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Stefanus_maximus

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Hi,

it's me ...again.
I shot some footage of my cat, because I wanted to test the camera auto-settings in bright light.
I captured the footage with premiere pro 2 (all I've got).
First of all, all of a sudden premiere won't recognise AVI files anymore..why? I closed the files and the programme and next day....nothing!

Second problem. After I just used the data I got before this, I upressed it.
Everything is fine. "HD".
But then I saw, that the hair of the whisker (don't know, if that is the right word..) wasn't quite straight.
Well, I thought that this might be because of the detail range and blabla. But as I zoomed closer into the image I saw pixels. Some squares all over...and some in the background, where the light touches the ground.
On the right side of the picture.
Is this because of the details or went something wrong while upressing?
I can only refer to another image on my 4:3 TV. THERE ARE NO PIXELS in the original footage ;)
If you can't see anything, you have to copy the image and zoom in.

Maybe this post sounds ab bit ignorant, but I still didn't get all the technical stuff because barry greens book is in english and all other information is about chips and the latest version of final cut and...well..I'm still living in the 90s, technically.

I watched this via VLC player as an mpeg2 video. Maybe it's just the player or my PC ??
I have no HD screen or hardware .
The picture was taken via snapshot function.

Scene file settings were -3 details +3 detail-coring, -6 master ped, normal matrix, thin lines and 25p (PAL).
Zoom about 99 and I used a century tele-converter lens 1,6x.
everything else was set "auto", because of the test.


katziii.jpg

I hope you can view the hole image in original size. If not, please mail.

I know I'm really NOT up to date with my camera and computer, but the images I can get without gving away any money for new equipment justify it. I think. I like the images =)

Thanks for your help =)
 
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You uprezzed the footage to HD?

I don't see anything unusual in the image; there's typical macroblocking you'd get with 576p resolution and 4:2:0 color. You wouldn't necessarily see it on a standard-def TV because it's analog and low-resolution.

If you want to uprez to HD, though, be sure you're shooting with your Vertical Detail Frequency set to THIN, which will give you the highest resolution possible.
 
yep, consider what you're asking the footage to do, to go from less than 400 thousand pixels, to over 900 thousand, or 2 million if you went to 1080. it has to invent new pixels, so when there's already artifacts in the SD footage, they're only going to get uglier
 
HorseFilms said:
If people are noticing small details like that, your story probably sucks. :)
Click to expand...

I now some ladies and gents who think black and white or every other resolution than 2.35:1 means less quality.
So, what is quality?
Pixels and color?

I really like the dvx and the resolution and all is enough for me.
I don't "need" HD and blue ray.
Everybody is talking about this and that is dying, because something new is about to come.
Sure, a nice HDTV camera is a good thing to have.
But that means or me: buy a new PC, new monitor, new software, new TV, new Blue Ray Player....how much is that?
about 6,000 $ ? plus the camera, say 2,000 $ .
But then, good picture is not enough, you need a really good mic too.
...something to carry everything around etc.
All because of the resolution?
If I had the money....Sure.

But I had 400$, I got a DVX.
I don't know why everyone I know (not you) says, that tape is ****.
They film with some DSLR and do post for months to get a good picture.
Even sharpening and focusing is post ??!
Personally, I like post, but I don't want to do EVERYTHING in post.
That's for nerds ;)
No offens !
And guess what? These people see these kind of details, because the look seems more important than the story or characters or whatever.

Maybe it's just because most germans can't do good movies.
But everyone got too much money...
:costumed-smiley-047
 
Use the camera you have and tell the best story you can. I've been shooting with a DVX100a for 9 years. Good lighting and audio will bring you a long way. If you have an interesting story, people will keep watching.
 
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