thank you steve will try it! Jill
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just managed to use compressor to get 1080 footage that isnt > interlaced anymore. The settings are a tad fiddly, and I suspect that > there arent too many people wanting to export at that size anyway, as > the files will be quite big and wont play on many computer. > > So yeah it comes down to what video format you are trying to export > to, and its purpose. If you are trying to export in the same format as > the camera uses, just as someone with a DV camera may export back to a > DV format file, then its completely normal that you will retain the > interlacing, and it will not look so good when played back on the > computer. But that doesnt matter, as this stuff is for archiving and > future editing or whatever, not the format you will distribute or > watch the stuff in. > > Likewise when it becomes more normal for people to burn their HD > footage to blueray disc, you will also be fine leaving 1080 stuff > interlaced, as blueray players are already used to interlaced 1080 > footage and will play it on a TV ok. And software that plays back HD > discs on computers usually has deinterlacing built in during playback. > > So yeah its mostly when were dealing with formats to show via the web > that these interlacing issues need attention. So if you describe how > you currently export from FCP, I can give more detailed solution > instead of just boring on about interlacing in general ;) Please dont > let my long-windedness put you off, I think I could make putting on > socks sound complex! > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
