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Mohamed Younis

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I just watched this on another screen and it looks like shit. Something is wrong with the shades i cant explain it. Does anybody else know how to fix it? I think i over crushed the blacks. I'll fix it and repost
It looked perfect on my Macpro.
 
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I just watched this on another screen and it looks like shit. Something is wrong with the shades i cant explain it. Does anybody else see this or know how to fix it?
It looked perfect on my Macpro.
 
Justin Kirchhoff said:
Could be one of the monitors weren't calibrated. If you tried to watch it on a TV screen, chances are it was under some funky color profile.
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It showed a lot of digital artifacts on the shades. I hope im using the right words. The shades from grey to black werent smooth. I watched in on a laptop and on two computer screens
 
Mohamed Younis said:
It showed a lot of digital artifacts on the shades. I hope im using the right words. The shades from grey to black werent smooth. I watched in on a laptop and on two computer screens
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Banding i think is what you mean.
 
Mohamed Younis said:
It showed a lot of digital artifacts on the shades. I hope im using the right words. The shades from grey to black werent smooth. I watched in on a laptop and on two computer screens
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Definitely banding. Depends what the bit depth of the monitor is, not to mention what codec you rendered the footage out to (I'm thinking h.264)
 
Justin Kirchhoff said:
Definitely banding. Depends what the bit depth of the monitor is, not to mention what codec you rendered the footage out to (I'm thinking h.264)
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you're right h.264. I always used Mpeg2 but i keep hearing about how H.264 is superior, faster, etc. Any ideas on how to fix it?
 
Mohamed Younis said:
you're right h.264. I always used Mpeg2 but i keep hearing about how H.264 is superior, faster, etc. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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It's an 8-bit codec. It's destined to have banding. Depending on what program you're using to encode it, there may be a few options that allow you to reduce banding. It may soften the image some as it smooths out the colors quite a bit.
 
Justin Kirchhoff said:
It's an 8-bit codec. It's destined to have banding. Depending on what program you're using to encode it, there may be a few options that allow you to reduce banding. It may soften the image some as it smooths out the colors quite a bit.
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Can I just use a different codec? Anyway to get around it without softening the image? I used Premiere Pro to export. Do you suggest I export using another program? different codecs?
Thanks for all your help.
 
Mohamed Younis said:
Can I just use a different codec? Anyway to get around it without softening the image? I used Premiere Pro to export. Do you suggest I export using another program? different codecs?
Thanks for all your help.
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I export a FULL quality file (no compression) then through QUICKTIME 7 I export it to WEB/DESKTOP, and it takes 1/10th of the time of compressor or doing it through FCP..
http://vimeo.com/30890974 (this was compressed that way)
Sorry the video is pretty boring.. but the first 30 seconds are ok!
 
Justin Marx said:
I export a FULL quality file (no compression) then through QUICKTIME 7 I export it to WEB/DESKTOP, and it takes 1/10th of the time of compressor or doing it through FCP..
http://vimeo.com/30890974 (this was compressed that way)
Sorry the video is pretty boring.. but the first 30 seconds are ok!
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That video was very soothing for some reason. I never get to watch trains in Egypt. There's something about it that makes me feel that it's not that hard to let go and just start over.
Anyway I can only export full quality on After effects and i can never export the audio there for some reason... Any other programs where I can export full quality with audio. Also after i export thrtough quicktime, what kind of codec am i getting? I undestand its a .mov file but what kind of compression is it?
 
Mohamed Younis said:
That video was very soothing for some reason. I never get to watch trains in Egypt. There's something about it that makes me feel that it's not that hard to let go and just start over.
Anyway I can only export full quality on After effects and i can never export the audio there for some reason... Any other programs where I can export full quality with audio. Also after i export thrtough quicktime, what kind of codec am i getting? I undestand its a .mov file but what kind of compression is it?
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Under your export settings in After Effects you need to check a box that says Audio Output
 
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