Progressive vs Interlaced, what is it?
You might have seen mobiles, TVs, tabs and any device with a screen advertised as HD 720p or Full HD 1080p, and on TV settings you may have seen options like 1080i. What do the ‘p’ and the ‘i’ mean? Let’s find out. The ‘p’ stands for progressive and the ‘i’ stands for interlaced. Progressive […]
NTSC or PAL, what is it? Which should you choose?
If you’re looking to set your camera to 30fps and the option doesn’t exist and you’re confused because the box the camera came in said it’s available. Then you see the Video System is set to PAL. You change it to NTSC and Voila, it shows the 30fps option. How did it happen? What does […]
Title Safe, an age-old advice for title placement
Have you noticed two concentric rectangles in the video edit window? Have you ever wondered what they are? Well, they are called Title safe and Action Safe. This concept comes from the time of CRT TVs where depending on the manufacturer and design of the television, information on the edges of the screen would be […]
Here’s the best settings to export final cut pro, optimised for Youtube
Did you know that Youtube has recommendations on what are the best settings to export your video to? If you have been just exporting to whatever default setting your video editor uses, you’ve been doing it all wrong. Let’s find out what are the Youtube Recommended settings and how to set them in Final Cut […]