Stabilization

[Japanarian]

I've been testing iStabilize. If there's a way to export it uncompressed, as a Quicktime/Final Cut movie(still not sure if there's a difference), I'm unaware of it. Before I spend the wad on FCP, I was wondering if anyone was aware of a stab program that exports uncompressed. I need to go back and forth between FCE and iStab for my workflow. Thanks.

[TomWolsky]

FCE does not support uncompressed video. It only works in DV NTSC, DV PAL, and the Apple Intermediate Codec at standard frame sizes and frame rates.

[Japanarian]

I thought the Final Cut/Quicktime movie file was uncompressed. I guess I still don't understand video. Thanks for the help.

[Japanarian]

So just to clarify, when I use File>Export>Quicktime Movie... it is NOT compressed? Where do I find the compression settings?

[TomWolsky]

If you export to QuickTime Movie it exports in whatever settings your media or your sequence is. If you export a clip from the browser and it's in DV it will remain in DV. If you export a sequence and the sequence is in the Apple Intermediate Codec, then that's what gets exported.

[Japanarian]

So do you know of any stab program that will export to the exact settings my sequence is? As far as I know it is AIC, although when I export from iStab to an AIC file, I get artifacts(banding) which I am assuming is from compression.

[TomWolsky]

I don't know about the export options in iStabilize, but I assume it maintains the original media specifications. Banding is usually caused by quantization errors in using 8-bit compression. There are some ways around this in compression application, but they're probably not available in iStabilize.

[Japanarian]

ok thanks.