• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDV 1080p30 – need to upgrade?

  Posted by Biks Wigglesworth on January 14, 2009 at 5:17 am

  So I got my new snazzy Sony HV30 camera. I’m trying to shoot some HDV 1080p30 footage. I’m trying to capture/edit it with FCP 5.1.

  Don’t see it listed, do I need to upgrade to FCP 6?
  Can I get a 1080p codec for 5.1?
  Will Final Cut Express 4 do HDV 1080p30?

  Biks Wigglesworth replied 17 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  Biks Wigglesworth

  January 14, 2009 at 4:18 pm

  [I wake up the next day after doing some tests]

  I think I can answer my own question. My objective is to get my 1080p30 video online. (squashed down to 640×360 for youtube)

  If I capture 1080p30 footage with 1080i in FCP, I’m just feeding it a single frame for both fields. When I export my video out, it sure looks progressive. I don’t see any interlacing artifacts.

  Can anyone verify my reasoning?

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