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Q: How do I get the quality of my movie to match the quality of the export?

When I export my sequence into a Quicktime movie the quality is much worse than it appears in the editor. More specifically, it looks washed out. Thanks for any support and information on how to resolve this issue.

Posted on Jun 24, 2014 11:59 PM

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Q: How do I get the quality of my movie to match the quality of the export?

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  • by Alchroma,

    Alchroma Alchroma Jun 25, 2014 1:03 AM in response to ratinthehat
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    Jun 25, 2014 1:03 AM in response to ratinthehat

    Export your Timeline as Quicktime Movie not one of the Compression options.

     

    Al

  • by ratinthehat0,

    ratinthehat0 ratinthehat0 Jun 25, 2014 7:31 AM in response to Alchroma
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    Jun 25, 2014 7:31 AM in response to Alchroma

    This is me, the questioner, on a different account. It's with that option that I have the problem. It's a better quality than the compression but still washed out. On a side note, wherever I export to Quicktime the file needs time to convert before I can view it. Maybe its that process that degrades the quality?

     

    I've attached an image to compare the quality:image.tiff

  • by ratinthehat0,

    ratinthehat0 ratinthehat0 Jun 25, 2014 7:35 AM in response to ratinthehat0
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    Jun 25, 2014 7:35 AM in response to ratinthehat0

    The image doesn't work, but anyway it's not drastically worse but after so much time color correcting and doing such things the difference to me is huge.

  • by Meg The Dog,

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Jun 25, 2014 10:31 AM in response to ratinthehat0
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    Jun 25, 2014 10:31 AM in response to ratinthehat0

    Are you viewing in QuickTime 7? Open the preferences and make sure  Use high-quality video setting when available is checked.

     

    QuickTime Player 7ScreenSnapz001.png

     

    MtD

  • by ratinthehat0,

    ratinthehat0 ratinthehat0 Jun 25, 2014 1:34 PM in response to Meg The Dog
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    Jun 25, 2014 1:34 PM in response to Meg The Dog

    It says it's Quicktime 10.3? I couldn't find where that setting is, the one in the picture.

     

    I actually solved the problem by exporting a short sample of the movie with an additional color-corrector filter to counter the washed-out look that exported Quicktime movie was giving me until I got the image to be just right, then I applied it to every frame and each looks very close to its source in the editor. It worked really well.

     

    Thank you all for the suggestions. This works for me, but as my method seems to be the "hard" way, if anyone knows of a more practical solution, answers would still be useful.

  • by Meg The Dog,

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Jun 25, 2014 5:49 PM in response to ratinthehat0
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    Jun 25, 2014 5:49 PM in response to ratinthehat0

    To verify, this is with Final Cut Express, not FCP-X, correct?

    You should have a copy of QuickTime Player 7 on your system if you have installed Final Cut Express.

    It is sometime located in the Utilities folder on your computer:

    FinderScreenSnapz001.png

    QuickTime X is not suitable for this kind of work. It is a general purpose player. I (IMHO) would not steer my color correction by what QuickTime X is showing me.

     

    MtD

  • by Alchroma,

    Alchroma Alchroma Jun 26, 2014 2:54 AM in response to ratinthehat0
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    Jun 26, 2014 2:54 AM in response to ratinthehat0

    What type of files are you using?

    Find out by right clicking a clip in the Browser and select Item Properties.

     

    Al