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Best way to export a 1080p 25fps project for US festival Viewing.
Hi there,
Over the last few days I’ve been really stuck on this and am desperate for any help, I’ve researched it via forums and google for at least 10 hours but still can not find any definitive guide on the subject so a little worried and confused!
Basically I have my feature film (with a run time of 136 minutes) saved into four seperate adobe premiere cs6 project files with two sequences in each. (I was told before I embarked on editing this was the way to go to avoid major slowing down issues etc). The project was shot at 1080p 25fps.
I’m desperate to export it all and enter it to sundance but am lost on the best method to do this.
Firstly I’m unsure whether I should export each sequence individually at the highest and best quality h.264 setting (which takes a very long time) and then put all these together in a new project so I have my master high quality copy. Then use this to export to blu ray, what ever file I deem. Or whether I should export each sequence as I intend to have the submission file ie m4v, flash etc. Is there a benefit to putting it all together in as good a quality as possible?
Next thing that is giving me a brain anuernyism is that I only discovered now foolishly that 1080p 25fps does not work on blu rays. I want to be able to export my film in its best possible quality (ideally not the standard def online screener or a pal dvd).
So can anyone tell me the best option for exporting a 1080p 25fps project for blu ray use in America? If I export it via premiere as 25i would that not work due to most usa tvs playing at 60hz? Will I have to export it via premiere as a 24fps project then slow down the audio by 4%? That all sounds a little daunting.
After very little sleep and driving myself to the brink of insanity any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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If someone brought this to me to do, I would export each sequence as
a prores 422 .mov file (or DnxHD if on a pc). (1080 25fps)Then do a new project and sequence at 1080i 29.97fps and
put those files in that.Premiere will add the duplicate frames needed. I have found
it does a good job at that.then export that sequence to blu-ray or whatever is needed.
Unless you have access to a standards converter (teranex etc..)
it’s not a good idea to throw frames away as this can cause
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Thanks for the fast reply. So if i put in all the sequences after theyve exported into a project set to those settings, then exported it to a h.264 blu ray adobe automatically adds in those files? Have you seen any footage that has had this effect done before, if so did it still look ok? (And would that prolong the duration of the film? :S)
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ya it should work.
I’ve done this myself for film festival compilations.
where NTSC & PAL content needed to be on NTSC DVD’s.changing the PAL to 29.97 always came out better
than converting it to 23.976The timing and audio pitch should keep it’s original duration and pitch.
no need for any stretching or pitch shifting.maybe do a short test of one for a few minutes with lots of motion
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Thanks Chris i will try it however one issue i just checked in adobe premiere cs6 and I can’t see a DnxHd output or anything. I see a . mov when i select the quicktime option but then i can only select 1080i 25. Is that the way to go or am i missing something sorry?
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that was new for CC version i think.
You could try importing all projects to a new one,
then nest the sequences one after another, then do
an export for blu-ray.should work and skips that extra export step.
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hey i just downloaded that dnx codec actually, so will give that a try too but that suggestions sounds good also. Is there a good way to import a whole sequence or nest as you call it? I tried copy and pasting one whole project into another and my laptop nearly exploded and i had to give up on that option… Thanks also for the advice I really appreciate it.
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Silly question too i know but as ive never done a sequence in adobe that is 1080i 29.97fps, which should i choose? I don’t see an option for the new .mov file i generated. Can i select the the acvhd folder the 1080i 29.97fps option, then import my newly made .mov file or is that not ok?
Also I tried it and it looked fine and everything but wasnt sure if it may cause a problem later on. I looked at my h.264 footage i made as well earlier and it seemed even better quality than the .mov dnxhdv file too?
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[taras groves] “Can i select the the acvhd folder the 1080i 29.97fps option, then import my newly made .mov file”
perfect ya do that.
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Thanks Chris one more thing sorry is there any recommended settings i should opt for with the DNxHD codec when exporting my 1080p 25fps footage (as no experience with it before). How does it hold up to h.264 footage etc, is it better quality/bigger files or similarish?
And finally would you recommend i export each sequence individually or import a loads of sequences into one file (i found out how to now thanks) and export that as the DNxHD file? Would they both take roughly the same time do you reckon? (Bearing in mind i guess that when importing the sequences from another project into mine i have to wait to render all that still i guess…
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h.264 is lossy so don’t export it as that.
just look at DnxHD bit-rate settings (or google them) to
see which one works well. A lot of what I use is ProRes LT.
ProRes (standard) & HQ “can” be over kill at times, (often unnecessary for HD in my opinion)DnxHD is basically Avid’s version of pro res.
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