pinkfloyder
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Hello, (Canon XH-A1, 24f)
I am trying to output my HDV footage and get the best possible results. I am experiencing severe quality loss when I output my HDV footage, and would like to know if I am doing things right. I know HDV isn't the best compression, but I am happy with the way it looks in Final Cut Pro. It isn't until I actually output it, when things get really sucky. Can anyone fill me in on how to properly output video so that it looks similar to the way it was originally shot...?
When I edit my footage on the timeline in Final Cut Pro, it looks great. I am really happy with it there. But once I actually output the video, creating a single rendered quictkime, the quality suffers pretty badly. I notice that the color fades, there is clipping, especially in whites, and there is a significant difference. I've tried several codecs including 8-bit, 10-bit, H.264, Apple Pro Res 422 ,and no compression - which I assume is HDV. No matter what I do, the quicktime looks the same; bad.
Is there a better way to do things? What is the root of this problem? Is it in the way the footage is captured? I captured HDV 24f, directly from the Canon.
Here is the original, from the timeline in Final Cut
Here is the 8-bit, rendered version
I am trying to output my HDV footage and get the best possible results. I am experiencing severe quality loss when I output my HDV footage, and would like to know if I am doing things right. I know HDV isn't the best compression, but I am happy with the way it looks in Final Cut Pro. It isn't until I actually output it, when things get really sucky. Can anyone fill me in on how to properly output video so that it looks similar to the way it was originally shot...?
When I edit my footage on the timeline in Final Cut Pro, it looks great. I am really happy with it there. But once I actually output the video, creating a single rendered quictkime, the quality suffers pretty badly. I notice that the color fades, there is clipping, especially in whites, and there is a significant difference. I've tried several codecs including 8-bit, 10-bit, H.264, Apple Pro Res 422 ,and no compression - which I assume is HDV. No matter what I do, the quicktime looks the same; bad.
Is there a better way to do things? What is the root of this problem? Is it in the way the footage is captured? I captured HDV 24f, directly from the Canon.
Here is the original, from the timeline in Final Cut
Here is the 8-bit, rendered version
