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Blowing 1920 X1080 footage to 2K
Hi, I am quite new here and i really appreciate if someone could point out some light into this question that I have. I have just finished shooting a movie here in Sabah and it is entirely and indie movie. The difficulty in getting this movie to the cinema locally made us decide to do a roadshow to places and rent a hall and show our movie. So the thing is that, I don’t know how to blow the footage up to 2K. I am quite familiar with Apple Final Cut but i do not know how. Can someone help me with this? I know probably this question sound a bit silly but i would like to learn on how to do it correctly…
Thanks a lot people…
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First, are you printing to film?
Second, if not, it’s not really worth it.
Third, even a standard definition DVD will look pretty awesome on a big screen.However, doing it “correctly” means different things to different people. For me, I would want to do this:
1. Finish the whole edit, so there is nothing left to do.
2. Master (or pay a post house to) the timeline to hdcam.
3. Re-capture the video signal into the new picture size.If that option proves too costly, you can use Apple Color, Compressor, After Effects (lots of export settings) by setting the render output specs.
Taken altogether though, this seems a bit too much, because there are no good playback/screening options at that 2k size.
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Jason:
Two questions, both specific.1) Your finished sequence: What is the format (frame size), Frames per second and codec?
2) What (and how) will the projection system play back?Best,
Jeff G
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[Jason Jack] ” I don’t know how to blow the footage up to 2K. I am quite familiar with Apple Final Cut but i do not know how. “
You simply don’t do that in FC.
Try Compressor if you have nothing better at hand.
Motion have a very good resizing filter (Lanzoc).
If you know somebody with SHAKE, don’t hesitate and do it on this program.
The default resizing in AE, used to be very crappy. No idea if has been improved.As a rule of thumb, don’t never use FC to upscale something more than some 10/15%, and in this case, you set “Render in High Precision” and “Render Motion Effects: BEST”.
rafael -
Thanks for replying Jeff G,
Actually, I intend to export my finished sequence into Apple ProRess 422 1920 x 1080, then burn it to DVD. I know this is crazy but what we will do (it might sound silly) but we will use projector to shoot the image in the hall. I have no idea what sort of projector that my friend will get me…but yeah…that’s pretty much how it will go….Perhaps, I am asking too much in blowing it up to 2K when i do not have access or the money to pay for post production house. May I know in your opinion…what is my best option?
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Well, wait a sec. You answered my first question (what do you have) but not my second – how will it be projected.
From what you wrote:
If you export your HD sequence to a DVD (and I’m assuming you MEANT DVD – as in a DVD player) it doesn’t matter what I think is best, nor 2k. You’ll have a 720×480 (or 576 pal) playback – cause that’s what DVDs are.1920×1080 might as well be 2k, if you don’t have money for a post production house. That’s an academic discussion for the slightly larger size. And it’s REALLY an academic discussion if it’s going to be played back off a DVD player – it’ll be crappy SD and nothing more.
Best,
Jeff G
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Why are you not considering leaving the footage at 1080?
You don’t even know what kind of projector we’re talking about here. From a resolution perspective, scaling between 1080 and 2K should be avoided because the change is so slight, all you’re really doing is softening everything.
Also, I have no idea why the OP mentioned putting this on a DVD, since DVD can’t handle 1080 *or* 2k. Unless that’s not what he meant.
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Chris -
Thanks for your reply Chris….I can see I have a lot to learn…perhaps I should take ur advice and leave it on 1080…
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