G'Day.
I shot an eagle the other day.
Literally, I video taped a eagle puppet in HDV. I shot it on both a Sony Z1U and a Canon XL-H1 because I'm experiencing problems.
All footage is digitized using HDLink in the Cineform codec (though, I get the same results digitizing straight to M2T).
The puppet is covered with very fine "fur" to make him look "feathery."
When I shoot the puppet stationary (no movement), he looks clean and sharp. But when he starts "talking" and bouncing around, he looks very blurry (I almost said, "fuzzy," but I don't want to cofuse anyone).
What's worse, is I experience the same results in After Effects (7) as I do in Vegas: Still puppet looks great, moving puppet looks bad.
To confuse matters even more, the footage looks great in Windows Media Player. Much better, in fact: the footage is more saturated and MUCH sharper in WMP.
I can't have a blurry puppet!
I thought it was an HDV issue with all that fine fur confusing the codec, but why would WMP look so sharp?!
My days overdue on my deadline because of this issue (it's for a cable commercial). Any help is greatly appreciated.
A sample of the spot can be seen at:
http://www.charterspots.com/EagleGlen_PaulHighlights.wmv
Edit: Probably doesn't matter, but I'm using Vegas 7. Thanks for any help offered!
I shot an eagle the other day.
Literally, I video taped a eagle puppet in HDV. I shot it on both a Sony Z1U and a Canon XL-H1 because I'm experiencing problems.
All footage is digitized using HDLink in the Cineform codec (though, I get the same results digitizing straight to M2T).
The puppet is covered with very fine "fur" to make him look "feathery."
When I shoot the puppet stationary (no movement), he looks clean and sharp. But when he starts "talking" and bouncing around, he looks very blurry (I almost said, "fuzzy," but I don't want to cofuse anyone).
What's worse, is I experience the same results in After Effects (7) as I do in Vegas: Still puppet looks great, moving puppet looks bad.
To confuse matters even more, the footage looks great in Windows Media Player. Much better, in fact: the footage is more saturated and MUCH sharper in WMP.
I can't have a blurry puppet!
I thought it was an HDV issue with all that fine fur confusing the codec, but why would WMP look so sharp?!
My days overdue on my deadline because of this issue (it's for a cable commercial). Any help is greatly appreciated.
A sample of the spot can be seen at:
http://www.charterspots.com/EagleGlen_PaulHighlights.wmv
Edit: Probably doesn't matter, but I'm using Vegas 7. Thanks for any help offered!