Video Quality Query

Stu J.A.

Stu J.A.

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Heh, alliteration.

So my question is aimed at all you technically savvy fellas out there...what I'd really like to achieve is a quality -as in screen/pixel quality, not content quality- in my videos that's pretty near perfect, like most of the big vloggers (see DarkSquidge/thatjennybee/Superwoman for examples).

My camera isn't exactly top of the line, but it supposedly offers full HD quality. And yet my videos, even with a proper lighting set up, don't look as good as theirs.

I actually have two queries:
1. Are there different qualities even within the umbrella of 'full HD', or am I just uploading in a bad format (MTS or MOV. usually)?

2. Would a higher-range camera give that much better quality? I'm perfectly willing to do this.
 
Is the video "s****y" before you render, or is it the final result that's not good?

And can you post a screenshot of your render settings from your editing software? :)
 
using yet again another analogy here, its kind of like buying two different kinds of cola. they may both be a 2litre bottle but they will taste different. apply that to cameras, and theres your answer :)
 
It is better before I render, but still not exactly perfect.
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Hopefully this is what you meant!

Also, I'm using Pinnacle, so I don't know if that could be the problem.
 
Some of the other people already say it. "Full HD" is just a term. It defines the height and width of a video recording, but not the actual quality. I would recommend checking your camera as see if you can get it to record at a higher bitrate, since the bitrate is actually the quality of the video.

As for the rendering, if you want crisper quality and got enough space, I would recommend putting you bitrate higher there aswell. But be sure that your rendered videos bitrate don't go over the original recording, since you can't gain "quality" out of rendering to a higher bitrate :)
 
Marcus "Rediche" Geil said:
Some of the other people already say it. "Full HD" is just a term. It defines the height and width of a video recording, but not the actual quality. I would recommend checking your camera as see if you can get it to record at a higher bitrate, since the bitrate is actually the quality of the video.

As for the rendering, if you want crisper quality and got enough space, I would recommend putting you bitrate higher there aswell. But be sure that your rendered videos bitrate don't go over the original recording, since you can't gain "quality" out of rendering to a higher bitrate :)
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I think I understood most of that...so definitely go for a better camera?
 
Full HD just tells us that the resolution is 1080p. That's it.
It says nothing about the light sensitivity, aperture, fps, contrast, and a whole bunch of other stuff that make up video cameras.
Likely, you having noticeable worse quality could be as simple as them having a much better camera than you do.
 
there is a difference between full hd and full hd ;) i have a video on my channel... and look at the difference in 1080 quality. the video is " DIY recording rig".

But if you want to go into detail, your camera ... does it have a high MP , Light censor, ISO settings, Framerate setting, does it allow to capture light well, i can buy a full hd camera for 30 euro, but also for 30 000 euro.

i hope you see where i am going :)
 
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