SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch?
by Eoin Ryan
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Nov 18, 2008 at 9:45:56 pm
Can someone explain why the SD footage I have looks terrible when opened with Quicktime, directly from the Capture Scratch folder on my Mac, but looks great when on a DVD and playing on my TV? I've always wondered this. The footage looks absolutely terrible when opened in Quicktime just after I bring it in on a deck from a tape. Thanks.
Re: SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch? by David Roth Weiss on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:27:25 pm
Also, in Quicktime Player go to Window>>Show Movie Properties>>Video Track>>Visual Settings and make certain to check the "High Quality" box.
In addition, go to Quicktime Player>>Preferences and check t ebox all th eway down at the bottom that says, "Enable Final Cut Studio color compatibility."
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Re: SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch? by Eoin Ryan on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:55:32 pm
That is truly amazing.
So simple. Yet amazing.
Does this mean that if I go into Capture Scratch and do this to quicktime files that I'm currently editing in Final Cut Pro, it will make the quality better in that particular project?
Re: SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch? by David Roth Weiss on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:12:59 pm
[Eoin Ryan]"Does this mean that if I go into Capture Scratch and do this to quicktime files that I'm currently editing in Final Cut Pro, it will make the quality better in that particular project?"
No, you asked about opening with the Quicktime Player, or so I thought.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW's Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
Re: SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch? by Eoin Ryan on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:22:13 pm
Yeah I asked about Quicktime Player footage quality and you answered and were correct. I'm just following up on that and am wondering that if I change the Quicktime files in Capture Scratch to high quality for a project that I'm currently working on, will it make the image appear sharper?
Re: SD footage looks terrible in Capture Scratch? by Eoin Ryan on Nov 20, 2008 at 1:25:10 pm
Hi, yes it doesn't seem to make it sharper in FCPro, you're right.
Let me run this by you and you can tell me if I'm dreaming or not:
I exported DV PAL Anamorphic on my desktop as a FCPro quicktime file, ready to drop into iDVD. I right-clicked the file, and opened as a quicktime movie. I went to properties and checked High Quality, and the quality improved on the screen before my very eyes. I saved the changes. The DVD is now burning as I write this (an hour to go). Should I see a difference in the encode/when the DVD is burned, because I ticked high quality?
