Amsterdam at DVinfo.net

Kevin Langdon · March 18th, 2015, 03:17 PM

Two short films shot in Amsterdam.

Kevin Langdon · March 18th, 2015, 03:20 PM

Kevin Langdon · March 18th, 2015, 03:21 PM

Jo Ouwejan · March 19th, 2015, 01:45 AM

Adding some more hidden places.

Ivan Mosny · March 19th, 2015, 10:14 AM

Kevin - are you sure that the upload is okay? Your videos looks very unsharp and extremelly compressed.

Kevin Langdon · March 19th, 2015, 11:22 AM

They look OK played on my laptop in the UK...

Ivan Mosny · March 19th, 2015, 01:33 PM

Hmmm. Look at this. Where are the details?
What lenses did you use? It looks, like the left size of the picture use to be softened by wide angle.
I added just a little saturation to the night scene - to show how much noise and compression artefacts are there.
Maybe is you output editing format too compressed? Colors are very on the "warmish" side. On the attached pic i did just correct colors to make the snow white - an i think it makes a big difference.
A7s delivers so much sharpness and details - i do not understand why not on your films.

Kevin Langdon · March 19th, 2015, 02:44 PM

Thanks for your comments. I agree the night time pix do have more noise than I would like. I haven't really found a setting which has barely any at night. Out of the 3 shots at the ice rink the other two have whiter ice. I'm not sure why there's a difference as they were filmed within a few minutes of each other.
I've been using a setting from another forum that has found favour with others. I'll have another look.

Bill Pryor · March 23rd, 2015, 02:28 PM

They look soft and noisy for me too. Are you shooting XAVC or one of the other codecs?

Mark Williams · March 23rd, 2015, 05:29 PM

The footage looks soft to me also. If it looks good on you timeline it might be how you encoded it (codec and bitrate) for Vimeo upload.

Kevin Langdon · March 24th, 2015, 09:58 AM

XAVC and I uploaded to You Tube at 1080 at the supposed better quality setting rather than faster encode.

I've been having a problem or two with my laptop, so I think the two things may be connected...

March 18th, 2015, 03:17 PM	#1
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Amsterdam Two short films shot in Amsterdam. Amsterdam by Night - YouTube

March 18th, 2015, 03:20 PM	#2
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Re: Amsterdam Amsterdam by Night - YouTube Last edited by Kevin Langdon; March 18th, 2015 at 03:26 PM. Reason: Mistake made

March 18th, 2015, 03:21 PM	#3
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Re: Amsterdam Amsterdam by Day - YouTube

March 19th, 2015, 01:45 AM	#4
Jo Ouwejan Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Veenendaal, Holland Posts: 225	Re: Amsterdam Adding some more hidden places. Amsterdam on Vimeo

March 19th, 2015, 10:14 AM	#5
Ivan Mosny Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 141	Re: Amsterdam Kevin - are you sure that the upload is okay? Your videos looks very unsharp and extremelly compressed.

March 19th, 2015, 11:22 AM	#6
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Re: Amsterdam They look OK played on my laptop in the UK...

March 19th, 2015, 01:33 PM	#7
Ivan Mosny Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 141	Re: Amsterdam Hmmm. Look at this. Where are the details? What lenses did you use? It looks, like the left size of the picture use to be softened by wide angle. I added just a little saturation to the night scene - to show how much noise and compression artefacts are there. Maybe is you output editing format too compressed? Colors are very on the "warmish" side. On the attached pic i did just correct colors to make the snow white - an i think it makes a big difference. A7s delivers so much sharpness and details - i do not understand why not on your films. Attached Thumbnails

March 19th, 2015, 02:44 PM	#8
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Re: Amsterdam Thanks for your comments. I agree the night time pix do have more noise than I would like. I haven't really found a setting which has barely any at night. Out of the 3 shots at the ice rink the other two have whiter ice. I'm not sure why there's a difference as they were filmed within a few minutes of each other. I've been using a setting from another forum that has found favour with others. I'll have another look.

March 23rd, 2015, 02:28 PM	#9
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Re: Amsterdam They look soft and noisy for me too. Are you shooting XAVC or one of the other codecs?

March 23rd, 2015, 05:29 PM	#10
Mark Williams Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Deep South, U.S. Posts: 1,526	Re: Amsterdam The footage looks soft to me also. If it looks good on you timeline it might be how you encoded it (codec and bitrate) for Vimeo upload. __________________ Mark videos: http://vimeo.com/channels/3523 Stock: http://www.pond5.com/artist/mark29 Last edited by Mark Williams; March 23rd, 2015 at 08:44 PM.

March 24th, 2015, 09:58 AM	#11
Kevin Langdon Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 120	Re: Amsterdam XAVC and I uploaded to You Tube at 1080 at the supposed better quality setting rather than faster encode. I've been having a problem or two with my laptop, so I think the two things may be connected...