video settings for capture

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strangebrew

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Just a few Questions..............


1) for the best possible quality what should my video settings be set at?

2) whats anamorphic?

3) should it be used?

4) making quick times, what should i do to prevent a huge lose in qaulity?

5) finally, i been looking for a book on effects that can be done in FCP, payday is not untill next week and i really want to play around with some new stuff so if anyone has any tutorials for some cool effects please let me know. like stop motion and morphing if thats possible in FCP.


Thanks,
miller
 
(1) That depends on what format you shoot with. To best preserve what you shot with, you should use the setting that is the same as what you shot with. If you shot SD DV then use DV NTSC 48khz. If you shot DVCPro 50, use the DVCPro 50 setting. And so on and so forth. Then all you're doing is transferring the 0's and 1's from your tape to the hard drive, no conversions, just coping files basically.

If you have the new FCP (version 6), there is also the ProRes codec you can use. I haven't used it yet, but it is supposed to provide very good quality with greatly reduced file sizes. Visibly the loss in quality might not be noticeable, but from what I've read on it, I'm not sold on it yet as a definitive replacement to using the native codec of what you shot with (unless space is an issue for you). I think the native codec will still provide slight superiority (even if only technically and not instantly visibly). But take that with a grain of salt, as we've not pushed it hard at work to try and break it and compare it with our existing options.

(2) Anamorphic basically means 16x9. This really comes into play if you're shooting standard definition squeeze mode with some cameras. If you shoot using such a mode then you need to use the Anamorphic option to have it display in the correct aspect ratio. However, this is just setting, not something hard coded. If you forget to turn it on in capturing you can turn it on later. Or if you turn it on by accident, you can turn it off later.

(3) See (2).

(4) File > Export > Quicktime Movie. There is no loss in quality using that. But the file sizes will be very large. Don't expect to fit those onto a CD-R or DVD-R except for really short pieces. And they will be data file quicktimes, not stick it in your mom's DVD player and have it play. If you want to author a DVD that's a different ballgame.

(5) Apple Pro Training Series: Encyclopedia of Visual Effects / Apple Pro Training Series: Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 / Apple Pro Training Series: Motion

cheers.
 
y arnet there any post counts anymore? wut does "bump" meen

bac kto the question lol....

use anamorphic for widescreen, so for a short film or if ur makign a movie, it looks nice, and it gives a more movie like
 
"bump" is simply used by people to get their post back up the list if no one has responded to it. They say "bump" simply to indicate that they are moving the question back up to the top of the list, but have nothing new to add. You could use any word you wanted though and achieve the same result.

cheers.
 
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