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Exporting 720 x 480 DV file to 1920 x 1080 Pro Res 422 Quicktime
A short film our students created was just accepted to a festival (Yay!). They are requesting a version of our film exported as a Quicktime Pro Res 422 1920 x 1080.
Our film however is 720 x 480, 29.97 fps, DV/DV Pro NTSC
What is the best way to export our film to the settings that they are asking?
Should I create a new 16:9 sequence, bring in my 4:3 image w/o changing the timeline settings, and export that way? Or work with our original FCP file which is 4:3, then export into the 16:9 dimensions?
Any guidance would be appreciated!
Best,
Katie -
5 Replies
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Get Magic Bullet’s Instant HD. Forget about trying to upres using an FCP export.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Thanks Tom. I was hoping there would be a no-cost solution i.e. something I could do in the settings, etc. ?
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A friend and I chatted back and forth about another way to do this and here is what I am trying:
1. Set up a FCP timeline with settings for ProRes 422 @ 1920×1080. Set it to interlaced, 29.97.
2. Import the SD footage into FCP and drag it into the timeline. If it currently exists as a FCP timeline, copy the timeline in the batch window and then paste the timeline into the new prores timeline as an embedded sequence.
3. They’ll say that the footage is in a different format from the timeline- do you want to change your timeline settings to match the footage. Say no.
4. This should create a small image in the center of the screen with black around it. Double click on the clip (if you use an embedded sequence, press enter to put it into the clip window- double clicking will open it as a separate timeline, and you want to make an adjustment that affects the entire clip as a single unit), and select the motion tab on the clip window.
5. Adjust the zoom so the top and bottom fill the screen. There should be black bars on the left and right, but they will be wider than the normal column-boxed format because the dv footage you have does not use square pixels, but the HD ProRes does.
6. Next, on the motion tab, there should be a pulldown called ‘Distort.’ Open the pulldown and work with the ‘Aspect Ratio’ slider to expand the image so it looks correct again. The value may (or may not) be somewhere around 33.
7. If this worked, your footage should look correct in the timeline window. Export a quicktime movie at current settings.
Going to try this today and see if it works!
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You’re uprezing in FCP. Don’t do this. FCP doesn’t do this very well. Use a dedicated application.
You can set in preferences FCP to auto scale to fit when you place a clip into the timeline, in fact that’s the default behavior in the current version.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Katie,
First, I’d suggest contacting the festival people–it sounds like they’re expecting everybody’s submissions to be in the HD, they may be perfectly fine with you submitting in DVC Pro 25.
I wouldn’t use Final Cut Pro for the uprez, but instead, I’d go through compressor. The problem that you’re going to run into, is question of the different aspect ratios. Either you’re going to end up with pillar boxing (large black bars on the left and right) or you’ll end up cropping the top and bottom off the work.
The other big trick is to throw the switch for compressor’s quality so it’s at the highest for the upscaling.
It’s tools you own, which you may have to fiddle with it you get it right.
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer
Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC
Avid & Color Videos Vasst.com
Compressor Essentials Lynda.com
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