Grainy Rendering Issue in FCP 4.5 at DVinfo.net

Michael Dominic · April 29th, 2006, 08:08 PM

When I render a clip with a few layers of color correction and or filters in FCP 4.5 it becomes grainy even if before I render it it looks fine.

Anyone know why this happens?

Thanks.

Boyd Ostroff · April 30th, 2006, 07:47 AM

Without seeing the actual clip it's hard to say. However, I've seen something similar before. Prior to rendering you're seeing a low quality approximation of the clip. I think that noise can be lost in these because the resolution is low, but rendering shows all its flaws.

Color correction is tricky because, depending on what you do, it can bring out noise and also lead to banding (noticeable outlines in areas which should have smooth transitions from dark to light). So you may just be pushing your footage beyond that limit of DV25's colorspace.

April 29th, 2006, 08:08 PM	#1
Michael Dominic Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NYC, NY Posts: 52	Grainy Rendering Issue in FCP 4.5 When I render a clip with a few layers of color correction and or filters in FCP 4.5 it becomes grainy even if before I render it it looks fine. Anyone know why this happens? Thanks.

April 30th, 2006, 07:47 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,801	Without seeing the actual clip it's hard to say. However, I've seen something similar before. Prior to rendering you're seeing a low quality approximation of the clip. I think that noise can be lost in these because the resolution is low, but rendering shows all its flaws. Color correction is tricky because, depending on what you do, it can bring out noise and also lead to banding (noticeable outlines in areas which should have smooth transitions from dark to light). So you may just be pushing your footage beyond that limit of DV25's colorspace.