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You've probably heard this whine before: "All I wanted to do was make a simple video..."
Before your help, my state of mind was 'fear and loathing" with PD
Now I feel a little more like the kid in the song Camp Grenada. Thanks for making the sun come out.
I downloaded VLC, found Preferences (the video tutorial was exc.), added 1 sec transitions, and produced as H.264.
It's not great art but is much better than before.
Now I'll be searching for a better camera for video (both my Fuji's have huge background audio noise, and they won't do manual focus during video - so focus keeps jumping). It would be nice to have one for the RV and motorcycle anyway.
And it looks like I'll have to build a faster pc (it's now P4 2.4CGHz 800 fsb, 2G RAM, with ATI Radeon 9600XT 128M 8X).
I'm not sure my wife will thank you for the last two.
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Hi Tony,
It is 4:3.
I don't have either HD option on th epull-down list; Normal Preview Resolution and Real-Time Preview are checked.
I tried viewing the zoomed clip after checking Fine Preview Resolution and it is crisper. Thank you.
Does switching to Fine Preview Resolution make any difference resolution of the clip in the produced file? If so I'll produce it again but I'd guess not.
You've been so helpful with this, I'd like to ask your advice on how to get the best quality video for a short YouTube piece.
Windows-AVI or DV-AVI. I believe YouTube advises that MP4 is better but it takes over 20 minutes to produce and then I can't view it even with QuickTime.
Attached: original JPG file and snap-shot from zoomed part of video (taken from the preview window and converted to jpg because the bitmap file was so large.
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Correction to my last post:
In the window:
the image looks crisp when I just click on it,
becomes blurred when I drag it to the timeline area, click on Magic Motion, and Pan and Zoom,
then shows up crisp again in the new window when I click on Motion Designer.
However, it reverts to very blurred after using Motion Designer.
I'm new to PD, so maybe I just have video res set too low?
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Thank you both for the detailed info and advice.
I'm very familiar with the fact that any image looses res when zoomed/cropped. What's happening w/PD10 on Pan and Zoom goes far beyond this.
The source image is 2592 x 1944 and is close to the 4:3 video aspect ratio. The image looks crisp and clear in the viewing window before pan and zoom effects, but goes very fuzzy (looks very blurred or out of focus) after, even though the start point of the zoom is the full image.
Adding to the confusion, the third or fourth item I tried zoom and Pan, it looked better (but still not good).
This is not a HD project, just a simple YouTube video to illustrate on of my new products. I 'produce' it as an avi file but the image undergoes the degradation before that step (immediately upon the pan and zoom).
I appreciate your comments very much. I'm new to this forum and can already tell the quality and generosity of the members.
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Hi,
I used Pan and Zoom and Motion designer on a jpg.
Although the image was displayed sharp with good res in the Motion designer window, it became very low-res and blurry after completing the Pan and Zoom.
I tried it a second time and it was a little less blurry but still much worse than the original image.
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
John
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