Basic Video Questions

[JohnReid]

I have a 5D markii, a pc (as apposed to a Mac), Photoshop CS5 extended, Photoshop Premier Elements, MPEG streamclip and AVID Codecs.

I would like to make simple movies from my 5D footage, but the footage seems to crash my computer everytime I try. I've tried converting the footage with MPEG streamclip, but I'm not sure what settings to use, for example:

• Should de-interlaced be checked?
• What quality should the footage be rendered to?
• What size should it be rendered to?

Most of my footage is of landscapes and I would like to put an HD video on Vimeo, but I'm sure I don't need the size of the native files.

Any suggestions?

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Hi John!

Sorry I missed this!

Quick answers:

1. Don't de-interlace... the 5D shoots progressive (1080p)

2. really depends on what you want in the final I render to 95 quality for my stock footage (HUGE FILES) but only about 50% on the stuff that goes to web

3. again... depends on what you want your end result to be used for

[*]1. Should de-interlaced be checked?[*]2. What quality should the footage be rendered to?[*]3. What size should it be rendered to?[/LIST]Most of my footage is of landscapes and I would like to put an HD video on Vimeo, but I'm sure I don't need the size of the native files.

Any suggestions?

Remember the native files are not RAW files. the are quite heavily compressed h.264 files already...

[Jason Williams]

http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:23548

I hope the link is fine??????

This is a thread on vimeo with the proper render settings for mpeg streamclip when using a pc and they include all the pros and cons of the software. Really helped me out a lot. Hope it does same for you.

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Excellent, Thanx!

http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:23548

I hope the link is fine??????

This is a thread on vimeo with the proper render settings for mpeg streamclip when using a pc and they include all the pros and cons of the software. Really helped me out a lot. Hope it does same for you.