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Bringing HD footage into AE then spitting it out as SD
Hello,
I have the HVX 200 and have a couple questions. I was up timm midnight trying to figure this all out and figured I should humble myself and ask the pros.
I have footage shot in HD 720p 24 mode.
I edited it in FCP and exported as a QT movie.
Now I want to bring it into AE and add some effects, then export it as SD footage to give my local station in a quicktime file.
I understand that it will be letterboxed footage.
Can someone please answer:
1) How do I interpret the footage in AE
2) What size and PAR should my comp be
3) What file format/codec/physical size should the outputted QT mov be to get the best possible image and aspect ratio?I know this is alot of questions, but I would REALLY be grateful if someone can go down and answer each question, then i will print out your reply and stick it on the wall as I will be doing this alot in the future now that I got this nifty new camera.
THANKS SO MUCH!
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2 Replies
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First I’ll give you my opinion.
You should export by reference from the 720 24p timeline in FCP the clip you want to work with in AE. Import them into AE. AE should interpret them just fine. Drag the clip down to the bottom of the project window, and over the make comp icon. AE will make a comp with the settings of the clip. Do your effects and render out the clip. Set you render settings to match the comp settings. Import this into FCP and place on a new Video track over the original video you exported.Then downsize for SD. You probably want a 16X9 anamorphic format unless your local station won’t take that.
[joseph wilkins] ”
1) How do I interpret the footage in AE
AE should have this set already.[joseph wilkins] “2) What size and PAR should my comp be”
Drag clip as described above to make a comp with the correct settings.[joseph wilkins] “3) What file format/codec/physical size should the outputted QT mov be to get the best possible image and aspect ratio?”
This depends on how you plan on delivering it to you local station. -
Rgearding #3:
We get a lot of questions like this. The simple answer is: Ask the techies at the station what they want.
If NTSC, they probably want 720×480 (or 486), 29.97 compressed to the codec of their editing system. For example, they may want 720×486 at 29.97 compressed to the Avid Meridien codec 2:1. If that were the case, you would drag your footage into a 23.976 (23.98)D1-pixel 720×486 comp, scale the footage down to fit the comp width (layer>transform>fit to comp width), then render the comp with pulldown added to create a 29.97 fps movie. The pulldown phase does not matter in this case.
In any project that goes to someplace else, always ask the techies there what they need from you. 🙂
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