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edit 720×576 and 320×240 files into hdv sequence?
Hi! I was sent a hard drive containing 720×576 and 320×240 quicktime movie files which I now unfortunately have to edit into a hdv sequence. Images look squashed and fragmented and terrible comparing to my crisp HDV. Were originally shot on digbeta but the hard drive is all I have to work from and it’s all precious unique stuff. Can’t contact the people who shot it and can’t reshoot, any suggestions as to how save the situation somehow? Thanks!
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The squished look indicates that they are 16:9 anamorphic. Set your distort to 33.3 to correct the aspect ratio.
What are the codecs of the files? It may be worth converting them to ProRes 422 1920 x 1080 in Compressor to do a better scaling to HD than just using FCP. You might also consider Innobits video purifier to do both the scaling and some denoising to clean up the SD footage. https://www.innobits.com/purifier.html
Either way the upscaled footage would be best in ProRes 422 and your HDV can also be dropped into a ProRes22 1920 x 1080 timeline to get the best post grade finish.
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[delphine morris] “I was sent a hard drive containing 720×576 and 320×240 quicktime movie files which I now unfortunately have to edit into a hdv sequence”
First thing is NO NOT edit in a HDV sequence use Pro Res, especially if you want to incorporate other formats of video like you want to.
Second 320×240 video is just going to look HORRIBLE when you upscale it to HD sizes.
Hindsight is always 1080p
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Thanks friends now I’m confused! all I know is it does look bad now and I haven’t even started imagining how bad it will look in my sequence, can’t buy the suggested purifier ($200 I wish!) just now… How do I apply a scaled distort? so where does that leave me???? I appreciate your help, stuck in a deadly deadline…. again!
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By the way codecs are dv-pal integer (little endian) timecode…
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In the motion tab, you have control of scaling up or down (Basic motion) plus a distort section to stretch or squeeze. A combination of those will give you a full size image with the correct 16:9 aspect.
I played with the purifier demo yesterday and bought it! It is a great tool for cleaning up all sorts of noise and it’s scaling is also excellent. However it is shot by shot, not a batch converter so with a lot of footage Compressor would be better to scale.
I was thinking more of cleaning up some of the pixelation in the 320 x 240 footage which purifier claims to help with. I didn’t have anything like that to test it on however, but it is very fast a very good from an amazingly low price.
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