Hello, Here is a short clip of me swimming. It was shot using a Pentax Optio M10 camera. The 10M mov file was then uploaded to Youtube. The quality doesn't seem to be very good.
So, any advice on whatever you can tell about the swim and/or advice on how to upload/shoot better videos is much appreciated and thanked in advance.
www.youtube.com/watch
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Steve - I have a bit of advice for the video part.
I suggest the following:
Edit the video footage in Windows Movie Maker or similar. "Make a movie" (also known as rendering) in WMV format at the best resolution available in your software. Render at 800x600 or better if possible. You can choose AVI or mpeg formats if you prefer but always send Youtube the highest quality file possible. The files are bigger but have a better image.
When you send lower resolution video - the compression routines used by Youtube tend to pixelate (turn into blocks) the water, especially with splashes. That's why the picture is blocky at the surface of the water in your video.
If your video is of sufficient quality and the viewer has a broadband internet connection Youtube will activate a "Watch in high quality" option (lower right of the video screen) which will show a much better picture.
A couple of other suggestions:
1. Use a tripod or monopod if possible
2. Don't walk with the camera. No one can hold it steady.
3. Shoot from up high if possible. I find poolside not very useful unless you are at the end of the pool and you want to capture the straight-on view for stroke quality.
4. Move the camera 1/3 as fast as you think you should when you are zooming or moving from one scene to another (such as the electronic scoreboard).
The video below is no work of art (it is just some high school race footage) but the picture quality is pretty good with just a regular Sony camcorder edited in Sony Vegas Studio.
www.youtube.com/watch
Steve - I have a bit of advice for the video part.
I suggest the following:
Edit the video footage in Windows Movie Maker or similar. "Make a movie" (also known as rendering) in WMV format at the best resolution available in your software. Render at 800x600 or better if possible. You can choose AVI or mpeg formats if you prefer but always send Youtube the highest quality file possible. The files are bigger but have a better image.
When you send lower resolution video - the compression routines used by Youtube tend to pixelate (turn into blocks) the water, especially with splashes. That's why the picture is blocky at the surface of the water in your video.
If your video is of sufficient quality and the viewer has a broadband internet connection Youtube will activate a "Watch in high quality" option (lower right of the video screen) which will show a much better picture.
A couple of other suggestions:
1. Use a tripod or monopod if possible
2. Don't walk with the camera. No one can hold it steady.
3. Shoot from up high if possible. I find poolside not very useful unless you are at the end of the pool and you want to capture the straight-on view for stroke quality.
4. Move the camera 1/3 as fast as you think you should when you are zooming or moving from one scene to another (such as the electronic scoreboard).
The video below is no work of art (it is just some high school race footage) but the picture quality is pretty good with just a regular Sony camcorder edited in Sony Vegas Studio.
www.youtube.com/watch
