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1. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
JSS1138 Dec 9, 2011 1:46 PM (in response to dakooler1)It's very difficult to judge the quality of video unless you have a proper monitoring solution set up, which means a calibrated external TV of the highest quality you can afford. That is the reference. How it looks there is all you can really worry about and adjust for. Otherwise, there's just too many variables.
So...do you have that calibrated TV in the chain?
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2. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
Rallymax-forum Dec 9, 2011 1:59 PM (in response to dakooler1)- It looks like you're coming up against some of the colorspace handling issues that the Premiere pipeline has.
Since your source is 60i AVCHD it's HD and thus rec709 colorspace. If it gets encoded with the standard rec601 colorspace (SD sizes are this) then all the colors get crushed. Look for a "709" and "601" radio button in your export settings. If it's not there you're out of luck.
- The "blurry" is probably a poor quality de-interlacer. If Vimeo permits interlaced vs progressive do that instead. it's always cleaner to stay in the same video format all the way through.
TECHNICAL ASIDE:
rec709 is a triangle of possible colors that can be expressed by mixing of ratios of 3 emitters (the R G B corners of the triangle). (they are the RGB phosphors of a CRT and now LCD pixel elements)
rec709 is a bigger triangle than rec601 so it's capable of more colors. but if you accidently map that triangle's corners to the coordinates of rec601 it gets crushed.
In photography the "sRGB" uses the rec709 triangle. A bigger triangle that that is "Adobe RGB". So if you work in Adobe RGB and export to sRGB without conversion the colors get crushed because sRGB in inside the triangle of "Adobe RGB".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srgb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/CIExy1931_sRGB.svg - It looks like you're coming up against some of the colorspace handling issues that the Premiere pipeline has.
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3. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
dakooler1 Dec 10, 2011 11:49 AM (in response to JSS1138)Jim- I don't have my monitor calibrated-- Can you point me in the direction of a good (preferably free) program that will help me do this?
I should also add that the color looks good in premiere pro, but not after exporting but still viewing on the same monitor.
rallymax- Thanks for the insight. I'll look into the 709 when exporting. Is there anything else I should do? Match the settings to the sequence? Is it ok to export in the VimeoHD settings?
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4. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
cvid01 Dec 10, 2011 4:41 PM (in response to dakooler1)Just a far out thought. Is it possible that the footage is actually progressive and not interlaced as originally thought?
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5. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
dakooler1 Dec 10, 2011 5:23 PM (in response to cvid01)I've checked and it's definitely shooting in 60i. thanks anyways!
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6. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
Jay Gladwell Dec 12, 2011 8:20 AM (in response to dakooler1)Read this thread http://forums.adobe.com/message/3695506#3695506 and see if:
1. It's the same problem you're having, and
2. Does the suggested fix help your video?
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7. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
dakooler1 Dec 12, 2011 9:32 AM (in response to Jay Gladwell)Jay- That helped with the color! Thanks!
Now I'm trying to figure out why my video looks blurry. It even seems to look like that in premiere pro.
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8. Re: Help with exporting. Video looks horrible after export, but great when in premiere pro
Jay Gladwell Dec 12, 2011 12:46 PM (in response to dakooler1)Sorry, no idea as to why it would be blurry, unless it was shot that way,



