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lizpify
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October 12, 2015
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Improve resolution/quality of my video

  • October 12, 2015
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Hi, I've just completed a 50 sec promo clip for a client. it was put together using footage from my canon 5D, some .MOV clips people sent me, and various stills.

some stills were maybe not so high quality, I'd have to go back and check them. Could this affect the overall possible render quality? It is destined for client's FB page and website. I've tried different settings for export but the video remains slightly blurry, esp when maximised on screen. Tried 'match sequence settings' which gives me MPEG Preview 568x320 24fps, progressive (to match source) and all options greyed out. This gave me a tiny blurry 16MB file. Unusable really.

Then I tried H.264 either custom or match source medium bit rate which gave me another tiny file 18MB

then I tied MP4 which tried to render at 15 fps and ended up around 1MB.

Can anyone point me to anything I can study to learn more as I really don't know what I'm doing.

Last project was all footage and still from my 5D and same around 50 secs in duration. it took ages to render and ended up 204MB file! Clear as a bell...

now I'm trying H.264 match source High Bit rate which says it will be 61MB.

Do you think these issues are all to do with mixing and matching random stills and footage? need to learn more about this.

meanwhile client is saying it's too blurry

But my bottom task bar is sitting too high and no matter what I try I can't reach the button to Queue Aaagh!

Any help or advice appreciated

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Alinaca
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March 14, 2022

I found this trick, very useful:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/any-tips-for-improving-quality-of-low-res-video/m-p/11353994

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Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 12, 2015

What are the sequence settings,568x320 seems very small for 5D footage.

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SAFEHARBOR11
Participating Frequently
October 12, 2015

Proper Sequence Settings are critical when starting a New Project. Having this set incorrectly is setting up for failure at the end, as you have found. Your 5D footage is likely 1080p or 720p, which would be 1920x1080 or 1280x720 respectively, and likely 29.97 frames per second (proper video is never 15fps).

What likely happened is that the first piece of media that you added to the new timeline sequence was the 568x320 video clip (very low quality) and Premiere matched the sequence settings to that poor footage. Everything that followed was "dumbed down" to that quality unfortunately.

Right-click a 5D clip in the Project Bin and select Properties to see what the resolution ought to be for the Sequence. What you can do is drag your 5D clip onto the "New Item" button, just left of Trash Can, to create a new matching Sequence (you may have to expand the window to the right to see all the icons at bottom). Then go back to the original sequence and do "Ctrl + A" to Select All, then go to new sequence you made and "Ctrl + V" to Paste All. This will effectively move your entire edited timeline to a "proper" sequence. You may need to re-do some titles, scale some media to fit, etc., but this is probably the best route to use to salvage what you have.

Then when exporting, never use "Match Source". Decide how you want to deliver and choose an appropriate format and preset, just for example "H.264" and "YouTube 720p 29.97".

There other alternatives to consider. Let's say the 5D footage is 1080p, but you have a bunch of other footage to use that is SD quality - or worse. Then maybe compromise and work in a 720p sequence - the 1080p clips will be reduced some, but will still look great at 720p, then the lower quality material does not have to be blown up quite as much going to 720p versus 1080p. In any case, make sure that the frame rate matches the primary footage (the 5D clips). Changing frame rates can really do a number on the final quality!

Thanks

Jeff Pulera

Safe Harbor Computers

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    lizpifyAuthor
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    October 13, 2015

    Thank you so much for your help. Much appreciated. Will try the above and be more aware and careful next time! Thanks again for taking the time to reply with this info...

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