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  HD footage with DVCProHD is 960×720??? Help!

  Posted by Niklas Wikman on March 15, 2013 at 1:02 pm

  So, I shot with our HPX500 and imported the clips using Log and Transfer. Codec is DVCPROHD but the resolution is 960×720 (PAL).

  It makes no sense to me. We used to shoot SD (DV50) and then all footage was 720×576 anamorphic.

  My final output will be SD DVD and/or web.

  Our main edit suite uses a Mac Pro with Aja IoHD for viewing. But we also edit using iMac 27″.
  Should I ingest the footage as ProRes422 rather than DvcproHD?

  Shane Ross replied 13 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chris Tompkins

  March 15, 2013 at 2:30 pm

  That is correct. DVCPROHD is a “Thin Raster” format.
  Ingesting to Prores will not really gain you any quality.
  When making final output or master, you’ll have a full 720p file.

  Chris
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  Shane Ross

  March 18, 2013 at 5:04 pm

  Yup…as Chris says, there’s no problem. 920×720 is an Anamorphic HD format.

  Shane
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