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Standard Def 16×9 DVD from 720 30p HD
Hello. I have a spot that we shot on a P2 card at 720p@30 fps. I have edited the spot in FCP HD and now I have to make a 16×9 SD DVD in DVD studio pro for client approval. I was wondering what the work flow would be. I make a 4×3 SD timeline, put the HD spot in the timeline, adjusted all the shots and made the shots anamorpic, exported to compressor selected 16×9 best quality. The DVD worked, but the compression was quite noticeable in the DVD. I was wondering if anyone had any tips to make it look less compressed on the DVD. Thanks
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Mark,
Are you trying to make this letterboxed 4×3, or anamorphic? You can do either, I make the latter all the time from HD projects, they look great.
For an anamorphic DVD which should fill a 16×9 TV, just send your HD movie to Compressor and use the anamorphic settings. In DVDSP, select 16×9 for you tracks and menu and away you go.
Otherwise, drop you 720p sequence into a 4×3 sequence in Final Cut, and then just make a disk as normal, it should look fine. Might want to mess with your data rate in Compressor depending on your content and the length. Testing for this is always worth the trouble.
Have a wonderful day.
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Thanks. I want to play back a 16×9 SD Video on a 16×9 sd screen with no black letterboxing. Should I stretch out the video in FCP (anamorpic) or should I leave it alone in the sd 4×3 project? And in compressor do I pick 16×9 or 4×3? Tha nks
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This has actually been covered a number of times on here so definitely use the Search Posts function in the future.
Export from your HD timeline.
Bring that into Compressor.
Make your MPEG-2
Bring that into DVD Studio Pro
Make the DVD 16:9 aspect.
Burn.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Mark,
You don’t need a 4×3 project step, just send your HD project to Compressor and use a 16×9 NTSC setting, and do as Walter says in DVDSP. Click on you track and make it 16×9 in the inspector and do the same in the menu tab.
Have a wonderful day.
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Are you better off to bring it in Compressor and use the advanced conversions first to “NTSC Anamorphic” and then once you have the new NTSC Anamorphic MOV file bring this back into Compressor and make 16×9 MPEG2?
In other words, does a two step process give you a cleaner image instead of doing it all in one step?
This is the way I usually do it and it looks really clean on the final 16×9 DVD.
Warren
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[Warren] “Are you better off to bring it in Compressor and use the advanced conversions first to “NTSC Anamorphic” and then once you have the new NTSC Anamorphic MOV file bring this back into Compressor and make 16×9 MPEG2?”
We never do this, just go straight to Compressor and encode the HD file, then do the 16×9 Standard DVD.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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