Exporting HD quality

[DavidDuwaer]

Hello everyone,

I have some HD video takes from a photocamera, specifically .mov files with 1920*1088 resolution (I don't know why it's not 1080), and a data rate of 45129kbit/s if it matters. No I want to make a simple movie with only these takes and I want to export it so that the quality of the source material isn't lost.

How do I do this?

So far I've used Pinnacle Studio HD 15, but the only formats with which I can export to 1920*1080 resolution are *.mov and *.wmv, but in both cases the quality drops significantly, like the resolution is lower even though it's a 1920*1080 file.

(I have Sony Vegas and AVID Media Composer installed too so if it's only possible with those kind of programs your answer will be helpful too)

[mike20021969]

but in both cases the quality drops significantly, like the resolution is lower even though it's a 1920*1080 file.

Does the bit-rate match the original?

Unless the bit-rate is the same as the original, then you will lose resolution even though the frame size is "identical".

[DavidDuwaer]

I can't select a higher bitrate setting. Is the problem then just that Pinnacle Studio doesn't support it? Why wouldn't they?