EFF eff-otw Reply Exh. 11

Ripped footage is on the left; captured footage (resized for editing) is on the right.

Effects of editing

Although the Opponents' screen capture MPG can be loaded into Premiere and can even be edited, it cannot always be exported. When I attempted to export a video demonstrating the effects of editing on ripped vs. captured footage, Premiere would neither render nor export the video clips that had had effects applied:


However, Premiere did allow the export of still images from the project file. These images highlight key differences between footage types when edited.

Zooming

Resizing degrades the quality of both images, but the effect is much more pronounced in the captured footage.




Crossfading

The face of Neo (Keanu Reeves) is relatively clear in the overlay of ripped DVD frames, but much less so in the overlay of captured frames.

Still frames from EFF eff-otw Reply Exh. 9

Premiere did allow the export of a video showing the differences between video files with no additional effects applied; see EFF eff-otw Reply Exh. 9.

Blurriness

Note the relative clarity of the left (ripped) half of the frame compared to the blurriness on the right (captured) half of the frame.



Ghosting

The second image in this three-image sequence demonstrates ghosting in the captured half of the frame: note the residual image of Neo and walls, floor, and statuary from the previous frame.




Note the ghosting of Neo's hand as he lowers it.






Note the clarity of the figure on the left (in the ripped half of the frame) vs. the ghosting of the figure on the left (in the captured half of the frame).












Lest you think that the previous example only shows that the figure on the right is moving more than the figure on the left, let's do a side-by-side comparison of the exact same frames. Note the ghosting in the penultimate frame, in which Neo appears to be wearing Trinity's shiny leather jacket. Again, ripped source is on the left and captured on the right.

Some blurring is inevitable in any action sequence; 24 frames per second can't capture fast motion with absolute clarity. However, the following examples demonstrate the difference between the normal blurriness of ripped footage and the exaggerated blurriness and ghosting of captured footage; note how the facial features of the figure on the right almost entirely disappear in the captured footage.