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Best way to edit 1080p 29.97fps DSLR footage in 720p sequence
Title basically says it. I know there are various ways to solve this but as the video is due I would rather ask and be sure then head down the wront path.
So the problem is that I shot in 1920 x 1080 at 29.97fps and the customer wants 1280 x 720 in the final video. There is no preset for 720p 29.97fps in the “New Sequence” menu so I just used the “Digital SLR- DSLR 720p24” preset then under the “Settings” tab I just changed the “Timebase” to 29.97 which also changes “Display Format” accordingly.
I realize I could also edit in 1080p sequence then just export as 1280 x 720 but I want to be able to take advantage of zooming and reframing the 1080p footage in the smaller 720p sequence.
Is this the right way to do it? Any disadvantages or better ways?
I have shot 1080p 23.976fps quite a few times and it is simple to just create a 720p 23.976 sequence from the preset with no problems as the frame rates match in the footage and the preset. I just want to make sure I’m accomplishing the same thing.
Thank-you to anyone with some helpful info, my edit is due tomorrow. -
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Hi Darren,
That’s the way I have do it numerous times. works well and gives good options to zoom etc. Just watch out for the ‘scale to sequence’ settings on the clips you want to zoom!
Dave
Macbook Pro Retina 15″ i7 2.7 16GB Early 2013
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Ok thanks. I created a custom sequence and also created a new sequence preset for 720p at 29.97fps. I just didn’t realize there was no 720p 30fps or 29.97fps DSLR sequence option or preset.
The 1080p footage seems to be playing fine in the 720p 29.97fps sequence I created so I think I’ve accomplished my goal. I will obviously export and have a close look, I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something.
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Hi Darren,
Just because the footage came from a DSLR doesn’t mean you must use a DSLR preset, the presets are just listed that way for convenience.
There are certainly existing 720p30 (29.97) presets, just look under AVCHD or XDCAM for instance and use one of those.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Very true. I should have poked around in the existing presets a bit more. Obviously there are no 720p 30fps presets because no cameras can shoot that. Should have realized that.
I just used Digital SLR 24p and changed the settings to the correct frame rate which seems to have made the correct sequence.
Thanks for your input Jeff. -
Don’t forget, you want to keep an eye on field order. If your customer wants blu-ray, adobe doesn’t support the AVCHD spec for output to disc. They will write it, no problem, in encore, but they will not transcode to it. AVCHD does have options for 30fps at 720. But Blu-ray strict encoder in encore and in AME both are limited to 1080i at 30FPS (DFT), and 720p at 60fps or 24\25fps, all drop frame. What does the customer want for output medium? A FILE or a set-top playable disc? If a set-top disc is what they want, you’ll have to conform to that, or do a 2 step encode. Step 1, output your project in all its glory to an uncompressed format. Step 2, use a windows compatible AVCHD encoding program to encode the video to an AVCHD stream, with a separate audio file transcode to AC3. You may now use encore to output the disc… You should be able to Menu it and use the Premiere sequence as a starting point to make chapters etc; then just point the transcode to the AVCHD file, place the audio, and then fire off a disc.
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