I've read many posts around this topic but I remain unsure about the formats to use when editing and exporting. Despite years of home editing with Premier Pro.
Current Environment is CS6 , Panasonic HDC-SD900 camera. Recording in HA mode. UK. PAL mode. Laptop Dell. 8Gig RAM. W7. GE Force GT555M gaphics card.
My issue is marrying up the formats of the original recordings and keeping the quality in my epxorted editied 'sequences'.
SO several questions...
Just what are the characteristics of Panasonics AVCHD HA - I know its 1920*1080 , 17Mbs VBR. But ....
Is it Anaorphic or not ?
Is it Interlaced or not ?
Is it Square Pixels or not ?
What Sequence settings should I use for editiing ?
My Requirements.
To be able to edit footage (in CS6) and export edited "SEQUENCES" (via Media Encoder 6) in the closest format to orginal recorded so that I have a "MASTER version of the Sequence, that is also viewable in PC players. Eg. an .mp4 (in H264 format - if that is the best)
I want to be able to select and view these "Sequences" from a HDD (eg NAS or laptopn) for playback on PC, Laptop or streamed to a HD TV via DLNA or whatever...
I also want to be able to use these same MASTER Sequences, import them into ENCORE 6, to create Blu-Ray Disc in the future.
I currently output the sequences as M2v for DVD creation. So all is fine there. Cant avoid that quality drop.
My problem.
If I view the edited sequence (based on the 1080i 25 preset I am currently using), via Media Player, then pausing a moving (panning) camera shot of people will show a paused image with each individual person having a ghost shadow of themselves. Whereas if I play the original AVCHD clip then a paused screen at the same spot shows an perfect clear quality image. No ghosting.
Where am I losing the quality ?
Thanks
Kev
