best camcorder imovie 09 image
Frans Van
I just got a new HD camcorder, the Sony HDR-CX12. And I got iMovie '09. I have a basic idea of what Youtube wants but I tried the 1280x720 and it seems to still be a little fuzzy. I've also tried raising the FPS to 30 frames per second. Is using the 1920x1080 with 30FPS format better for Youtube?
Answer
I suggest you watch this YouTube tutorial.
I use the settings he recommends and this is the results I get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_4dCTPcQA&fmt=22
I record in 1280 x 720 at 30fps on my camera.
I don't think that YouTube can handle more than 1280 x 720.
YouTube also recommends not changing the frame rate - leave it as whatever you camera uses or was set at. Every time you recode your video, it will suffer.
regards, Zyfert
I suggest you watch this YouTube tutorial.
I use the settings he recommends and this is the results I get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_4dCTPcQA&fmt=22
I record in 1280 x 720 at 30fps on my camera.
I don't think that YouTube can handle more than 1280 x 720.
YouTube also recommends not changing the frame rate - leave it as whatever you camera uses or was set at. Every time you recode your video, it will suffer.
regards, Zyfert
I have a JVC Everio GZ-E10 how can I get the professional look of music videos?
D Luv
I have been shooting video with my JVC Everio GZ-E10, and editing it with iMovie 09, but I can't seem to get that clean polished look of professional clear HD video, does anyone have any suggestions or tips for me?
Answer
Start with low-compression, high quality video capture. In your case, that will be difficult because the GZ-E10 is a consumer grade camcorder that captures high compression video. The best you can do - assuming you don't change the camcorder - is to check the camcorder's options and be sure you are recording in "highest quality".
We don't know what you are comparing to. Generally, the camcorders and cameras used in professional projects use video capture devices with much larger lens diameter and imaging chip systems compared to your camcorder. Without knowing the actual filter diameter (no spec) your camcorder's lens diameter is probably in the 30mm range and the spec on the single imaging chip is about 1/6 inch. Compare this to pro-grade camcorders that have 70mm lens diameter or larger aand if a camcorder, use a 3CMOS or 3CCD imaging chip array that is 1/3 inch or larger.
Then there's lighting. Your camcorder's small lens and imaging chip require LOTS of lighting (this is a Physics issue) to properly behave.
Assuming we get all the above done, that leave how the video gets from the camcorder into iMovie (hopefully also at "highest quality"), and rendering the final project from iMovie (don't use the preset Share: Export Movie..., use the "Share: Export using Quicktime..."
Export: Movie to Quicktime Movie
click options
Video settings: Compression type h.264... Compressor: Quality: High or Best... leave the rest alone
OK
Video: Size: Dimensions 1980x1080 HD and check mark in the de-interlace.
OK.
OK.
Name the file and set the destination. Save.
Playback on your computer will be different from playback on YouTube and other sites.
Experience is probably the biggest contributor. Someone with no experience and no skill using the best equipment available will usually capture poor video. Someone with experience using low end equipment can capture good video because they know the first step it to learn the limitations of the equipment and use the equipment in a manner in which it was designed to be used - not try to make the equipment do something it was not designed to do.
Start with low-compression, high quality video capture. In your case, that will be difficult because the GZ-E10 is a consumer grade camcorder that captures high compression video. The best you can do - assuming you don't change the camcorder - is to check the camcorder's options and be sure you are recording in "highest quality".
We don't know what you are comparing to. Generally, the camcorders and cameras used in professional projects use video capture devices with much larger lens diameter and imaging chip systems compared to your camcorder. Without knowing the actual filter diameter (no spec) your camcorder's lens diameter is probably in the 30mm range and the spec on the single imaging chip is about 1/6 inch. Compare this to pro-grade camcorders that have 70mm lens diameter or larger aand if a camcorder, use a 3CMOS or 3CCD imaging chip array that is 1/3 inch or larger.
Then there's lighting. Your camcorder's small lens and imaging chip require LOTS of lighting (this is a Physics issue) to properly behave.
Assuming we get all the above done, that leave how the video gets from the camcorder into iMovie (hopefully also at "highest quality"), and rendering the final project from iMovie (don't use the preset Share: Export Movie..., use the "Share: Export using Quicktime..."
Export: Movie to Quicktime Movie
click options
Video settings: Compression type h.264... Compressor: Quality: High or Best... leave the rest alone
OK
Video: Size: Dimensions 1980x1080 HD and check mark in the de-interlace.
OK.
OK.
Name the file and set the destination. Save.
Playback on your computer will be different from playback on YouTube and other sites.
Experience is probably the biggest contributor. Someone with no experience and no skill using the best equipment available will usually capture poor video. Someone with experience using low end equipment can capture good video because they know the first step it to learn the limitations of the equipment and use the equipment in a manner in which it was designed to be used - not try to make the equipment do something it was not designed to do.
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