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question concerning the output of these clips, im using a Canon XH-A1 HDV, no preset. export from FCP with original settings

first clip is 60i - why can you see on the brown drapes a lot of grain

next two clips - 24f when fading in and out to black, there is a ripple effect

why are these two things happening. export to current settings,

Were you using auto gain?

If so, that would account for higher than normal grain.

As far as your desolve not being smooth, that is likely an artifact of the flash compression that Vimeo uses.

i never use auto gain, it is almost always set at -3, if not -3 then 0

as for the fade, it looks like that direct from exporting from final cut pro, could it possibly be b/c most of the light is in the center?

Well, I've experienced the same thing. I use Newtek SpeedEdit. The original footage (.m2t) looks great. And when I render it to Blu-Ray quality .wmv it looks great. However, when I upload it to Vimeo or ExposureRoom, I get that banding effect - especially noticible when you go from black to a bright picture. It's just what compression does to the video.

As far as the grain goes, you might want to start experimenting with presets...adjusting the coring or NR2 settings. Each softens the picture slightly, but does reduce noise.

I have a personal theory that is totally unsubstanciated but I think certain production runs of the A1 are more sensitive than others.

By the way, you can get plug-ins that remove noise from your video as well.

i do not see the grain in the viewfinder, or even when im editing in FCP, just when it exports, ill either mess with those settings or go about with what you had said

If your not happy with your dissolves and fades etc. then try TMPEG Xpress 4.0. (Free trial) for your encoding. I was not happy with my Adobe media encoder for encoding to mpeg for dvd, but TMPEG does a better smoother job on fades and motion. I bought it and use now for my dvd encoding.

Aside from the XH A1, I don't use any of the kit you do. But I have uploaded a bunch to Vimeo.

It's probably an artifact of the re-compression to Flash on Vimeo. Lower data rates used by Vimeo will produce artifacts like this in nearly every fade. If you output from your NLE using Vimeo's recommended settings for h.264, you'll get them there too. It's gonna happen with a highly compressed video and a lossy codec.

Tripp~
its not when i send it on over to vimeo, its when i export from FCP at full res, it has that halo effect

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Aha! What are your output settings? I don't know what "original" is in FCP since I'm a PC slave. You might try outputting one of the dissolves to QuickTime using the lossless Animation codec and see what it looks like.

Also, are you pushing the color around? If you raise the black input and lower the white, you'll leave your NLE without enough information for a smooth gradient using HDV and an 8 bit color space. This is one of the reasons Cineform promotes their 10 bit products.

It sounds like you're stumbling over the limitations of the HDV format.