Optimising and Compressing
@ 01zero-one, Soho - Wednesday March 31st 2010 10:00am - Thursday April 1st 2010 5:00pm
This course will give editors and post production staff the ability to utilise content to its maximum benefit across different platforms and to different briefs. It covers technical information about the best exporting methods (codecs and compression), as well as creative issues about multi-purposing content for different platforms.
Course Content
Delegate Prerequisites: Existing editors that are required to increase their skill-set to complement their main editing tasks, or anybody working with films and video who would like to improve the quality of their final product.
Background/Overview
Main Challenges/issues
The main challenges and issues when reversioning content for multiplatform distribution can be split into 2 categories: technical & creative. This course will look at the following issues in combination:
Technical:
Which programs to compress with?
The limitations of your editing software (for compression)
The easy method vs the quality method
Using software that compresses video well (e.g. Sorensen Squeeze, Apple Compressor, Autodesk Cleaner)
Exporting for mpeg video
Exporting for DVDs
Exporting for Desktop playback (PC & Mac)
Exporting for m4v video
Exporting for Flash (FLV) video
Exporting for iPods (multiple formats)
Exporting for Apple TV
Exporting for Windows media video / DivX
Exporting for streaming
Compression workflow:
How to work more quickly
When to de-interlace footage
Why use un-compressed formats?
How to export your master clips
Types of compression
Compression settings (e.g. Bitrate mode, keyframe interval, IBP frames, GOP structure)
Altering compression settings (according to content)
When to use which codec (e.g. H.263, H.264, Cinepak, M_JPEG and so on)
File size vs image quality
Playback on mobile devices
Creating templates
Creative:
Shooting strategies for multi-platform media (what to advise when asked by the camera-person/producer)
Solving problems before they happen
Creative choices for exporting
Exporting entire programmes
Creating and exporting idents
Creating and exporting clips
Creating and exporting stings
Re-framing & cropping video (incl. best programs to use & settings)
Practical methods of increasing the quality of your compressed videos