Jagged video

The video is SD mini-dv shot on canon gl1 (old school) and looks fine in the viewer after log and capture. But when inserted to timeline it has jagged edges and exports very pixelated making me and client tres unhappy. This has not happened on other projects shot with this camera. Thought it might be compressor but happens when exporting from FCP too. Thought removing color correction filter might help but that doesn't make it any less jagged. Burned through Toast. Would deinterlacing help? Any other suggestions?

davey8402jones wrote:
Putting soft focus filter on seems to "round out" the edges. Could this be a camera issue? I've shot with this camera before under similar conditions and not had this problem.
It's only a camera issue if you modified the shooting settings between your last gig and this one. I've never used this Canon, don't know what it can do.
davey8402jones wrote:
The video is SD mini-dv shot on canon gl1 (old school) and looks fine in the viewer after log and capture. But when inserted to timeline it has jagged edges and exports very pixelated...
this just isn't possible without deliberate decisions on your part. DV is, as we say, DV. Your timeline is DV. Your export, unless you have changed something, is DV. For your export to be pixelate, you must decide to increase the compression dramatically. You can check the accuracy by setting up an export of a a known clip and comparing the size of the original and exported file, they must be exactly the same. If tghe export is smaller, it is being compressed.
davey8402jones wrote:
This has not happened on other projects shot with this camera.
Then the cause must be in your use of FCP, yes?
davey8402jones wrote:
Would deinterlacing help? Any other suggestions?
Deinterlacing throws away one field of information. That will not help because the field that remains is still going to look jagged or pixelated.
bogiesan

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