MPEG source video looks fuzzy on DV sequence
Please excuse my inexperience, but I would like some advice. My school just purchased two JVC Everio GZ-HD7U cameras, and we are using CS4 for post-production. We shot some video, copied the video .TOD files to my computer, used JVC's software to convert to MPEG, and loaded the video into PP.
When I preview the video in the source monitor, it looks great. Really crisp, good color, etc. When I create a Widescreen DV 48kHz sequence from the preset and drop in this clip, the video looks very blurry in the Program window. However, when I make a sequence from the HDV 60i preset, the video looks just as phenomenal as in the source monitor.
Here's the properties on a typical source video:
Type: MPEG Movie
File Size: 302.7 MB
Image Size: 1440 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00;03;13;04
Average Data Rate: 1.6 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.3333
I assumed that since the video was shot in 1440 x 1080 that it would look fine when resized to 720 x 480 (DV). What is the reason that it looks so blurry? I noticed that the "Fields" dropdown on the HDV 60i preset shows Upper Field First whereas the DV preset shows Lower Field First; is this a reason?
Thanks for the advice,
Matthew
Quality aside - process related question. I have an HDV sequence on the timeline in PP cs4 which I "Send to Encore" with Dynamic Link.(All updated to latest level) I open Encore and set the project to DVD with the default settings. The clip is imported into Encore and I edit the Transcode Settings > Export Settings Presets, I set Format to Mpeg2-DVD. Under Basic Video Settings I select Widescreen 16:9. On Source I select crop and crop 12 pixels off the top and bottom. The Output Crop Setting is set to scale to fit. I Select OK and name the preset Test. On Exit I set the Transcode Settings DVD Transcoding Quality Preset to the preset Test. The Video is transcoded but the crop settings are Not applied. Should the crop setting should be applied (Dynamic Link bug)? If I export thru AME with the same transcoder settings the crop is applied.
Thanks.
LXC
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