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I have edited dozens of movies on FCP X (Mac) with Compressor. While the quality is okay for smartphone viewing, on a computer monitor or television it's just very soft. While editing, the edges and colors are crisp. After export it looks like it was filmed with a potato.
I see many crisp HD videos online and I have heard people do this with normal file sizes (500MB or so for a 3 minute movie). That said, even if I change settings and have very large file sizes, the export quality is significantly degraded from what I see while editing. I must be missing something in the export process.
I had found the VBR exports to greatly increase file size, so I have been using constant bit rate at 20,000 kbs for 1080P compressor exports. It seems to give me decent quality with reasonable file sizes. However, now that I'm starting to edit with the Mavic I really want exports that better represent the original video quality.
Thanks for any tips you can share!
I see many crisp HD videos online and I have heard people do this with normal file sizes (500MB or so for a 3 minute movie). That said, even if I change settings and have very large file sizes, the export quality is significantly degraded from what I see while editing. I must be missing something in the export process.
I had found the VBR exports to greatly increase file size, so I have been using constant bit rate at 20,000 kbs for 1080P compressor exports. It seems to give me decent quality with reasonable file sizes. However, now that I'm starting to edit with the Mavic I really want exports that better represent the original video quality.
Thanks for any tips you can share!