Different dimensions of videoclips

Shane Ross
October 3, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Convert everything to a common codec and frame size. ProRes 720×576, or 1920×1080. Or, 1280×720. Depends on what your final deliverable is.

Or, get Adobe Premiere Pro 6, as that will handle all of these formats natively without transcoding, in the same sequence

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Divya Rao
October 3, 2012 at 6:58 pm

Ok, you suggest ProRes; Do you have any suggestion how to and with software to convert the clips?

Thank you very much for your help.
Neil Patience
October 4, 2012 at 5:15 am

Once you have determined the size that you wish to convert everything to, which as Shane says will depend on what you need to end up with, you can use Compressor to resize and convert to ProRes or you can use MPEG Streamclip which is a very useful little tool and a free download.

ProRes LT is probably a good starting point unless you have footage from something like a RED where you might want to look at the HQ option.

You just need to end up with a common frame size and frame rate.

If you dont have a specific delivery requirement I would choose whichever format you have most of as the basis to convert the rest to.
You will lose quality if you have to upres all the 720×576 to 1080 but should be fine the other way around.

best wishes
Neil
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Divya Rao
October 4, 2012 at 7:33 am

Thank you, yes the MPEG Stream clip, that is a useful link…I was actually searching for that.

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