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DVCPro HD and Photoshop graphics
G’Morning all.
Just finished rough editing on a spot shot on HD Cam and captured via Kona3 at 23.98, DVCPro HD codec. I now need to make a couple of graphics for use within the spot using Photoshop CS.
My question: what size graphic (??x??) is right for use in a DVCPro HD timeline? The original HD Cam foorage was shot at 1080p, but Pro HD is a different frame size. I’l looking for the Photoshop frame size that will match the DVCPro frame size and aspect ratio. And what about the square/rectangular pixel issues?
I’m heading back for that second cup of coffee now in a vain attempt to wake up after the long holiday weekend. My brain should kick in at any moment now…stand back.
Thanks,
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What are you finishing on? Are you going to online back to HDCAM or are you sticking with DVCPRO HD (and what is the compression here, 1080i? 720p?)? What I would do is make the graphics 1920×1080 square pixels and downsize them in the DVC PRO timeline just in case you want to go back to HDCAM. Making them too big can’t hurt anything except render times, making them too small is just asking for a headache.
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I think I answered my own question. I’m cutting on a DVCProHD timeline at 23.98fps. I had a couple of scenes that I needed to make masks and then retouch a few background elements. That PSD would then be used over the original footage since it was a locked-down shot. I just exported a frame from the original footage as a reference at 1280×1080, did the retouching in Photoshop and exported the mask/retouched background back into FCP at the same frame size. When imported, everything matched over the original footage up without any problems. It was just a small fix so you can’t really see that there is no compression noise in the graphic when placed over the original footage. (Someone left a water bottle in the background and it wasn’t caught during the shoot.) OOPS!
Usually I cut in 10 bit uncompressed from the original HDCam footage. This project, due to client request, was cut in the DVCProHD codec so I had to develop a different workflow from the one I usually use. Since this spot was going to be distributed in SD anyway, going to DVCHD wasn’t that big of an issue. The client was happy to not be advertising that brand of water along with his product and DP will be getting a LARGER field monitor next time.
As a side note, how the times have changed. Being concerned about dropping DOWN to a format like DVCHD and being worried about if the final product will look good enough on the air. (It does BTW) 🙂
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[Tom Matthies] “As a side note, how the times have changed. Being concerned about dropping DOWN to a format like DVCHD and being worried about if the final product will look good enough on the air. (It does BTW) :)”
We’ve delivered over 30 episodes to 2 networks using DVCPro HD as the workflow and all we get are compliments that we’re delivering the best looking HD they’ve seen. It’s an outstanding codec.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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