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How are you importing HDV footage into FCP to get the best image quality?
I’ve just finished importing a complete project from 24P M2T files from a DR60/V1U into Final Cut Pro 7 with the following workflow:
1. Wrap the M2T files using ClipWrap into Quicktime files
2. Use compressor 3.5 to convert to ProRes LT and remove pulldown, retaining original 1440×1080. Standard ProRes and HQ seems like overkill to me.I’m not upconverting in compressor since in tests I can see the blocky scaling artifacts others have reported with compressor 3.5. But when I send to color, it’s coming back 1920×1080
How are you importing HDV to get the best image quality?
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4 Replies
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[Gregory quinn] “But when I send to color, it’s coming back 1920×1080 “
Because Color only exports ProRes, DVCPRO HD and Uncompressed…it does not export as HDV. But, you say:
[Gregory quinn] “1. Wrap the M2T files using ClipWrap into Quicktime files “
OK…you export as QT files…WHAT CODEC? HDV? Apple Intermediate?
[Gregory quinn] “How are you importing HDV to get the best image quality? “
Either as Native HDV and rendering as ProRes, or capturing as ProRes. Anything else lowers the quality.
Shane
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Thanks Shane. Since Compressor doesn’t recognize .m2t files, I used the program ClipWrap to “wrap” the files as Quicktime. ClipWrap doesn’t alter the data, or reencode, therefore the process is lossless. Therefore these ClipWrapped Quicktime files are HDV, 1080i60 (24P encoded within this). Compressor is used to convert to ProRes LT and remove pulldown to produce 1440×1080 24p.
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Gregory, I think you have a perfectly suitable workflow. Keep it up.
Jeremy
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I agree with Jeremy.
Shane
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Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
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