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I’ve just completed my first video using LRTimelapse, and although I have yet to finish the book and absorb all the necessary information, there’s one thing that’s been bothering me now for some time.
The quality of the timelapse is not in question. Considering I shot in Program Mode (before I’d read the book) the final *.mp4 is really very good and I’m happy with the near DVD quality of the mp4 that’s exported from Lightroom 4.
Where the problem lies is with the conversion I get from Vimeo. I upload near DVD quality and after conversion to Flash Movie, it looks as if I had shot it on a camera phone. It really is that bad. I’ve uploaded two movies before and each time I’ve deleted them, hoping that eventually I can find an answer to the problem
On this occasion however, I’ve been given an error message.
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I uploaded a 16:9 (widescreen) video but Vimeo squished it to 4:3, what gives?
Vimeo uses square pixels when converting your video. You will need to export your videos with square pixels and manually set your aspect ratio to 853x480 for widescreen DV, or 1280x720 for high definition. Read our Compression Guidelines for more information.
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The thing is, I did carefully read the compression guidelines and followed all the instructions very carefully. I exported from Lightroom 4 in 1280 x 720, and 720p in the save dialogue box, but as there are no other options, I’m not too sure on how to proceed from here. Also, I’ve also exported from Lightroom 4 as 1290 x 1080 but that didn’t make the situation any better, and as Vimeo complained about the size I went back to using the 720p setting.
How can I improve on the poor quality I’m getting from Vimeo and YouTube. (I went to Vimeo because of the very poor quality I got from YouTube. I had hoped that by paying a fee to Vimeo it might improve the quality of the playback video. So far it hasn’t. Although the LRTimelapse is marked improvement over my previous attempts.)
The Video on question is Here
Any suggestions?
The quality of the timelapse is not in question. Considering I shot in Program Mode (before I’d read the book) the final *.mp4 is really very good and I’m happy with the near DVD quality of the mp4 that’s exported from Lightroom 4.
Where the problem lies is with the conversion I get from Vimeo. I upload near DVD quality and after conversion to Flash Movie, it looks as if I had shot it on a camera phone. It really is that bad. I’ve uploaded two movies before and each time I’ve deleted them, hoping that eventually I can find an answer to the problem
On this occasion however, I’ve been given an error message.
>>>>>>>>
I uploaded a 16:9 (widescreen) video but Vimeo squished it to 4:3, what gives?
Vimeo uses square pixels when converting your video. You will need to export your videos with square pixels and manually set your aspect ratio to 853x480 for widescreen DV, or 1280x720 for high definition. Read our Compression Guidelines for more information.
>>>>>>>>>
The thing is, I did carefully read the compression guidelines and followed all the instructions very carefully. I exported from Lightroom 4 in 1280 x 720, and 720p in the save dialogue box, but as there are no other options, I’m not too sure on how to proceed from here. Also, I’ve also exported from Lightroom 4 as 1290 x 1080 but that didn’t make the situation any better, and as Vimeo complained about the size I went back to using the 720p setting.
How can I improve on the poor quality I’m getting from Vimeo and YouTube. (I went to Vimeo because of the very poor quality I got from YouTube. I had hoped that by paying a fee to Vimeo it might improve the quality of the playback video. So far it hasn’t. Although the LRTimelapse is marked improvement over my previous attempts.)
The Video on question is Here
Any suggestions?