Hi, thanks for reading my post.
My question relates to the use & settings of the following products;
Movie Studio Platinum 12
Action Cam HDR AS15
Handycam HDR-PJ790VE
Canon EOS 60D DSLR
I have been reading various web posts etc to try & get my head around the difference in various modes available. 24p, 50i etc etc etc & basically I'm now more confused than ever.
To confirm my understanding of the formats, from what I have read & understand of the formats Progressive (24p, 30p, 60p etc) will shot each frame with full information & are great for extracting still photos from the frames etc. Interlaced (50i etc) will show things more smoothly to the human eye on playback but do not hold the full information per frame. Based on that, 30p has more data & better quality than 50i...correct?
Anyway, here's what I want to know;
I shoot fishing action videos which I upload to Youtube & Facebook. I usually use the Action cams for this but now that I have the Handycam I will probably use it too. Prior to the addition of the Handycam I only had the firmware version of the Action Cam that allowed 30p settings & I set my Movie Studio project to that footage (IE MS selected it from a sample of footage I showed it) Once the project was edited I rendered it at 1280 x 720 - 30p using a customised render template. These settings worked great for youtube (aside from a contrast issue, youtube being more contrasty than the file looked on my PC) and they also worked great for playback on my PC.
Given that I would prefer 1080 resolution for playback on my PC & also my home network for playback on my LCD TV I will probably re-render those projects later with a 1080 setting in the rendering. I haven't done that yet though.
I have now updated my Action Cam firmware & have 60p option for that which I would like to utilise.
I also now have the Handycam. This camera has the options of 24p & 50i in the "Mode" settings which is part of the problem for me. I'm not sure which setting is best for the Handycam if I want to use footage from it plus footage from the Action Cam which would be shot at 60p?
When it comes to editing the footage in Movie Studio & have a range of options for frame rates & quality etc which I though I had my head around for the action cams, however the new addition of the Handycam has throw a spanner in the works as I don't know which is the best settings for the camera to shoot my footage. Given that it will be a mix of Handycam & Action cam footage I would like to get the best from both cameras & both sets of footage. However the action cam has either 1080 - 60p or 30p options only, the Handycam has only 24p or 50i options. As far as getting the best bang, what should I be setting each camera to & what is the best settings for Movie Studio when importing the media into a project?
Now, once I work out the actual project settings, what would that do to the quality of a rendered project if I then wanted to render one for an upload to youtube at 720 and another for my TV at 1080? would there be a loss of quality somewhere & if so what's the best solution?
I hope I'm making sense here as it has all become confusing to me.
The main issues I have are compatibility to final render options with the original camera settings (And even the initial project settings).
Also, if there are other settings that I can use for the Handycam that someone thinks may be better please let me know.
On a final note, I use the abovementioned Canon DSLR to shot some footage too but so far I'm just trying to get my head around resolutions & framerates etc for these two Sony cameras in Movie Studio. Eventually I will probably want to combine footage from all three cameras to use in some family movies & fun projects using SFX, chroma keying etc. (I figure the DSLR would be best for these type of projects)
Any advice would be much appreciated for this newbie. Thanks.
Regards
Mik
My question relates to the use & settings of the following products;
Movie Studio Platinum 12
Action Cam HDR AS15
Handycam HDR-PJ790VE
Canon EOS 60D DSLR
I have been reading various web posts etc to try & get my head around the difference in various modes available. 24p, 50i etc etc etc & basically I'm now more confused than ever.
To confirm my understanding of the formats, from what I have read & understand of the formats Progressive (24p, 30p, 60p etc) will shot each frame with full information & are great for extracting still photos from the frames etc. Interlaced (50i etc) will show things more smoothly to the human eye on playback but do not hold the full information per frame. Based on that, 30p has more data & better quality than 50i...correct?
Anyway, here's what I want to know;
I shoot fishing action videos which I upload to Youtube & Facebook. I usually use the Action cams for this but now that I have the Handycam I will probably use it too. Prior to the addition of the Handycam I only had the firmware version of the Action Cam that allowed 30p settings & I set my Movie Studio project to that footage (IE MS selected it from a sample of footage I showed it) Once the project was edited I rendered it at 1280 x 720 - 30p using a customised render template. These settings worked great for youtube (aside from a contrast issue, youtube being more contrasty than the file looked on my PC) and they also worked great for playback on my PC.
Given that I would prefer 1080 resolution for playback on my PC & also my home network for playback on my LCD TV I will probably re-render those projects later with a 1080 setting in the rendering. I haven't done that yet though.
I have now updated my Action Cam firmware & have 60p option for that which I would like to utilise.
I also now have the Handycam. This camera has the options of 24p & 50i in the "Mode" settings which is part of the problem for me. I'm not sure which setting is best for the Handycam if I want to use footage from it plus footage from the Action Cam which would be shot at 60p?
When it comes to editing the footage in Movie Studio & have a range of options for frame rates & quality etc which I though I had my head around for the action cams, however the new addition of the Handycam has throw a spanner in the works as I don't know which is the best settings for the camera to shoot my footage. Given that it will be a mix of Handycam & Action cam footage I would like to get the best from both cameras & both sets of footage. However the action cam has either 1080 - 60p or 30p options only, the Handycam has only 24p or 50i options. As far as getting the best bang, what should I be setting each camera to & what is the best settings for Movie Studio when importing the media into a project?
Now, once I work out the actual project settings, what would that do to the quality of a rendered project if I then wanted to render one for an upload to youtube at 720 and another for my TV at 1080? would there be a loss of quality somewhere & if so what's the best solution?
I hope I'm making sense here as it has all become confusing to me.
The main issues I have are compatibility to final render options with the original camera settings (And even the initial project settings).
Also, if there are other settings that I can use for the Handycam that someone thinks may be better please let me know.
On a final note, I use the abovementioned Canon DSLR to shot some footage too but so far I'm just trying to get my head around resolutions & framerates etc for these two Sony cameras in Movie Studio. Eventually I will probably want to combine footage from all three cameras to use in some family movies & fun projects using SFX, chroma keying etc. (I figure the DSLR would be best for these type of projects)
Any advice would be much appreciated for this newbie. Thanks.
Regards
Mik