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  16:9 XDCAM Footage to 4:3

  Posted by Timothy Wheeler on October 19, 2009 at 11:05 pm

  I have a strange issue. I need to crop Sony 16:9 XDCAM footage and make this footage into NTSC 4:3. The footage was shot in a shallow space with the idea that we could easily crop the sides that overshoot the backdrop. I don’t know how easy this actually going to be. This video is for internet use and we are unconcerned about pixel loss. Any suggestions?

  Alan Okey replied 16 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Alan Okey

  October 20, 2009 at 5:45 am

  You mentioned that the video is for internet use, yet you specified 4:3 NTSC, which is technically 720×486 nonsquare pixels @ 29.97fps interlaced. Do you simply mean that you’d like the video to be 640×480 square pixels @ 29.97fps progressive, which is a more appropriate way to deliver SD over the web?

  In either case, please, please, please tell us that you shot progressive HD and not interlaced. Please. This will make an absolute world of difference as to the level of quality you can expect when downscaling. If you haven’t yet shot the video, use 1080p30 or 720p30. Avoid 1080i60 like the plague. You could get by with 720p60, but there’s no need to shoot 60p for the web as you’d just be throwing out half of the frames anyway.

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