Grainy..question about resolution

happyg wrote on 6/25/2002, 9:40 AM
I am trying to figure out how to get the BEST resolution from a VCD setting. I have tried to render it as an AVI first at best setting and it still comes out kind of grainy. I am using still pictures from a Kodak DX 3600 at BEST resolution on the camera. I have not modified the picture itself in any way, but have added some brightness and contrast to a couple using the SF settings. I also had the same thing happen when rendering video. It comes out grainy too. Is this a processor problem or Video card thing. (I would think not because I have had it on 2 computers.)



If anyone can help me to figure this out it would be MUCH appreciated.

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Comments

Chienworks wrote on 6/25/2002, 10:29 AM
VCDs are fixed at a particular resolution. There's nothing you can do with a VDC format to make it higher resolution. You would have to switch to SVCD for that.
happyg wrote on 6/26/2002, 3:44 PM
so basically it is going to look like that no matter what i do.......hmmmm
Chienworks wrote on 6/26/2002, 5:19 PM
Right. In fact, the higher the resolution image you start with, the more potentially blurry the finished output will be because the image will have to be resized to a greater extent.

Are you intending your output to primarily be DVD player compatible? If not, there are many methods beyond VCD that offer much better image quality. If your viewers will primarily be looking at your output on their computer screens, then something like PowerPoint will let you make a full resolution presentation in a much smaller file than video can produce.
DougHamm wrote on 6/27/2002, 9:17 AM
The VCD2.0 spec allows for still images at a resolution of 704x480 (PC resolution, effectively 640x480). They look great, frankly. VV doesn't have the internal smarts to work with stills at this resolution, but if all you're wanting is to display a slideshow of still images on your DVD player you could look at another program like VCDEasy (www.vcdeasy.org, I believe). You can use this tool to convert images, and subsequently drop them in sequence. No fancy fades unfortunately, but by adding a fade you're no longer really dealing with still images in the true sense of the word.

-Doug