saying that the clip does not match the settings selected. Do I want to change them. I click the no option and it imports the clip. It them treats it correctly as progressive. When I first used PE I let the software chose the settings and it of course kept going to interlaced. When I resave the project for viewing on the PC I select "use for exporting AVCD" and chose MP4 H264 1920 x 1080p 25. Does that all sound correct? I am still trying to get the best settings for uploading to Vimeo. So far the file I get looks ok on the PC but ends up rather poor once on Vimeo. The VLC issue I originally mentioned seems a bit better now since I installed the latest version.
 
I used to use CS 5.5 and now 6, and I can't recall if I had that issue in 5. I made my own preset, since I usually edit in 720p 24fps for my clients and compatibility with other footage (animation, other cameras, etc).

As far as uploading to vimeo, what looks poor about it? Is it compression, or is it color shifting? And are you on a Mac or a PC?
 
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