Ash, thanks for the info on ProRes HQ. When I started this release I wanted to use HQ as I assumed it would give better results, but as Hard Drive space was limited I consoled myself that it was probably over kill any ways and went with regular ProRes, clearly I was mistaken and will have to fix that for the next release (I have just brought a 1TB external FW800 hard drive for this very purpose.)
ChainsawAsh said:
Good call with the ProRes 422 HQ. I've only started working with Final Cut this year in my experimental editing class, but for shits and giggles I ran a comparison test between ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ, and I can tell you that the HQ looks quite a bit better.
Other than that, everything else is a bit over my head! Though I did download your sample, and while you're right that there isn't that much noise, there is a difference between the 5-capture average and the single capture, subtle though it may be.
Thanks for the feedback, its so useful to get second opinions on this kind of thing!
Captainsolo first of all thanks for the feedback its always helpful and appreciated!
captainsolo said:
Agreed. The 5 capture average just edges out the original. The HQ difference is subtle, but it is better. Your resulting file is larger though.
Did you IVTC your footage or deinterlace? And how will you add the ac3 out of curiosity.
I didn't IVTC as that's only needed for NTSC footage with 3:2 pull-down. I didn't need to de-interlace Moth3r explains why back on page 1 or 2. For the AC3 audio I used compressor to adjust the speed from NTSC to PAL, I then imported the output from that into Final Cut, turned on the audio waveforms, and used those to sync up the start of each audio file, then I used the speed change option in Final Cut to adjust the speed of each file as necessary to get it to fully sync up with the stereo, removing excess silence where necessary.
FYI for the test clip I was still using regular ProRes. :)