• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Image quality question – editing in 1080p or 720p

  Posted by Patrick Shead-simmonds on March 6, 2014 at 8:05 pm

  Hello,

  I’m cutting a showreel of my camerawork together and I’m currently editing on a 1080p timeline (most of my footage is 1080p). However, I have some shots that I would like to reframe or add some keyframe animation. For this reason I’m considering editing in a 720p timeline so that I can crop my shots while keeping them at full resolution… The alternative is to simply scale up the video I want to reframe on my current 1080p timeline. My question is – Would I maintain a higher image quality cropping my video in a 720p timeline, or if I scale up my shots and end up exporting my 1080p timeline to 720p will I get the same result?

  Thanks!

  Shane Ross replied 12 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  March 6, 2014 at 9:27 pm

  Best to use your 1080 footage in a 720 timeline, and output 720p.

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