Feedback on dark colours when I share video out
When I share my video out to either iTunes or my desktop there is some feedback or a grainy looking contrast on some of the lower light or darker colours in the movie. It does not matter what size or how I export it out, the feedback still appears. Does anyone know how to fix this.
I was running a MacBook Pro with lion on it.
Thanks
Tricia
.. ahhh, those .. !
technical term: compression artefacts.
you've probably have heard of the process of compressing data - making a 2h movie fit onto a single disk, 10k songs into your pocket, thousands of pics on a tiny SDcard. ...-
that's a lossy process; and: it multiplies its errors. Trying to compress a video (=on export from within iMovie), which was already compressed (=in your camera/phone), results in this disturbing 'blocks'.
little to do to avoid it :
a) use highest recording/export quality optional (=large files, please)
b) avoid lossy 'inbetween steps' such as from cam>>via mail >>onto DVD >> into Mac >> thru a 3rd party converter >> into iMovie_
always straight from recording device into iMovie/iPhoto
c) the recording situation is ... sub-optimal. TWO boys in the backseats .. very high contrasts, sunny outside, dark inside = super high dynamic range! consumer devices can cover max. 4-6 f-stops, means: no details in the shadows OR no detail in the window
final verdict of the German jury:
you have to live with it ...
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