No problem. You'll also want to crop off any tiny black borders along the edges first, so if you use crop(8,0,-8,-0), you would be using 704 instead of 720 for width. I also want to make it clear that what I've said are just general guidelines not set in stone. You don't have to be too afraid when altering the height or width. On the contrary, it could act as a cleaning step, so just use whatever dimensions you want as long as width/height~=1.7777 (for 16:9 footage). Down-scaling the height might bit much if you are really concerned about quality, but the other option besides (anamorphic encoding) is to do a minor upscale to ~848x480, which is what a lot of people do. Hell, if you have the time/space, you might as well do it. It'll also make the '480p' option appear on YouTube. Just be mindful of the difference in amount of data that needs to be processed 704*396=278784px vs 848*480=407040px (~46% more pixels to encode/decode/store), and you don't exactly gain much. Like, personally I doubt I'm gonna watch your AMV and say to myself: "wow, look at that crappy 396p footage... it would look sooo much better at 480p!" 720p maybe, but at that point, I'm watching your AMV, not looking at quality, so I'll let you decide what's important.The_TEKnician wrote:i dunno, scaling 480 down to 400 seems like a LOT, but apparently it's okay. Guess it just looks small on my 27" iMac.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP Phantasmagoriat!
A lot of NLE's will try to automatically adjust your footage to meet DVD standards, especially since most people capture their footage using a camera intended for DVD output. I hate it when programs try to automate things for meThe_TEKnician wrote:OMFG...Final cut keeps altering my imported footage to 720x480 because it can't recognize 720x400! DAMMIT!
I would consider trying 848x480 if you can, simply because certain programs, filters, and encoding techniques later may require pixel-divisibility by 8, or at least 4. In computing, the 'magic' numbers are any exponential values of 2, like 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. The higher the value, the more compatible/efficient, which is the reasoning behind mod16. However, if 853 works, I guess that's the most important thing. You can always crop/resize your final AMV later. Just try to be aware of any black borders it may add; or resizing FC does to your footage. One of the biggest causes of quality loss is when an NLE alters your footage somehow without you knowing. The best results are always achieved when your footage passes straight through your NLE.Okay, how about this: 853x480 anamorphic. 853/480=1.777. It seems to work fine when i send it to FCPX.
I don't really see the point in resizing a 4:3 source to 853x480. Everything would look stretched horizontally, unless you flagged or resized it afterwards. There are 3 main ways to make 4:3 footage 16:9: Resizing to "Fit" 853x480 (in this case, 640x480). Cropping off the top/bottom and scaling up the result to match your resolution, or adding pillarboxes to the sized. You may find the pictures in my BestFit() function useful to understand what I mean. Just go to the the pictures labeled [FULLSCREEN SOURCE]:Would I be too picky if i said i wanted ALL my footage to be 853x480 too? Even my Eureka Seven DVDs which are 4:3? lets say i resized my E7 DVDs to match 16:9, if they are the same AR but not the same height/width, would a minor difference in size affect the project as a whole?
The_TEKnician wrote:Would I be too picky if i said i wanted ALL my footage to be 853x480 too? Even my Eureka Seven DVDs which are 4:3? lets say i resized my E7 DVDs to match 16:9, if they are the same AR but not the same height/width, would a minor difference in size affect the project as a whole?
The_TEKnician wrote:I mean no disrespect, but earlier, i mentioned that i cant avisynth on my iMac because of Lion 10.7.1's software incompatibility issue. I REEEEEAALLY DONT WANNA RUN PARALLELS. Crossover and Wine don't work either.
The_TEKnician wrote:I mean no disrespect, but earlier, i mentioned that i cant avisynth on my iMac because of Lion 10.7.1's software incompatibility issue. I REEEEEAALLY DONT WANNA RUN PARALLELS. Crossover and Wine don't work either.
Phantasmagoriat wrote:In this case leaving it at 720x480 and flagging it with the correct AR might not be such a bad choice
Nya-chan Production wrote:Buy a PC.
gotenks794 wrote:I gave you a wonderful solution.. have you tried it?
Nya-chan Production wrote:No, seriously, what's the point in editing in something that doesn't give you an option to define your quality and AR? |:
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