• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDCAM to Media Mgr Lo-rez version for my Editor

  Posted by Mark Kalbskopf on March 27, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  What’s the best format to export my HD project to another editor in?
  I have 1920×1080 25p HDCAM project that I want to send to another editor who will edit in a lower rez version.
  I have about 800GB of footage all encoded in QT Cineform.
  I’m trying to use Media Manager to ‘Recompress’ the whole project but I can’t find a decent preset. Within Media Manager, if I use ‘Custom’ then I can’t seem to set it up so I get 1024×576 Anamorphic 16:9 PAL. I can do this with individual clips using ‘Export’ Quicktime conversion, but I want to do the whole project.
  Whatever format I use, I want to keep my HD project in sync with his Lower rez version 3000 miles away.

  Mark.

  Sean Oneil replied 18 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Sean Oneil

  March 27, 2008 at 8:44 pm

  Just use 720×576 and tell him it’s anamorphic.

  Sean
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  Mark Kalbskopf

  March 27, 2008 at 8:49 pm

  If I run a test using Media Manager to recompress to 720 x 576, then, when I open the clip in Quicktime it’s all width-wise squashed and the clip is not marked as Anamorphic.
  Mark.
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  Sean Oneil

  March 27, 2008 at 9:23 pm

  Doesn’t matter. The editor will flag it as anamorphic after it’s been imported into Final Cut. That’s the proper workflow for widescreen SD.

  Sean

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