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I’m doing a project destined for a large plasma display in a sales office. It will be made all from stills. There will be a bit of AE work for transitions etc. My thought to save rendering time in AE and still have a decent image to fill a plasma screen is to do this in 720p. I see that my Kona LH has setups for 720p 59.94, is this the best choice? Are there a few words of wisdom about working in this format I should be aware of?
Ultimately, I want to make and HD DVD, not BlueRay, just what DVDSP can do, and I understand I’ll have to play this from a Mac or one of a limited number of players.
Have a wonderful day.
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If you’re going to play it from a Mac, you may not even need to go to DVD. You could probably hook a Mac Mini, or an older Mac to a plasma that has a DVI input. Which means that you can create a Quicktime, not a DVD (thereby saving yourself some extra steps).
You should run some tests, but you can probably create your final file in Photo JPEG, AVC or mp4 codecs.
Arnie
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Hey Arnie,
Interesting, and probably a great idea, the QT could be set to loop.
Thanks.
Have a wonderful day.
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[Chris Poisson] “Interesting, and probably a great idea, the QT could be set to loop.”
Exactly. And it would loop more seamlessly, since you’re not reading from a DVD, which takes a second or two to loop.
Arnie
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I work in 720p60 all day, every day. Most of the footage is from the JVC HD200 but I deal with tons of still images as well.
If you really want to save time in rendering you can do everything in 720p30 (29.97) as most of the time it looks pretty sweet unless it’s sports or something.
Burning an HD-DVD is simple and the players are $200 now. I’ve personally been floored by these developments as clients can now see exactly what I see in the edit suite image quality wise.
The other advantage to editing in 720p is that you can make 480p30 DVD’s which look almost as good as the HD-DVD’s. Pretty amazing.
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Justin,
I like the idea of 30p, so what is it that 59.94 buys?
Have a wonderful day.
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59.94 is pretty much as close to reality as we can get. It is what it is- super clean motion images without judder- like you’re there. Best for sports and reality TV.
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Justin,
Yes, that makes sense, but I imagine it takes some getting used to working with it. I guess you have to think in twos when you think of how many frames for a transition, how long a clip should be etc.
I know I have to adjust to this when working in 23.98, which I rarely do, but I am conditioned to think of time in 30 fps, kinda like a habit.
Any other gotchyas with 59.94 I should be aware of?
Have a wonderful day.
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It’s hard to beat the 720p60 when smooth motion is your goal. I can’t think of any gotchas for your scenario.
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