Different formats in one sequence

[Shane Ross]

What does the final result need to be? The final delivery?

Shane

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[Ricardo Spencer]

Thanks for answering, Shane.
It will be out on dvd. It’s a musical making of.

Spencer

[Shane Ross]

What do you have the most of? Might be better to edit in a DV/NTSC timeline…downscaling HD is better than upscaling SD.

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[Ricardo Spencer]

Thanks, that what I’d imagined. But, 720×480 or 640×480? If I have it in 720, I’d have side letterboxes on my 640×480 footage (which by the way are security cams).
The other thing is: If I shot some music on HD 720p24fps, how could I avoid any sync problem, in this final sequence (dv/ntsc, 640×480, 29.97 fps)?
Thanks in advance,
Ricardo Spencer

[Ricardo Spencer]

Oh, by the way, what I have most is 720×480… dv/ntsc

[Shane Ross]

It as 720×480. Either live with the letterboxing of the 640 stuff, or slightly resize it to make it a tad bigger and fill the screen.

Now…mixing formats is one thing, and can be easy enough. But frame rates…DO NOT mix those. Don’t shoot 720p 24PN…meaning 23.98. Shoot 720p30 PN, so that you will then be at 29.97. Mixing 23.98 and 29.97 is a tricky, nay impossible, think.

Shane

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[Keith Pratt]

Seen as your output is 720×480 and most of your footage is 720×480, 720×480 is the way to go. 720×480 should display as 640×480, so if you transcode the security cam footage correctly it should be without pillarboxing and look in correct proportion.

If you really wanted to shoot 720p23.976, you could apply a 2:3 pulldown when converting to 480i29.97, and all should be fine.

[Ricardo Spencer]

Thanks a lot. Very helpful.
Spencer

[Ricardo Spencer]

One more question, please.
How should I proceed, in order to change these sequence settings (640×480 to 720×480) without affecting my images. Because copy and paste won’t work. I thought this could be some reconnecting issue…
Thanks again,
Ricardo

[Ricardo Spencer]

Hi Keith and Shane. Thanks for all your help.
But one last question… How do I pulldown my 24p into 29.97?
I have Final Cut and After Effects, but not much plugins, though.
Thanks a lot. I gotta deliver this job tomorrow, hope you guys read it before. 🙂
Ricardo