Can you REALLY SEE the DIFFERENCE 1080 VS 4K?

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How big of a difference is there really between 1080 and 4k visually? Can you see the difference? Thats what I was trying to answer in this video and I'm curious to know how many you guessed right?

[mattih]

How many did you get right? And more importantly were you just guessing or you thought you saw a difference?

[Dopamine]

"this is 4k:


me watching from a1080p laptop screen: cool

[ThraxJay]

Bro I watched this whole vid in 720p 😂

[AgniesMTDronesandPixels]

As you mentioned - the biggest benefit is ability to crop the footage. And I think that the initial quality of the footage is important, if you have low quality 4k you can scale it to 1080 or 720 and it will look passable, but if you have low quality 720 it will remail low quality.

[BucketListTravellers]

That's really good to know. We usually film in 1080 but we just got the new gopro and have been experimenting with the 4k. We hadn't thought about upscaling the 1080 to 4k. Might have to look into that - great pro tip there!

[dappa]

It only matter when you have an actual 4K screen to watch a 4K video on

[lambmaster]

Keep in mind that 4K really shines on larger displays, like 60"+.

When I first saw a 4k TV in a store for the first time years ago, I could definitely tell the difference. Then I moved closer to the TV. I still didn't see any blurriness or pixelation, and my mind was shattered.

[kites]

This test would be different if the shots were filmed on a tripod. If you are shooting 24 or 30 fps and observing the 180 shutter rule (1/48 or 1/60 shutter speed), your image is going to be soft no matter what resolution you use because of subject and camera motion.

[isassin]

Me when I see the 3rd clip: HM that's 4k

Text: 720p

[CaseyKnoblock]

Love the addition of 720p. This was a great discussion. It's more about what you're filming and how you're filming that determine if you really need above 1080. Especially if you're a growing filmmaker. You should focus on things that will improve your work exponentially instead of a small increase. Like better audio, lighting, framing, or editing. I'm glad you brought up cropping as a use for 4k. Bit rate and color are definitely points that people don't understand as well. I still use my phone to film, it does have limitations. Knowing how to work with them is important.

[homemadetastesandtips]

So, you imported 720p and 1080p videos into your 4k timeline and set the frame size of the videos to match the frame size right? So in what was your shooting format? Uncompressed? Apple prores or h.264? The 720p clip doesn't make any pixelization when you set the frame size to match the 4k timeline settings in edit? Really surprised to see this.

[JamieChorley]

I think one of the really big things for YT content is the fact that even just upscaled 1080p is going to look quite a bit better in its delivery than native 1080p, because at 4k, it's being delivered to you at a much higher bitrate. Being realistic, I see a decent difference because I have a 4k TV on my desk, but provided I'm sat at a normal distance away from my TV, there is no difference to me at all.

[Mobin]

When viewing no, when recording yes. A 1080p video that has been down-sampled from a 4K video looks much better than if it was directly recorded in 1080p.

[davidchastang]

This helps me understand why I watch some 4k content that doesn't look like 4k, looks like 1080 then I watch other 4k content that blows me away.

[documentarystudy]

The quality of the video is important for the camera taken, but the picture quality of the screen viewed by the viewer is also important.

[papsny]

Love this video!
Been preaching this to fellow studios and as far as clients are concerned, content is king. We experimented on 4k as well in terms of price and clients don't really see a difference that would convince them to pay extra for 4k..

For years, even today. We have been shooting weddings in 1080. Zero complaints so far.

As a freelancer, this means an easier workflow. No need to buy the latest/greatest gear. We can focus on the shot than thinking about the gear and if it can handle 4k. The extra budget allows us to get better lighting or another crew.

Great video Matt and i hope fellow videographers/studios would realize your point.

[camilioazoury]

I mostly film in 4k when I'm editing on a 1080 sequence and I need to zoom in some shots digitally. I'd switch from a medium shot to an extreme close up easily without losing any quality.

[lubostoev]

Also depends on the camera, if you have a camera that shoots quality videos you can have 1080p looking better than a cheap camera which shoots 4k

[Salted_Pizza]

I'm using a 4k 13.3' XPS 13 laptop. I couldn't see a big difference between 720p and 1080p, but there was a pretty large difference between 1080p and 4k.

[GRUBB-MUDD]

U been killing it matt, I'm about to get epidemic sound, does your code still work? And if it does can u let me know what it is again, BTW almost got a Sony a7 s3 today, I will soon