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conforming 720×480 for HD timeline
Hi,
I want to use 720×480 footage in a 1920×1080 hd timeline.
My original 480 footage was shot on a Sony TRV900, 720×480, interlaced,29.97, DV/DVC-Pro, non-square pixels, etc.
The timeline I want to edit into will be 1920×10880, progresive, 23.98, Apple ProRes 422, square pixels, etc.Now I need my sd footage to be fully windowboxed and keep the 4:3 aspect ratio. But, I need it to be bigger than 720×480. But, not all the way up to 1440×1080, which would give me pillarboxes.
So, should I use Compressor to convert all the footage to 1440×1080 and then just scale it down in FCP with the motion tab to a size I like, or should I choose the size I want (say 1280×960, which I know is some weird frame size) and convert to that in Compressor?
Thanks,
Bleakley -
3 Replies
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Compressor does a better job at scaling than FCP does natively, so I think I would agree that up-scaling in compressor, then applying your crop tools and positioning tools in the FCP timeline, would get a better-looking overall result.
But I would also look at trying a custom setup in Compressor to do the whole job in one automated step.
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Be sure to turn Frame Controls on and choose the highest quality levels. Doing this will add to compression time, but also will bring greater quality.
John
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The easiest solution would be to go ahead and convert all of your footage to 1920×1080, 23.98 ProRes 422 etc. Just know that full hd ProRes is huge and will probably take up almost 4 times as much storage as your original footage.
In Final Cut the only thing you should have to is change the Aspect Ratio (Go to the Motion tab, scroll down and click the “Distort” tab, then change the Aspect Ratio to your desired size (the 4×3 image will be stretched when it first comes into FCP).
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