1st HD Project

[Chris Poisson]

What exactly did you shoot, HDV or what?

[Patrick Morrow]

I shot HDV from a FX-1 Sony camera on mini dv.
Thanks!!!
Patrick

[Chris Poisson]

Patrick,

The way I would do this is to capture native HDV via Firewire, and put it in a DV anamorphic timeline and render. Done.

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[Chris Poisson] “The way I would do this is to capture native HDV via Firewire, and put it in a DV anamorphic timeline and render. Done.”

No need to put it on another timeline, just export using compressor, using the DVD presets. This will convert the HDV directly to DVD ready files. Then just bring them into DVD SP.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Doesn’t FCP6 down convert HDV out of firewire to DV these days?

[Chris Poisson]

A reason to put your HDV in an SD timeline is so that it can be monitored in SD while you work. It’s not a big deal.

Jeremy, not sure about what FCP 6 does, but I think most cameras enable downconverting from HDV to DV, I know my Canon A1 does. But, I still prefer to use native HDV, as it gives me the option of zooming in or panning and scanning if I need to. I’ve got just such a job in the house right now.

[Jeremy Garchow]

What I’m saying is you capture native HDV and FCP now does a firewire down convert on output.

Jeremy