• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Transcoding captured HDV and FCP advise

  Posted by Hamilton Robinson on October 31, 2009 at 12:22 am

  Hi Everyone.

  I have shot some footage in HDV but it is a minority component of material compared to the still images in the project.

  When I render photoshop logos, images in a HDV FCP sequence it doesn’t look that good due interlacing issues and the HDV codec.

  Can I drop the HDV footage into a progressive HD FCP sequence and treat it as a progressive format….render and convert as needed and work with a nice clean images. Any issues with that?

  Any tricks on making HDV footage look better when working with still images.

  The next camera I buy will be professional progressive format such as XDCAM.

  I would appreciate other peoples advise on how they work with HDV footage and cross convert it as a codec for best results for clean crisp images in a combined HDV and still image project.

  When is the best time to transcode the HDV footage?

  Should I edit in HDV then transcode to a new Prores progressive codec sequence when I am finished or at the beginning if effects and filters have to be applied to the footage?

  Any tips much appreciated.

  Hamilton.

  Hamilton Robinson replied 16 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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