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  Help! Avid Xpress Pro resolution question!

  Posted by Pgtips on June 15, 2006 at 11:07 am

  I have just shot a short on Super16 and got the master on Digibeta but i can’t afford to online it, so i am stuck with doing the edit with the best resolution i can get at the moment. I got the Digibeta transferred to DVCAM and will start my edit soon. What i want to know is do i open the project in 25p or 25i..what is the diff between opening the project in progressive or interlaced? What resolution is better to capture clips at – DV25 420 OMF or 15:1? And if i want to comform it from the orginal Digibeta at the end of the edit- is there anything i need to do before i start digitising and editing? Sorry very basic questions but any feedback would be helpful. Feeling really confused.

  Jon Zanone replied 20 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jon Zanone

  June 15, 2006 at 5:27 pm

  First off, does the timecode on the DigiBeta match the DVCam? If it does, sweet. If it doesn’t, you won’t be able to match back to your digibeta.

  Your resolution really depends on how much storage you have. A lot? Digitize at DV25 (if you have mojo). A little? Digitize everything at 15:1, edit, then redig at a higher resolution (if you are going to output from the Avid) or take your EDL/files to a better Avid. DV25 via fire wire is the best you’ll get out of DV. Digitizing DV footage any higher is a waste of space.

  Why not rent a digibeta deck for a day, digitize and then rent it again when your ready to output? You’ll need an RS422 to serial converter (google it – about a $100.00US) and a Mojo….

  Jon

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