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Hello Brittanie
Not sure if you can help me with my camcoder. I've recently bought a Canon HF100 camcoder and I have problems with quality of the movies. The movie quality is high as long as I don't move the camera. If I move/rotate the camera while I'm shooting, in playback I can see serrate edges even in high-quality recording mode. is it an intrinsic problem or ....?
thanks
Hi Keyvan,
I think those serrated edges that you are seeing are called interlaced video frames. They are most noticeable during scenes with lots of movement. If you can see these lines while watching playback in the camera, then it might be a display setting. If you see these lines while watching on the computer, that's normal. Most TVs are interlaced and won't show these lines on the TV. But all computer monitors are progressive, and therefore, will show these interlaced frames as zig-agging lines. If you want to watch the video on your computer without a non-linear editing program, you have to de-interlace the footage. Most video editing programs can do this. Let me know if this information helps.
Brittanie
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Brittanie Flegle
Expertise
Can answer questions on: Video compression, best video equipment, consumer's guide to electronics, best computers to buy for video editing at home, how to use Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Premiere Pro, setting up your Mac or PC for video editing, how to set-up an editing bay, using Photoshop for video graphics, how to create easy video transitions, how to create a DVD menu in DVD Studio Pro, how to use iDVD, compressing for the web, exporting for TV, HD vs Standard, 4:3 vs 16:9 sequence settings, embedding different sequence settings, ripping DVDs, encoding DVD footage into editable format for FCP, etc.
Experience
Videographer and Graphic Designer at MindBites, Inc. www.MindBites.com
Freelance Home Video/DVD Editor
Freelance DVD Menu Designer
Freelance Logo Designer
Organizations
AIGA, Dorkbot, SXSW Interactive Panels Committee
Publications
MindBites blog, MindBites forums
Education/Credentials
University of Texas at Austin Radio-Television-Film Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration Certificate, current student at Austin Community College taking classes in both Motion Graphics and Interactive Media series
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