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  Combining 480i with 1080i

  Posted by Phil Lochner on March 10, 2009 at 4:28 pm

  Hi everyone,

  I’m working on a personal project that will be combining 480i footage from the Star Wars DVDs (AR of 2.35) with live footage from my Sony SR11 @ 1440x1080i.

  I have tried starting up a 1440x1080p project in PP CS3 and “scaling” the 480i footage to about 132%, which gets rid of the 2.35 letterbox and zooms in the picture to fill the entire frame. Of course, this looks pretty bad in final renders because I’m taking a 480i source and blowing it up so much. I’m also using After Effects to do silly stuff like key the 1080i footage

  My final output will be SD DVD. However, I figure it would be nice to have a project created in a high quality in case I decide someday to also output it to Blu Ray. I’m pretty familiar with VirtualDub and AVISynth as I have been using it to deinterlace the 480i footage. My questions are:

  Should I just be making a PP CS3 project at 720x480i to begin with?
  If yes, how should I handle the scaling of my 1440x1080i footage?
  Should I bother converting the 480i or my SR11’s footage to Progressive?
  Any other tips or advice for my workflow?

  Thanks in advance!

  Phil Lochner replied 17 years, 1 month ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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