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I have SD 4:3 footage which I need to export in the highest quality possible. I select export quicktime movie, I know this much. I have tried setting everything to DV Pal but the quality is poor. I have tried other variations, but nothing seems to be as good as I know this camera can achieve.

Fortunately I wont have this problem again as I’ve upgraded to the sony z1 since filming this short doc, but any help would be appreciated.

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I’ve been using the QT conversion with FCP for sometime now, and there’s one problem that seems to come up again and again that I can’t seem to figure out…

When I export a project, I choose the “Broadband - High” setting, then typically change the frame size to 640 x 360, under “options”. I change nothing else. Once exported, the file is somewhere around 40mb (on a 4min video).

The problem comes into play when I need to make a small change/edit. 3/5 times when I re-export using the exact same settings, I’ll notice the same video file is now about half the size (about 20mb for this example). The resolution suffers in result of this.

Have you heard of this happening before? Is this just a software glitch??

Id greatly appreciate any sort of help on the matter.

Thanks!

when i export usinf qt conversion it the message general error comes up. What does this mean.

And when i save it as a qt movie my qt player cant play back the video, it plays a white screen with aduio

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sorry I can’t help with YouTube issues. I have no experience with it. I can’t come to terms with their level of quality degradation.

Stella,

How are you viewing your media during post? You must use an external production monitor, not your computer display. Use your FCP scopes for levels, color correction, etc.

Banks,

What are the attributes of the Motion output file, the FCP sequence, and what settings are you using for the Export to QT Movie in FCP?

Jody,

QT Conversion re-compresses even if the exact same parameters are set. If I’m not mistaken this is stated in the Final Cut Studio documentation.

-paul

When I export a movie from Motion 3 (to a quicktime movie) and play it back, the quality is very high (good)… But when I drop the exported Motion 3 movie into Final Cut 6, and export it to a quicktime movie, the quality gets a little worse.

What can I do to make the quality just as good from Motion 3, when I export it from Final Cut?

When I put it on a DVD, will it look more like the Motion 3 quality (high), or the Final Cut quality (not very high)?

(The size is 1920 X 1080 HDV 1080i60).

Thanks a lot!

I need the best dvd screener possible. I have 120 minute movie in PAL and they need an NTSC.

I used FC pro 4.5, QT compressor, at 3.5 bit rate, double run vbr, selected 16:9 and choose MPEG2 because it a universal file and can be played in any DVD player or TV.

The results are: Oversaturation of colors like red, crushed blacks and whites. in the mini dv tape looked better it was shot with Canon XL2 PAL true 16:9. It can’t be that this is the best possible copy I can get for Distribution? Right? Would it make a difference if I went with a Dual Layer DVD instead of a SL…..

Is it better if I take my LACIE drive with FC sequence. to a trasfer house, they want $600?

This copies would be for Digital Projection Cinemas and DVD distribution they need to be the best quality…

Anything that can help me I will do….please list all the things I can do to increase the quality…

Thanks,

It sounds like you have not properly set up Log and Capture. Fill me in on how you transferred the footage into FCP from the camera.

-ptfigg.

FCP 6 supports multi-format integration. Are you judging quality by what is displayed in your FCP canvas, or from an output file?

-ptfigg.