OK so I'm sure this is not the first time it's been asked but I need help major!!!!
I'm transferring the video onto the comp via firwire but the quality is crap when I blow it up on the screen? I have a pretty decent cam so quality shouldn't be an issue(Canon GL2). Granted I'm using windows movie maker right now, eventually I will be upgrading to something more ideal. Any suggestions would be great?
What's causing the bad quality? simple fix?
Also kinda just looking for all to guide to movie making the after filming part editing, filtering, eventually making dvds. Basically a crash course in it all?
Thanks
Phil
Yes, the simple fix is not using Windows movie maker.
Check your preview settings, your import settings and if you're exporting, check your export settings.
yes I had sort of a problem as urs,the editing prgram does matter alot, and suggest to get off windows,once you do u will see a difference in quality and the ability to edit the movie
for a pretty good cheap program,id suggest magix pro,i have recently created a 35 min movie and sold it. The program made it easy to edit and burn the dvd. def worth the 50$
thats my take,hope it helps
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The most probable solution would be to do as the others suggest: dump Windows Movie Maker.
But, if you still feel compelled to use it, then by all means, do so.
The poor quality you're expierencing is due to WMM's poor Preview quality.
I know it looks terrible in the preview window, but when you actually export the video in a loseless AVI, it'll look much better.
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Matthew Wesley Miller
Yeah, as far as i recall WMM shouldnt be causing any quality issues when you actually go to view the real file (i hope your not making judgement calls based off the preview window). All capturing programs use the exact same codec (defualt m$ AVI 25Mbs dv codec) and none, not even premiere give you any special "quality" options, so what you see is what you get. The lack of quality is probably because your shooting DV which is a 1:5 compression ratio right off the bat, and typically 4:2:2 which means you lose some color information in the process.
If you want higher quality then shoot HD. DV wasnt meant for the big screen, but on small screens it looks great.
