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 Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2009 21:19 Post subject: Exported video in Premiere Pro CS3 looks fuzzy |
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I can't seem to get a good crisp quality export of a FRAPS capture that I edited in Premiere Pro CS3. My original clip is 1920x1200 and my project is 1920x1080. First I exported to 1280x720 but it didn't look good maybe because it downscaled the vid. So I tried 1920x1080 and it still looks bad. I have tired numerous of settings and I always get a fuzzy output. What settings should I be looking at when creating the project and exporting?
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2009 22:18 Post subject: |
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what exactly do you mean by "fuzzy"? shitty picture quality, not fluid, horizontal lines (interlaced)? and which format/codec, bitrate etc are you using
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2009 23:18 Post subject: |
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I'm using MainConcept H.264. The bitrate is set at 8Mbps, VBR 2-pass, square pixel aspect radio.
The video is aliased. In Premiere's export output tab everything looks crisp and sharp. So I don't know whats causing the jaggy lines with the exported video.
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| Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2009 23:35 Post subject: |
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Make a screenshot of what it looks like. Maybe it's because footage is 16:10 aspect ratio and your premiere project is 16:9, but that shouldn't cause any problem.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 01:06 Post subject: |
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Here is what it looks like in Premiere output preview...
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Here is what it looks like when I export it and play it...
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No matter what bitrate I use it always looks the same. I must be doing something wrong or missing a step.
Last edited by digitalhex on Fri, 25th Sep 2009 05:12; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 01:14 Post subject: |
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Is it perhaps the scaler/resizer you use (or not use)? You said the video is 1920x1200, how do you resize it to 1920x1080? Do you crop the remaining pixels or resize? Try lanczos or spline. 
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 01:41 Post subject: |
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It was cropped out so there shouldn't be any scaling. Anyways I made another custom project at 1920x1200 res so there is no cropping involved just to be sure. Same thing happens when I export it. I don't know what is causing this.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 01:48 Post subject: |
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How do you import your video? What operating system do you have? Could you try perhaps MPEG2 as well?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 02:13 Post subject: |
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First I captured the game footage with FRAPS at full res. Then I just File> Import from within Premiere CS3. I drag the clip onto my timeline, add a title and Export using Adobe Media Encoder from the menu. Select H.264 etc...
I'm on Vista x64.
I'm exporting the MPEG2 now. I'll see if there is any improvement.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 02:19 Post subject: |
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I'm not sure at this point... It could be something with the FRAPS codec. I remember having similar issues with VirtualDub, but it was only in the preview, never in the encodes themselves.
If you have a lot of free space, I would suggest trying to encode the FRAPS AVI into lossless HuffYUV or FFV1, and then try importing. Beyond that, I'm not sure.
Edit: If MPEG2 works well, then the h264 encoder is faulty I guess.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 03:14 Post subject: |
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| digitalhex wrote: | First I captured the game footage with FRAPS at full res. Then I just File> Import from within Premiere CS3. I drag the clip onto my timeline, add a title and Export using Adobe Media Encoder from the menu. Select H.264 etc...
I'm on Vista x64.
I'm exporting the MPEG2 now. I'll see if there is any improvement. |
Well that's weird. I work with video editing quiet a lot (Premiere Pro and After Effects) and never encountered a problem like this. What you see in premiere output should be what you see in final encode.
You really should use H264 for HD video, so you should try installing CS4, which comes with vastly improved media encoder, HD capabilities and codecs. Also, what codec do you use to play back final video? It could be its fault too.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 04:08 Post subject: |
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I playback using VLC player. Windows media player also works. I have no idea what codec is used for playback. But I think FFDShow is used.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 11:02 Post subject: |
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To be sure that it isn't the media-player messing up you could import the fuzzy video back into premiere and see how it looks.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Sep 2009 17:25 Post subject: |
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No it's not the media player. I even tried to export as an uncompressed AVI with the same results. However I did a test and exported into a mov format and it was nice and sharp. Then converted to mp4. So I don't know what is going on with the direct export to mp4 and avi.
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