As I mentioned in my entry yesterday, I have been uploading some High Definition video to Vimeo because unlike YouTube it supports HD 720p format. I followed the encoding settings guide on the HD FAQ page and was quite satisfied with the way it turned out, although clearly it’s not going to be as good as what I see straight off the camcorder and in iMovie 08. I did some looking around the Vimeo forums and a member there had made some suggestions on getting the most out of your HD video when uploading.

So, I decided to make a quick screencast showing the settings I used in the hope that it helps others get better results, when using iMovie 08. I uploaded an HD video of my dog this afternoon and the quality was quite satisfactory. However, after following the new settings I think it has improved upon that further so I replaced the original video with the improved one. You can see my screencast here. Finally putting to good use my Snapz Pro X which is rather fab!

Just incase you were unable to see clearly the number I typed into Key Frames it was 30, and the Data Rate set to Restrict to 5000 kbits/sec.