Hello,
I am soon to upgrade to VV5, however for the moment I am still using VV3. I’ve owned the program since its introduction a couple of years ago, but have never really taken on a project as involved as the one I’m currently working on.
I am in the process of creating a multi-chapter instructional DVD (approx. 45-60 minutes in length) to accompany a new product line I’m introducing this summer. I’ve acquired good quality DVCAM footage with which to work.
I want this project to have a high production value, and as such have created an alpha overlay, which will sit over the footage and float over a Digital Juice type background. I know that I should create a matte to properly use this overlay, however, I am not sure of exactly how to do this in VV3. I have thus far been able to drop this overlay on a blue background, and chroma it out with some success; however, I do notice some artifacting and bleeding when I render it to MPEG-2 for DVD (NTSC) and play on my Win Media Player. I have uploaded a screen shot at the following address if anyone cares to see exactly what I’m trying to accomplish:
http://www.stevesdigital.com/video.htm
I’d really like my final video to look as close to the screenshot (as it appears in the VV3 viewer) as possible without stair stepping and fuzziness, etc.
Can anyone PLEASE provide me with info on how to create mattes within VV3? I would greatly appreciate any help on this subject greatly.
Additionally, is there an accurate way to preview the quality of video generated in VV3 as a MPEG-2? When I play an MPEG-2 in VV3 to an external monitor, I assume that it acts as if it isn’t rendered, and I experience jerky, poor resolution playback. Playing a rendered MPEG-2 on my pc doesn’t accurately represent what I would see on a television (pixels vs. lines). How can I determine what my video will look like without authoring a DVD and playing it?
Thanks in advance for the help!!
Movick
I am soon to upgrade to VV5, however for the moment I am still using VV3. I’ve owned the program since its introduction a couple of years ago, but have never really taken on a project as involved as the one I’m currently working on.
I am in the process of creating a multi-chapter instructional DVD (approx. 45-60 minutes in length) to accompany a new product line I’m introducing this summer. I’ve acquired good quality DVCAM footage with which to work.
I want this project to have a high production value, and as such have created an alpha overlay, which will sit over the footage and float over a Digital Juice type background. I know that I should create a matte to properly use this overlay, however, I am not sure of exactly how to do this in VV3. I have thus far been able to drop this overlay on a blue background, and chroma it out with some success; however, I do notice some artifacting and bleeding when I render it to MPEG-2 for DVD (NTSC) and play on my Win Media Player. I have uploaded a screen shot at the following address if anyone cares to see exactly what I’m trying to accomplish:
http://www.stevesdigital.com/video.htm
I’d really like my final video to look as close to the screenshot (as it appears in the VV3 viewer) as possible without stair stepping and fuzziness, etc.
Can anyone PLEASE provide me with info on how to create mattes within VV3? I would greatly appreciate any help on this subject greatly.
Additionally, is there an accurate way to preview the quality of video generated in VV3 as a MPEG-2? When I play an MPEG-2 in VV3 to an external monitor, I assume that it acts as if it isn’t rendered, and I experience jerky, poor resolution playback. Playing a rendered MPEG-2 on my pc doesn’t accurately represent what I would see on a television (pixels vs. lines). How can I determine what my video will look like without authoring a DVD and playing it?
Thanks in advance for the help!!
Movick