Blurry Videos

Tregarth wrote on 12/12/2014, 2:49 PM

I am starting to use Movie Studio Platinum V 10 to edit a FlightSimulator X video. (I bought it a long time ago!)

I have created the video using FRAPS (Full Setting). The file is saved in AVI format, the screen resolution which I am using is 2560 x 1600. When I play back the AVI file before processing it in Movie Studio the scenery is crisp and doesn't shimmer.

I have dragged the video onto the time line and used the Movie Maker wizard to create the video. I have used the settings

Format: Video for Windows *.AVI
Template: Pal DV

When I play the video back on the same monitor the instruments are hard to read and the scenery is very blurry and shimmers.

Can someone please tell me what settings should I use to reproduce the original quality?

Thank you,
Tregarth

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musicvid10 wrote on 12/12/2014, 4:35 PM

You must use the frame rate of the original video. Unlikely it is PAL 25.
Use HD. There is no earthly reason to use standard def.

Tregarth wrote on 12/17/2014, 11:07 AM

Thank you very much for your reply; I apologise for the delay in replying as I have been waiting for a chance to play back the file on a projector.

The original file size in AVI format is 2.7GB. I have found a Format: Windows Media Video V11 (*.wmv)

The Template is 8MbpsHD 1080-30p video. This has compressed the file down to 325Mb.

I have played it back both on a PC and projector; there is an improvement but even quite large black text on a white background is not easy to read, which I guess is due to the compression.

Is there any way to edit the file and save in AVI format with no (or minimal) compression?

I appreciate you r help,

Tregarth