• Compression Techniques

  Best downconversion software?

  Posted by Eugene Lehnert on January 18, 2010 at 6:56 pm

  I have been running tests using Compressor to downconvert 23.98 HD files to center-cut NTSC Quicktimes but I can’t quite match the quality of the downconversion from a UKON or HDCAMSR.

  Does anyone have any particular software package they like to use to do HD to SD downconversions? Is hardware still the best way to go? I want to batch an enormous amount of clips and I’d rather not have to layoff my footage to tape and re-capture. Ideally I’d create a droplet with all my Quicktime files and convert them overnight.

  Any ideas? I’m still testing Compressor using the anti-aliasing settings. I am going to do some tests using different downconversion algorithms in Shake too to see if I should do it that way instead.

  Thanks!

  Eugene Lehnert replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Daniel Low

  January 19, 2010 at 5:50 am

  While you’re at it look at Episode and After Effects as well as the variety of workflows within FCP.

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  Eugene Lehnert

  January 22, 2010 at 4:43 pm

  Yeah, I want to look into Episode. Compressor does not seem to handle text too well when downconverting footage.
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  Eugene Lehnert

  January 22, 2010 at 7:54 pm

  I’m finding that the best way to use Compressor to create NTSC files from 23.98 HD clips is to downrez the shot first keeping the frame-rate the same and keeping the Frame Controls off. Then take that clip and add the pull-down as a second step. Now to see if I can make Automator do this all for me somehow.

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