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Aug 5, 2024, 7:04:07 AM8/5/24
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Ingeneral, there is no reason for you to be touching B frames, fps, GOP and all that. Shotcut does not put bad settings by default. The default settings in the Stock category are all of high quality.

Under advanced quality settings enable the Inner/Outer/Inner wall order (aka Sandwich mode) it helps quite a bit with wall consistency but can have worse overhangs.

Also, reducing outer wall speeds and accelerations will certainly help.


But it also failed at times even when the frames where the same. Pretty awful, because I need to distribute my boards as PDFs. Sometimes it would take a very, very long time to create a PDF - or, it would take a long time and then fail with that error message.


What I have found is that it depended on WHEN I tried to do this. When I worked at off-peak times or on weekends, the problem usually went away. So I suspect it had to do with the server requiring too much computing power.


Large and complex documents may have difficulty exporting to high-quality PDFs. Try exporting a smaller or less complex portion of your document to see if it works. If it does, consider breaking the document into smaller sections for export.


I am curious as to the major (or minor..) differences in picture clarity, audio quality and general project quality to a movie/project that I export in iMovie 10.1 when I select to export to file using the ProRes, or High (Quality) settings. I've done both, and to my eyes and ears on my devices, I can't see a difference between the two (ProRes vs High Quality) other than the file size.


I did some googling and couldn't find any recent posts/questions regarding iMovie -- every result I came across is from 2012 (Apple added ProRes export support sometime in late 2014) and didn't exactly address what I'm asking.


I'm of the mind that for future viewing of my projects I'd like to select the best file format for quality and clarity; but I'm also running on a 2012 13" MacBook Pro i5, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, and 2015 MacBook Air 11" i7, 8GB RAM 128GB SSD so storage can be limited depending on the project I'm working on and if I can't see a major difference in quality of the finished project, I'd like to keep the export times and stress on my systems down as much as possible.


I suppose what I'm really asking is is it worth it for me to select ProRes for export considering storage space and computing power? I'm not a professional editing and exporting for anybody but myself and family & friends.


Pro res has a higher bit rate, therefore more bits of information per unit of time, therefore more file size, and presumably better quality. As you have noted, quality is in the eye of the beholder. Quality differences may not be noticeable to the untrained eye or can only be discerned upon careful examination in side by side comparison with a clip of lower quality. It can also depend upon the type of video you are making. If it is a relatively static video of a serene pond, or still images, you might not notice any quality difference compared to a format with lower bit rate. If there is a lot of fast motion in the video, like race cars going by, you might notice some difference in the higher bit rate format versus the lower bit rate. Still, it would be very hard to tell. And, it may not make any significant difference.


Pro res would technically be better for editing than, say, Mp4, because there is less compression. But again you might not notice the difference. Probably Mp4 would be better for uploading to the internet or streaming. Mp4 is pretty universal and renders pretty high quality for consumer use. Both would be fine for burning a DVD.


So, is it worth it to select pro res versus the lower bit rate Mp4? The answer depends really on personal preference, considering the type of video and the use you are going to make of it. I find Mp4 to be perfectly fine for my purpose, that is to make family vids to burn to DVD and upload to You Tube. For those purposes, my eye can't discern any quality differences, and if there were any, they are insignificant to me. You will need to consider what is important to you and decide accordingly.


Based on this, I will probably stick with the mp4 or high quality setting if you can't see much difference & it takes up less memory. I am basically downloading dvds that have vhs and 8mm tapes burned on them and want to ensure the quality is not severely reduced when watching on tv. I have actually been editing the videos in imovie first and then I'm given the option to save as a best quality(prores) when I go to save as a file- I guess the high quality setting will still work well if the editing is happening beforehand?


If you have a microscope laying around (hey, some people do!), haul it out and take a look at a few of the different threads you have in your sewing basket. See any little stray hairs hanging off of the side? Now imagine that thread traveling through your sewing machine, and through the fabric of your latest project.


There are key differences between these three types of thread that may make you want to keep all three on hand based on what kind of sewing you enjoy. For more specific info on cotton vs. poly thread, check out this post!


I have been working on a little sewing project. My serger is to my left with my lamp shining through the threads. My, my but there are lots of stray fiber ends and lint on the serger thread. I also know that it is not as strong as other threads.


I do commonly use Guterman thread for regular sewing and sometimes quilting projects. I used to hate Guterman thread because it had so much lint, but what I have used more recently has had less lint. If your sewing machine has a horizontal spool pin, you will want to use cross-wound thread such as Guterman, Aurafil, Mettler, and some others. Coats and Clarks thread is wound parallel and should be okay to use with a machine with a vertical spool pin.


I have a horizontal spool pin on my Juki and it did not like some thread. I found putting the thread on a cone holder, so it was upright, made my machine like it a LOT more. Methinks horizontal spool pins are not the best way to go.


Suzy, when you mention that 40/3 is the weight of the thread and the number of strands, would the 40 be all three spun together? So a 40/3 would be the same weight as 40/2 but stronger because it has more strands? Thank you for the constant inspiration!


I have trouble with some Coats and Clark Dual Duty XP thread. All purpose. If its 100% polyester thread I can use it but I bought a spool of the same thread somewhere, I assume JoAnns and it would not work on my Brother machine I finally found in small print that it was 100% polyester covered polyester thread. Why the difference?


Having read this I thought it was extremely enlightening. I appreciate you spending some time and effort to put this article together. I once again find myself personally spending way too much time both reading and posting comments. But so what, it was still worthwhile!


I bought a new machine almost a year ago and some of the Aurifil thread does not like my machine. Same brand of machine, just a better one. I like Mettler. I have used some Superior, but sometimes I get so confused on which thread to use for which project. I have been quilting on and off for about 10 years and still find somethings a mystery.


Have you ever tried Connecting Threads? Its 100% cotton. You can get a 1200 yd spool for $7.99 on Amazon. Seems to be high quality and Ive been using for a baby quilt and so far I like it and havent had any issues with it. Just a idea for you.


Beyond the essential ideas of broad access to food, housing, quality education, health care and employment, quality of life also may include intangibles such as job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality. Through all phases of life, these countries are seen as treating their citizens well.

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