Canon XL1 3CCD Camcorder User Manual


 
5.Depthoffield
‐Ausefulandsubtletechniqueforcontrollingthecomplexityofimagesisdepthoffield.
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Postproduction
Becausepostproductiontechniquesoccurlaterintheprocess,itisoftenpossibletoadjustthembased
ontheresultsoftestcompressions,makingfinetuningmucheasier.
1.Staticversusmovingimages
‐Asinproduction,superfluousmovingimagesaren’tappropriateforcontentthatyouplanto
aggressivelycompress.TheyarenotthatimportantforDVD,but
theyareforwebandCDROM.
2.Motionblur
‐Inthesamewaythatarealworldshutterspeedintroducesmotionblurthathelps
compression,youcanusethevirtualshutterinrenderingapplications.Foreffectsthatsupportmotion
blur,renderthemwithashutterspeedthatmatchesthatofthesource.
3.Antialiasing
‐Thisrenderingtechniquesoftenstheedgesofrenderedelements,lettingapixelattheedgeofan
areabeanintermediatevalue.Smoothingouttransitionsamongpartsoftheimageimproves
compressibilityandappearance.
4.Progressiverendering
‐Whenworkingwithinterlacedsourcevideo,itmaybeappropriatetorendermotiongraphicsas
progressivescanwhenmakingthecompressionmaster.Byrenderingtheprojectinprogressivescan
mode,youcandeinterlacetheinterlacedsource
,
butthegraphicalelementsremainaperfect
progressive.