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Edit on DVCPRO50 or 8-bit Timeline?
I have an upcoming promo video project that will combine shots from:
–50% New footage to be shot w/ HVX200
–25% Existing footage shot in DVCAM25
–Some FCP moves on stills (all are plenty big enough)
–Some graphics/titles from a vendor to be rendered in QT of my choice
–A few shots from old Beta SP tape
–A few extracts from a product promo DVD
Final output for client: standard DVD.The new footage will be shot with the HVX200, the format is my decision.
–Should we shoot DVCPRO50 and render the clips in an 8-bit timeline?
–Or should I set up the whole edit as a DVCPRO50 timeline (the existing DV25 has to be rendered to exist in the 8-bit timeline anyway)?Some of the new footage will be close-ups of LCD PC monitors showing software in action, so detail counts!
I know it’s NAB time, but I think this is an easy one for the experts out there…! -
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Hi,
DVCPro50 is 422 and the HVX200 is 411/420, so I would rather shoot DVCPro50. Them I would set the time-line in DVCPRO50. In the end when you got all your sequence finished you can just chance the setting to 8b Unc. Anyway inbetween DVCPro50 and 8b Unc I think you will find not much difference.
Cheers,
rafael -
All this week I worked on a show in a DVCpro50 project, it looks great. Normally I work in 8bit, and I couldn’t tell the difference.
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Thank you, Chris and rafalaos for your responses. DVCPRO50 it is!
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There’s a lot of snobbery about uncompressed and sure it’s great if you have the disk space…but I edited a weekly BBC programme for 2 years in DVCPRO50 and didn’t have a single issue with quality. It looked great and is 1/3rd of the datarate.
Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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I’d been so thinking about image quality I hadn’t considered the disk space and datarate advantages.
BTW, DH’s incredibly useful products are much appreciated. Shortly to use DH_Box for a music video; it will not only save a lot of time, it allows us to put that time towards creativity.
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Thanks! Yes the datarate is a big advantage especially when we used to bounce source clips around our gigabit ethernet network – we didn’t have a SAN.
Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
Unique plug-ins and tools for Apple Pro Apps
NEW! Final Print for FCP
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Hey Martin,
No wonder the project I am working on goes so smooth. Didn’t know about the data rate, is the file size that much smaller too?
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Yep, same thing.
Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
Unique plug-ins and tools for Apple Pro Apps
NEW! Final Print for FCP
Hot Tips video podcast
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