Export HIGHEST quality to iDVD

How do I maintain the crisp quality I see on my timeline? When I export to QT and send to IDVD, it unfortunately looses much quality. Very noticeable around edges of letters.
I looked in the manual and it shows a dropdown menu for FORMAT at the bottom of the SAVE screen. However, mine does not have this option! It offers INCLUDE & MARKERS and a check box for making the movie self contained. Since this is THE latest version of FCE, I don't understand why mine is different than the manual.

I'm not sure if this will help, but when you export to Quicktime you can uncheck the "Make Movie Self-Contained" option. This appears to not render the sequence, but instead just export the meda data for QT to reference.
I assume since it does not re-render the sequence you not only save a lot of time, but won't lose quality when you import into iDVD. iDVD does however render the movie to MPEG2 so if you still get quality lost it might be due to that.

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Hi,
When burning a disk at the highest quality available in idvd 9, what is the final output resolution? I'd like to get as close to 1080i as possible (knowing that I cannot burn HD without a HD burner and equivalent software). I am curious as to what idvd does to your video and stills. I've been creating HD movies in FCE (1280x720) and using idvd to create slideshows and then burning the project to dvd for playback on my HDTV. My images are HD 1280x720 tifs which I have been importing into idvd for a slideshow. On the final output I notice the images look soft, so was wondering what quality idvd is capable of.

As stated above already iDvd is limited to standard definition. There are no workarounds that I am aware of within iDvd itself. You'll have to think outside of this app if your intention is to go high def and blu-ray or even high def on a standard dvd-r. Forget about playing it back on most macs since apple doesn't currently support Blu-ray playback through its own dvd player app. Your hands are tied unless you choose a third party or an alternate dvd player application to open the file. For example, Roxio's Toast Video Player can do this.
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Trying to export highest quality audio, video needed but doesn't matter.

Hello,
What I'm hoping to do is to create a video for youtube with the utmost highest audio settings and quality, and just a black video with the lowest settings.
I generated a simple tone in Audition and saved it as a .wav with 96k Hz, Stereo 32-bit.
And in Premiere I chose H.264 with AAC with these settings
Now these aren't the settings I am set on, if there are better settings I'm willing to change but my problem is when it exports the Sample Rate is 48k Hz.
Is there any way I can get the bitrate up to 512 kbps as well?
Note that youtube has to have a video pass in there too.
Thank you.

Choppsta,
If you are an audio engineer, please forgive me and feel free to jump to the end of this post. If not, perhaps I can offer a little information.
Keep in mind that the number of samples per second is not actually a perfect indication of sound quality. It is one indication of how true the reproduction of the original analog signal is, but that leads me to ask what the original signal is? What sample rate was used in the creation of the digital signal.
Sample rate only applies to the original conversion from Analog to Digital. After that, increasing it has zero value. In fact, changing it requires resampling which can only lead to a generational loss. There is no quality increase created by sampling previously sampled audio.
The other thing that determines the quality is the number of quantization steps. The more steps, the more accurate the reproduction.
Most video's audio is 48,000 samples per second, while CD quality is 44,100.
So, unless the original audio was recorded at 96,000 samples per second, there is no value to exporting that way. I understand that you encoded the tone at 96K, but that tone isn't your ultimate goal is it? Because 48,000 samples is more than sufficient for any tone you can actually hear. A 1KHz tone would be sampled 24 times on the positive portion of each wave and 24 times on the negative portion. Well more than enough for you to not be able to detect the difference on any PC or television between that and a 44,100 tone. Sampling twice as often will not be detectable by even the most finicky audiophile. Not at 1KHz anyway.
Now, if the analog sound is quite rich, and the analog is sampled at 96,000, then yes, an audiophile may very well be able to detect it in the higher ranges and overtones.But not most music, and certainly not by anyone who thinks that CD quality is sufficiently high quality. Also, most PCs and televisions are not capable of reproducing the audio as accurately as 96,000 might indicate. It would require special hardware (more on that later).
Having said all of that, if I export the video using 96K for the audio, I see that it is apparently coming out at 48K when imported into Adobe Premiere Pro and Audition.
MediaInfo seems to be confused by the audio also. Or it is trying to tell us something. Stick around for a really geeky explanation of what it is trying to tell us.
GSpot sees it as 48K AAC LC. And that is really the key to the answer to your question.
Now we get really geeky.
AAC+ Version 2 uses spectral band replication (SBR) to enhance the compression efficiency in the frequency domain. MPEG-4 AAC LC decoders without SBR support (most of them?) will decode the AAC LC part of the audio, resulting in audio output with only half the sampling frequency, thereby reducing the audio bandwidth.
That is why you are seeing 48K. Unless you have the right hardware tucked away in a fancy studio somewhere? Then there is probably software/firmware that came with that equipment that is capable of playing it.
And no, there is no way to bump it to 512Kb/s, and no real reason to do so either. Even if you could, you might find that no player could actually replicate it, or maybe even attempt to play it.
I hope this helps.
Edit: This might be a perfect question to ask of Jason Levine. He is an Adobe Evangelist and came out of the audio side of the house if I recall correctly. The best I can do is offer up his BLOG where you might be able to contact him: http://boodahjoomusic.com/

How to setup/export highest quality?

New to Premiere and video editing. This is my first project. I could use some beginners advice on setting up/exporting frame size, dimensions, rate, etc.
I created some Premiere projects from some Mini DV footage I got transferred to .mov. I want finished movies to be the same dimensions. File size isn't important - just max. quality. I just opened a new doc and used the default settings and did a bunch of editing until I liked it. I'm not sure if the ori. file size is 640 or 720. For export, I chose all the max. quality settings but my first finished export .mov showed unwanted lines (top image, bottom is original mov w/ info. Hosted version: http://postimg.org/image/yfx72o4nt/
How do I export a cleaner version? Do I need to change the Premiere project dimensions when starting a new project to match the original video, or can it be done after? (would like to salvage the hours of editing).
Here's a screen cap of the original mov with the default Premiere settings I used.
LMK if I need to relay more info..
Mac 10.6.8 / PP CS6

TheOriginal150mph wrote:
I thought maybe the original was 640x480 and because the default PP setting I used was likely something larger, there were lines because Premiere stretched it out. So, I'm just lucky the default settings are 640x480? I dont understand where the 720 number fits in on my examples above.
I believe your source is in fact 720x480. Your exported file is displayed in 640x480 in QT likely due to a crop applied.
See:
Clean Aperture Mode
An image’s clean aperture is a region of video free from transition artifacts caused by the encoding of the signal. This is the region of video that should be displayed.
In this mode, the video track is cropped to the Clean aperture mode and scaled according to the track’s pixel aspect ratio. For example, a 4:3 DV NTSC track appears as 640 x 480; a 16:9 DV NTSC track appears as 853 x 480.
Via: Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
If you'd like to read up on pixel aspect ratios, check this out: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Working with aspect ratios
Another noob question. Is there a keyboard shortcut for "go to end of project", or "go to beginning"? (like in Adobe Director) I dont see any playhead-like controls..
If you're talking about the beginning and end of a sequence, try hitting the 'Home' and 'End' keys on your keyboard for that.
Your export settings look fine to me. Couple more suggestions:
Have you tried playing back the exported file with any other applications? E.g. VLC media player?
Other formats you can try: AVI (Uncompressed) (watch out for file sizes) and H.264 with a NTSC DV preset (supports progressive).
It's been ages since I last worked with DV/interlaced footage though, so I'm afraid I'm outta my depth here!
Did a search, found an old thread with some info that might be relevant? Quality problems when exporting mini DV AVI clips CS6 ...

What are highest quality export settings from iMovie to FCE 4.0?

I am using iMovie '08 to create Ken Burns effect movies from iPhoto photos to import into FCE. I want the least amount of loss from iMovie to FCE.
What are the highest quality settings for exporting from iMovie to FCE.
I do not care about size of file etc. Highest quality is all that matters to me.
Cheers,
Chuck

Well here are the facts.
My original question rephrased: "I want to know what are the settings to export Ken Burns created movies (therefore using photos) from iMovie (in this case iMovie '08) with the least loss and regardless of file size for importation into Final Cut Express".
I went to the local Apple store and some of the users (employees) of Final Cut Pro mentioned appropriately they thought .DV would be the best. However when we played some created videos they looked horrible when compared to .MOV with H.264. This just did not make sense, but we went by what we were seeing. Not being able to think with this I did more research and found this article which explained why .DV lookes like pooh pooh compared to H.264 video.
The article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93002 explains a setting in Quicktime preferences that if not selected some videos appear pixelated.
So, when this preference in Quicktime is selected (never thought to try playing on VLC) the .DV movies look better than those using H.264. So with this resolved then my trial and error testing was realistic. That is I could try different export settings and see which ones looked better to determine the best export setting.
I tried what I thought was everything as far as "Export using Quicktime..." settings. Then I read in "iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manuals" under "The Video Codecs: A Catalog" an explanation of every type of compression when using the settings under "Movie to QuickTime Movie". Finally someone wrote more data on the codecs. I never found such explanation on the apple website (discussions etc). I really got tired of reading how H.264 is the better than sliced bread "greatest quality for the file size" which I think is true but did nothing to answer my original question. The book then mentioned the option "none". I was like I don't remember this option for "Compression Type". (BTW this all applies to iPhoto '08, Final Cut Express 4, and QuickTime Pro). So I tried "None".
Wow! Zero pixelation! Vivid colors! So I created three videos. One using H.264, DV/DVCPRO - NTSC and None (I had already tried many others but for this last experiment just these three). I also maxed out the Quality for each compressor. Results:
- H.264 colors looked a little faded from the original photos and minor minor fuzziness, file size about 6 MB
- DV/DVCPRO - NTSC colors a little more vivid and less fuzziness, file size about 60 MB
- None...Bam! absolutely photo quality resolution and color, file size about 600 MB. I didn't care about the size.
So, bingo "None" as as the compressor settings in Quicktime to export iMovie '08 Ken Burns effect slide shows for importation into Final Cut Express (FCE) with minimal loss and who cares about the file size. Yeah, this is mammoth file but this allows me to make snappy Extremely High Quality Ken Burns effect videos in iMovie for FCE. Then when I export from FCE I don't make a copy of a copy but make my first compression of the video.
That is my answer!
I consider this thread closed and will only open if I find any of this is incorrect. BTW I already imported the iMovie '08 video with compression "None" into FCE and after rendering it looks awesome and plays well.
Cheers,
Chuck

When exporting to a DVD from Final Cut Pro X, what settings are there to make sure you making the highest quality DVD possible?

When exporting to a DVD from Final Cut Pro X, what settings are there to make sure you making the highest quality DVD possible?

There have been a lot of recent reports of difficulties sharing to DVD, but haven't been hearing about unreadable disks. Posibly there was an encoding error. Or it could have been bad media (blank disk).
Does it play in your Mac?
What brand of disks are you using?
Russ

Why does the highest quality ('Display') resolution vary from exporting one slideshow to the next?

When exporting a slideshow from iPhoto I'm selecting the highest quality (Display). I noticed that resolution setting (Display) varies depending on which slide show I want to export (i.e. 1000 x 800, or 1420 x 800). Why?

When exporting a slideshow from iPhoto I'm selecting the highest quality (Display). I noticed that resolution setting (Display) varies depending on which slide show I want to export (i.e. 1000 x 800, or 1420 x 800). Why?

Please help with highest quality export settings...

I have searched the forum and web for hours (no joke!) and I am still trying to figure out what are the best video settings to give me the highest HD quality video in daylight. I am using a Canon HF200 and the latest updated version of FCE. My problem is that I am unable to produce an HD quality video at 1920 x 1080 Full HD without being "jagged". I have two questions; what do you suggest to be the best FCE import and export settings to produce the best HD video, and what settings do you have your HF200 set to (for normal daylight conditions), to produce the best HD video file? The file will be played directly thru my computer to a plasma HDTV.
I have tried several settings, but using anything above 1280x720 16:9, makes the video "jagged". Again, I don't care about the size of the file or how long it takes, I just want the best. Is there something I am missing?
My FCP settings are the following:
I log and transfer the video from the camera into FCP (on a black MacBook; 2.16 GHz with 4 GB RAM) using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i source. I then export the video using the following:
Export using "Quicktime Conversion".
Quicktime options video settings are:
Frame Rate set to "Current"
Key Frames set to every "24" frames
Compressor quality: "best" (Encoding set to "best quality")
Data Rate set to "automatic"
Quicktime options video size are:
"HD 1280 x 720 16:9" (anything higher produces the jags!)
Deinterlace source video is NOT checked
My Canon HF 200 settings are the following:
- P mode
- FXP (17 Mbps)
- 60i framerate
all others are set to the normal default
I have read some reports saying the above is good and others suggesting changing FXP to MXP (24 Mbps) and/or the framerate from 60i to PF30. I don't care about the size of the file, I just want the highest quality HD file.
Any suggestions for the best FCE settings and/or HF200 settings would be very much appreciated!
Thanks for your help,
Evan

Thanks again for the feedback
Let me try my best to answer the above (I'm new at all this and I appreciate you guys taking the time to try and help me out).
First off, I tried rendering and that did not help.
Here is my sequence. I am not going into FCE from the camera directly. I have archived the video file from the camera using iMovie (as well as just making an exact copy of the camera files; they both appear to me to be the exact same, both can be logged and transferred into FCE, and both files give me a jagged FCE result).
Once I log and transfer the file(s), I then take the clip and add it to a sequence file (rendering or not rendering the clip(s) at this point does not make a difference), and then click/highlight the sequence file in the browser and export it.
As for "editing the video in a 1920x1080i60 sequence", I think I am. I am not doing any editing to the clip. It is logged and transferred using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i and then exported using either as a Quicktime Movie or Quicktime Conversion (set for 1920 x 1080 using H.264 compression; both ways still result in a jagged video).
That's about it...log and transfer, add clip to sequence, and then export sequence...
I hope this answers the above, but if not, I apologize; I'm still learning!
Also, if I use iMovie, with similar export (share) settings, I get a non-jagged video (I have tried with deinterlacing and not deinterlacing, and both video results are fine)
Thanks again,
Evan

Exporting Final Cut timeline in highest quality Quicktime (self-contained)

Hi, I am wondering if you can help me. I just finished editing a film in HDV, 24P in Final Cut Studio 2 and need to export it as a stand alone quicktime file to take it to the color correction people and then for downressing in order to write to DigiBeta tapes.
My question is, do I simply export to Quicktime movie self-contained file using default (current) setting? I also see there are options such as Applre ProRes422 HQ, uncompressed 8bit and 10bit. From what I've heard uncompressed 8 and 10 bit and also apple ProRes422 are higher qualities? Am I wrong?
But going to Uncompressed 8bit or even to Apple ProRes won't make a difference since I only have HDV quality and that's the highest quality I can get anyway?
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Exporting a self contained QT Movie, and not recompressing will get you an HDV file that is full quality. But unless the facility you are going to has FCP on the machine they load this, they won't be able to see it. Same with ProRes...which would be the better choice for color correcting (10-bit, I-Frame format instead of GOP). ProRes and HDV (and DVCPRO HD) are codecs that only come with FCP, and any computer, even a mac, that doesn't have FCP installed cannot even view those file formats.
Shane

Highest Quality HD Export Setting

Hi again. I've finished a project and want to export it in the absolute HIGHEST quality available, using Compressor. Could somebody tell me what codec that is? By the way, I am going to be presenting this film on a profession 36 foot screen, so I want the best quality for a large screen. File size is NOT an issue. Please note that I will be using DVD Studio Pro to put it on DVD, so I will also need a codec that is compatible with DVDSP.
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You're going to have to export 2 different files, one for projection and one for dvdsp. For projection I'd recommend an mpeg2program stream. This will maintain your pixel dimensions and frame rate and produce a great looking file. I've delivered this format for use in professionally projected venues and it plays smoothly off servers designed for this. It will usually play just fine on my dual2.5gig G5 and my macbookpro laptop. However, you will need to test it on the equipment that it will be shown with.
As for SD dvd, just use the appropriate preset in compressor for DVD.

Highest quality export

whats the highest quality export for dvd. I have a client who wants to watch it on computer, tv and projection with best quality.
Also, is a video_TS file better quality than a fcp quicktime mov file?

To get the highest quality export for DVD, you will need to buy Compressor 4 and create your own preset -- you will need to calculate the max bps based on the amount of video and the size of the DVD (SL vs DL).
Video_TS isn't a file, it is a folder and part of the structure of the DVD. DVDs use mpeg2, which is highly compressed and there will be a maximum level of quality you can get based on the length of the video.
A quicktime mov file by itself can contain most any codec, and thus any level of quality. But generally speaking, it is meant for viewing on computers, unless you have a streaming solution with something to decode it for the TV.
If your original source is HD, you could consider outputting to blu-ray.

Is "export frame" the highest quality?

Hi. Sometimes I want to have a video clip freeze. That is to say, the final product will have two or more frames that are identical, taken from a single frame of a movie clip.
The way I've been doing this is using the Source or Program monitor to find the relevant frame, export it, and re-import it as a still. Yet, it occurs to me that when watching videos in the Source or Program monitors, I am not watching the video at its highest quality. When I finally render my product, I will render it at highest quality. Does this cause a mis-match between the exported frame and my final product?
When I "export frame", does Premiere take the time to render that frame at best possible quality? Or am I just getting a preview-quality frame?
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Universal Highest Quality Export Option?

I am looking for a universal export option on my iMovie HD movies and iPhoto slide shows. It needs to be the highest quality that Apple TV can take while also being compatible with my iPhone. I've tried the "To AppleTV" option but that one is not compatible with the iPhone. I only want to encode once and not keep two or three different formats of my projects. TV shows and movies I get from the iTunes store are great quality on my TV and also sync to my iPhone. Why can I not accomplish the same? What am I missing? Please help.

Can't be done. You'll want to have two exports.
The iPhone doesn't have any "HD" options and the Apple TV does (720).
Some (most HD versions) you buy at the iTunes Store actually download two different files (one smaller version for the iPhone and iPod). The smaller version is the one that can sync to the iPhone.
Look here for some clues:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-ipod-vi deo-formats-and-display-resolutions/

Highest Quality Export - 720p

Hello all,
I am somewhat new to Adobe Premiere and definitely new to CS5. I have some uncompressed source footage that is recorded at 720p using the FRAPS codec (I recorded it from some PC games). When this source footage is played back, it looks exactly as it the game did when I was playing it. There is no loss in quality whatsoever.
So I import my FRAPS captured videos in Adobe Premiere, do some editing, adjust / add sound tracks. Now I'm ready to export. I cannot for the life of me get the exported quality to come even close to what my source footage looks like.
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NTSC
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Aspect Ratio 16:9
Level 3.2
Checked the box for "Render at maximum depth"
Checked the box for "Maximum Render Quality"
Bitrate: VBR - 2 Pass
Target and Max bitrate 20mbps
My 7 minutes of source video is about 10gb of raw footage. After this exporting it is barely over 1gb. What am I doing wrong? I have an EXTREMELY beefy computer so encoding time isn't an issue. I just want the highest quality video I can get. I can't even read the text from the game.
Thanks for your help.

You need to do a forum search for
fraps
Read all the previous discussions of the problems trying to edit those files

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When I exported I choose high resolution preference. The presentation ran perfectly in Keynote, but when I exported it to iDVD it looked horrible- like low res- the same when I burned it onto a DVD just as a test. Also, when I tried another route- exporting to Powerpoint it saved the file as .pps? What is that? None of my others have done that.
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