compression for vimeo

[Ershov Kirill]

Guys anybody can suggest best settings for exporting from final cut to vimeo... i made everything as vimeo told but my picture is not so sharp and a little bit darker....

 

[Jesper Sichlau]

+1 Even the plain white on black text doesn't look like 1080p in my upload.

 

[Zeb B]

I use the current issue of Compressor with good results. Over saturate a bit since that will get beaten up with compression.

 

[Ershov Kirill]

for me the main thing is sharpness... can't understand what's the problem, for example when i make according to vimeo instructions best compression settings for my scarlet footage it seems softer on vimeo 30%... and people can,t see my result.

 

[Mark Phelan]

Have a look at this thread.

I've had great results using these settings for Vimeo from FCP7.

 

[Andrew clemson]

Ive been told that 720P is a better option for vimeo anyway

 

[Mark Kuczewski]

I would export a high quality pro res version then use a free program called mpeg stream clip. Change to mp4 h264 in that and set the bitrate to around 9000kbps. That should give you a decent looking version for Vimeo

 

[Nick Morrison]

Ive been told that 720P is a better option for vimeo anyway

Vimeo allows for 1080 if you have a pro account:
https://vimeo.com/pro

I encode all our files H264 (or X264, even better) at 15,000kps with 2pass-VBR, 1080p, and they look fine.