Best Bit Rate Settings

[tmccurdy]

Which settings are best for the increase in Bit Rate? I recently shot a project at 1.3x on a 60D and noticed a bit of "over-sharpening" in post. What setting is better than standard, but doesn't produce this effect? Or am I missing something?

Also, through Premiere CS5.5, what are the best export settings? MPEG and H.264 export settings have not been yielding the best looking final product.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[1%]

I do my own bit rate settings but on stock ML 2.0x seems a good midpoint with a fast card. The sharpening might be from your picture style, that is one thing it will actually affect.

If you need sound I don't think you can get much further than where you're at. Separate wav does work but for now hard to sync as it stretches and skips when there is a lot of data.

[skydragon]

Following on from 1% advice.

You may have already tried different EOS picturestyles, but if you haven't...

It's worth trying a 'flat' picture style and then altering the contrast/colour plus sharpening later in post, rather than using the in-camera pocessing. It seems to be generally accepted that this is a a good workflow for DSLR video.

As a suggestion; Go to the Canon UI and select picturestyle. Create a custom picturestyle using 'Neutral' and then adjust the following -

Sharpness - turn down to zero
Contrast - turn down to Zero
Saturation - turn down two clicks to '-2'
Color tone - leave at '0'

Tip - You may find that viewing and focusing when using a flat picture style is more difficult in Live View than using the default 'Auto' Picturestyle due to the lesser contrast and sharpening in-camera. To get around this you can use ML to use two picturestyles - one for when you are not recording, and another when you press record. I use 'Auto' picturestyle in normal LV and then set ML to select my custom flat picturestyle when I hit record.

If you google 'EOS DSLR flat picturestyles' there is a ton of info out there.

I've been using Premiere Pro CS6 recently and the H264 export works pretty well for me, using the standard 1080p 25fps settings and target bitrate at around 30Mbps.  The Vimeo 1080p preset works ok too.

FWIW - I'm using a 600D (T3i) at CBR x1.8