Help: making graphics for TV 2004-02-28 - By Alain Bellon
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I think the issue might be the interlaced video and the DivX encoding.
Write to full frames, the output device will convert to interlaced as it
passes through. Try using a non-lossy codec like any YUV codec (there
are several free ones out there andyou may already have one installed).
Or at least render to DV format (there is a free Panasonic DV codec).
Also, what are you saving your final video in? If you are saving to VHS,
all of your hard work rendering to full PAL resolution is being wasted,
as VHS will only hold about a quarter of that resolution. You are better
off encoding the final non-lossy encoded video to an MPEG2 file and
authoring a DVD out of it. Capturing to a DV tape using a DV camcorder
(will require that you save to DV format first).
I hope this helps.
-Alain Bellon
Simon Lambert wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I seem to remember that there have been threads in the past about the
> best
> ways to use tS to render animated graphics for use in TV idents, etc.
>
> I've done a few experiments today with simple animations, rendered
> them for
> PAL TV at 768x576 pixels and 25fps using odd-even interlacing and coding
> straight to Divx5.1 (interlaced, upper field first) at 4Mbps. I'm running
> the avi's in WMP and out of the composite video socket of my NVIDIA
> 440 Go
> device straight into the TV. The results don't look as good (i.e. sharp,
> smooth, it's difficult to describe!) as I would like (big surprise, given
> that it's a first attempt), but I'm not certain how to get the optimum
> out
> of this setup. My first reaction was to blame the video card, but good
> quality images from avi's or DVD's can be seen when played in the same
> way.
> So it seems that while this is hardly a 'pro' setup, I chiefly suspect
> that
> my creation of tS renders is at fault.
>
> Can any of you learned folks offer suggestions for optimum results using
> the gear that I described above? As you might imagine I have no intention
> of parting with cash to replace my gear at this time, but I would greatly
> appreciate the benefit of your experience in getting tS6.6 and the choice
> of codec to churn out the best that they are capable of.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Simes (:-)
>
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