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Capturing in higher codec?
I hate to ask such a dumb question…
If I need to add a DV clip to an uncompressed sequence that I’m working on, can I just capture that DV footage @ uncompressed to save render time while I’m fine-tuning it on the timeline? Can I just firewire capture the DV like normal only change the capture preset to 8-bit uncompressed? Or will this cause a collision of codecs? I realize capturing at the higher codec doesn’t improve my quality any – its just for the sake of efficiency in the timeline.
Nick
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2 Replies
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No, FCP will not transcode your dv footage to 8 bit over firewire.
Take this footage out to After Effects and render it there. You will get the best software results from AE, unless you have shake.
Compressor 2 will do a pretty nice job as well. Start the 8 bit NTSC or PAL advanced format conversion preset.
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within fc you could do it this way:
put your DV-material into a new sequence that has the same settings as your destination timeline.
render the new sequence and use it as a nested clip instead.
after putting the nested seq. to your timeline open it’s properties and set the alpha to ignore and adjust eventually the field order.greetings
alex
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