Dan Stevenson Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have created several videos in Creator NXT Pro. These videos are created from files taken on a HD video camera (Sony brand) and appear fine in the Advanced Editor program for Creator Pro. I add text which also looks good in the Editor. However, when I transfer these over to the create DVD portion of Creator all of the video as well as the text becoming blurry and lose the crispness that they have in the Editor portion of the program. What can be done to maintain the video and text quality when I bring the production over to creating a DVD? Thanks, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Are you trying to create a standard DVD or a BlueRay disc? HD video on a standard DVD will lose quality and be less sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 I have created several videos in Creator NXT Pro. These videos are created from files taken on a HD video camera (Sony brand) and appear fine in the Advanced Editor program for Creator Pro. I add text which also looks good in the Editor. However, when I transfer these over to the create DVD portion of Creator all of the video as well as the text becoming blurry and lose the crispness that they have in the Editor portion of the program. What can be done to maintain the video and text quality when I bring the production over to creating a DVD? Thanks, Dan Dan Are you trying to create a standard DVD from those HD files. If so, remember that standard DVDs are 720 by 480 definition - much like an old TV. If you want closer to the high definition you must cre3ate an AVCHD or a blu ray disc. Let us know if you want further instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks all! I was doing the standard DVD and realize now that the capacity is only 4.7G as well. The concert movie I made is over an hour and when I select the AVCHD the capacity may also be too large for the higher capaciry DVDs. I will work on cutting it down, but if I select AVCHD will people be able to watch the movie on standard DVD players or does it only work on blu ray (that seems to be what the description is telling me)? And I understand some degredation/loss of crispness when "pushing" the file out to the standard DVD format, but even the lettering on the text looks horrible compared to when I publish parts of the movie to YouTube. Is that all wrapped up in the same issue or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Just a first question. When you open Video Wave, do you select the 16 by 9 project. That selection allows you to work in HD and gives you out options for YouTube for posting high definition video. Please post a link to a YouTube video so we can look at it. If you want it private, then post just a couple of seconds showing the text. An AVCHD single layer disc will hold about 40 minutes of HD video at best quality. It can be played on most but not all blu ray players. Double layers are possible to get more. You already know about blu ray so I won;t repeat it here. EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to mention to NEVER select "FIT to Disc" It does but leaves a lot of leeway (disc can be half filled or worse) Quality is crap to put it mildly You can select best quality and make an Image file or folder set and then use copy ISO to disc. IT will fit as long as the video is slightly more than 1 hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 What text are you using - Size & Font? I'll try to duplicate your results today when I get that info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks again. The program is on my computer at home so I am not sure what I have selected when I open Video Wave. However, here is a link for one of the videos I have made that show the video which is pretty crisp. The Font & Size vary, but the majority in my current video are all 22 size and vary between Broadway and Elephant and a Disney-style font. I will also do a screen shot of the same opening frame of the DVD that I burned so you can see the "blurriness" that I am describing. That will be up shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 That is a 720 by 480 standard definition video That means you did not select 16 by 9 when you open Video Wave. If you want HD output to You Tube and other, then you must select 16 by 9 first. It is not intuitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 OK. I will give that a try tonight. I have a PDF showing the worse text and video shots, but now I feel like an idiot because I can't figure out how to upload an attachment (I swear I'm not usually this helpless with computers). I click "My Media", but nothing has been uploaded and for the life of me I can't find the link to access My Media Library in order to upload the file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Why would you post a PDF file? http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/74120-posting-a-picturescreen-cap-on-roxio/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks cdanteek (even with the sarcasm ) Here is the screen shot from the DVD that I created which shows the text and picture quality is way worse than what is shown on YouTube let alone in the original Edited production. Book2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks cdanteek (even with the sarcasm ) Here is the screen shot from the DVD that I created which shows the text and picture quality is way worse than what is shown on YouTube let alone in the original Edited production. It wasn't sarcasm! Why post a PDF file of a jpg image? This is how to display and post a .jpg image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Sorry for confusing your true help for sarcasm (although I did appreciate it as sarcsam). Looking at the screen shots (albeit terribly chopped up) can anyone tell if my issue could be fixed by the solutions offered above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Try it and see. Althought the images look bad, that is because of the resolution and bit rate. Select 16 by 9 to start and then, if you are going to burn to a disc, select best quality, make the ISO of the desired type and then use the program on the Home screen to burn it to whatever disc type you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Looking at the screen shots (albeit terribly chopped up) Those images is what came out of your posted PDF file. Opened your PDF file and Captured your images with snagit saved as .jpg and re-posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Stevenson Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 sknis - I found how to switch to the 16 x 9. I assume this means I need to redo the entire project now as you can't switch that AFTER you have already started, correct? And if I switch to that and still try to create a "normal" DVD (i.e. not AVCHD since that will most likely not work on any DVD players) and select "Best Fit" do you think that will clear up a lot of the blurry text issues? Or will that always persist unless I chose AVCHD and then only be able to use a Blu Ray player? Thanks again for everyone's input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 HQ is the only setting you ever want to use!!! Trim or use more discs but NEVER degrade your quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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