Ulead Problems?

brentwill · Post by **brentwill** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:17 am

Aloha,

I am having problems with Ulead 11 regarding quality. Every video that I make is blurred. I purchased Ulead because I needed a program that would be AVI compatible. I am using Canon HD vixia HF10 and Nikon D500 (video/photos). My computer: HP Media Center M8120n, Intel 2Quad, 3 GB RAM, 32bit OS, Vista Home Prem, Nvidia GeForse 7350.

I like to combine both video and photos. After uploading files from my computer they look great in storyboard but as soon as I hit play they blur drastically.
I thought that it might be a "Ulead 11" problem, so I a downloaded trial of "X2Pro". Nothing changed. I then purchased an AVI converter and went back to creating with "Windows Moviemaker". All the photos and video held resolution.

Here are my Ulead project properties:

MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
LPCM Audio, 48000 Hz, Stereo

I have tried anti-flickering on and off, quality settings, instant and high quality playback, apply color filter....anything that I could check.

Here are my two versions of the video: (compare the quality of the opening photo)

Ulead version (I just quickly put this together to show the difference in quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtpCTOQ ... re=channel

Windows Media Player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqiH9z3Q ... re=channel

Thank you for your help!!

Brent Williams
Kailua Kona, Hawaii

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:22 am

If you are judging the quality of the video on the preview pane while working on a project then don't!

What you see on preview pane is a low res inferior representation of what it looks like on the final product. I thought the same as ou in my first ever project but was amazed when I tested the final DVD I made.

brentwill · Post by **brentwill** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:32 am

Clevo wrote:If you are judging the quality of the video on the preview pane while working on a project then don't!

What you see on preview pane is a low res inferior representation of what it looks like on the final product. I thought the same as ou in my first ever project but was amazed when I tested the final DVD I made.

Thanks Clevo. But, check out the difference between the two videos uploaded to Youtube. The Ulead version is blurred. That's exactly the way the video looks in preview or finalized as a DVD.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:46 am

Your camcorder records high-def video using the AVCHD compression. I'm not that familiar with AVCHD, however Ken uses it and knows quite a lot about editing AVCHD video. If I'm not mistaken (probably am), the field order is not correct. It should be frame based or Upper Field First.

brentwill · Post by **brentwill** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:12 am

vidoman wrote:Your camcorder records high-def video using the AVCHD compression. I'm not that familiar with AVCHD, however Ken uses it and knows quite a lot about editing AVCHD video. If I'm not mistaken (probably am), the field order is not correct. It should be frame based or Upper Field First.

Thanks Ron. I am even having a problem with photographs.
The first frame of the video that I created is a photo.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:15 am

It would also be useful to know exactly what you intend doing with the video once edited. Are you planning on making a standard definition DVD? Or burn a Blu-Ray or hybrid AVCHD disc? How did you capture the video from the camera? And where did you get the idea of getting the video avi-compatible.

With regard to the latter, avi is not a format in its own right (apart from raw, uncompressed AVI which runs to 65 GB an hour). But otherwise, it is merely a wrapper extension which can contain a variety of different video formats which include DV at one end, and highly compressed mpeg-4 formats like DivX and XVid. In their high definition versions, those are at least similar to the original AVCHD video from you camera.

Ron is, however, correct in that AVCHD is Upper Field First, and you must maintain that throughout a project, including with your still photos.

But please answer my questions above and hopefully we will be able to offer more concrete advice.