Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-27 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Ditto what Verdi said. I've been exporting from FCE -- DV stream (for archiving) -- QT Pro -- compress for web for a while now, though not for the reasons you mention, JD. Just seems like QT's compression is faster / better -- for the lack of bells whistles maybe. Delighted to have

[videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-23 Thread JD Lasica
Hi, I've been experiencing a strange problem. I shoot my videos in HD on a Canon VH20 at 1440x1080 (and output the finished works at 480x270). When I output the finished video in iMovie (as mp4, .mov or .m4v for the iphone), they turn out fine. When I output it in Final Cut Pro, they turn out

Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-23 Thread Rupert
This is such a common problem. I see it driving people mad all the time. Usually if there's a difference between iMovie and FCP when using the same export settings, the problem is not in the Export settings (which are the same), it's in the Sequence settings. Chances are there's an

Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-23 Thread Michael Verdi
Hey JD - for some reason FCP has been borked like this back to version 4.5 or whenever they came up with the ipod presets. What I do is export a full resolution copy from FCP and open that in QuickTime pro and then compress from there. QuickTime pro gets it right. Doesn't make sense but that's the

Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-23 Thread Rupert
It *should* work, though. I have a different experience to you, Verdi. I love iPod Export - It works for me, unless the settings get screwed like I described before. I've often found that, if everything else is in order, iPod export gives a better quality and faster export than almost

Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp

2008-10-23 Thread Pat Cook
://kb0oxdcybershacknews.blogspot.com/ THE LEFT WING CONSERVATIVE - http://theleftwingconservative.blogspot.com/ From: Rupert Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:03 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] iphone compression in imovie and fcp It *should* work, though. I have a different