• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDCAM 1080i 54.94 to DVCPRO HD at 720p 23.98

  Posted by Aaron Burns on February 25, 2010 at 5:36 pm

  I received a HDCAM tape (at 1080i 59.94) today with a segment from a tv show that will appear in a documentary. The image on the tape is postage stamp (pillar box and letter box). The director wants the image full screen and our work flow has been DVCPRO HD 720p @ 23.98 fps. (The image is 16×9 so I do not have to worry about aspect ratio.)

  I was thinking that I could put the clip on a 720p @ 23.98 timeline and blow up the image up to fill the screen and export the clip there by solving the issue of size and frame rate at once…???

  or

  Should I keep the image postage stamp and convert to 720p @ 23.98 and when it is the actually used (it will be threaded throughout an interview) blow up those segments to full frame?

  Any other suggestions/solutions?

  We are cutting on FCP v 7.0.1

  Thank you

  -Aaron

  Arnie Schlissel replied 16 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Arnie Schlissel

  February 25, 2010 at 9:43 pm

  I’ve had pretty good results from Compressor. Compressor has some decent frame blending algorithms since at least v3.0. You must use the “Frames” tab in Compressor and select the proper options. I will refer you to the PDF manual in Compressor’s Help menu for details.

  Arnie
  Post production is not an afterthought!
  https://www.arniepix.com/

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