Editing video with adobe premiere

[jlynch]

I am capturing video via adobe premiere from a sony trv-25 mini dv using firewire. The video quality is very good. When I am capturing I am copying from an interlaced source, right?.

When I edit the video, say remove a bit from the end and export the video (Microsoft dv avi) I seem to lose a lot of quality. Why does this happen ?

Is the captured video interlaced before any editing is done?

I see there is an option under "keyframe and rendering" to deinterlace video footage. When should I deinterlace video ?

[The Geek]

I am capturing video via adobe premiere from a sony trv-25 mini dv using firewire. The video quality is very good. When I am capturing I am copying from an interlaced source, right?.

Yes, you have interlaced footage on the tape, and you copy it on to the hard drive, so your AVI is still interlaced.

When I edit the video, say remove a bit from the end and export the video (Microsoft dv avi) I seem to lose a lot of quality. Why does this happen ?

What do you mean by "lose a lot of quality" ? What do you see ? Where do you see that ? How are you watching the edited footage when you say that the quality is bad ?

Is the captured video interlaced before any editing is done?

As long as you don't de-interlace, it will remain interlaced.

I see there is an option under "keyframe and rendering" to deinterlace video footage. When should I deinterlace video ?

Never. Keep it interlaced, that's what it is. Otherwise you definitely will lose a noticeable amount of quality.

The Geek

[jlynch]

What I meant was the picture didnt seem as sharp. I was watching the editing footage in windows media player classic.

I recaptured and editing the video again and it seems fine this time.

Thanks for your help

[dionisos]

in the export video advanced tab check if "recompress" is selected...
if it is, probably you are getting first generation degratation.
i assume it is checked.
can you confirm?

[nicco]

in the export video advanced tab check if "recompress" is selected...
if it is, probably you are getting first generation degratation.
True! UNCECK "recompress" when exporting

[theReal]

Also check the DV playback settings (in MPC under "filters").
The standard setting for the DV playback filter is "half" which looks really bad. Set it to "full" and make that the standard setting.