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Digitizing for HDV timeline
I want to use some 8 mm film and VHS material for a project I’m working on. My timeline is HDV. Output will be to sd DVD- for now.
What should I tell the guy who will do the digitizing for me? Just that I want QT PAL? Anything else I should consider?
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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[Imagine Video] “output will be to sd DVD- for now”
I’d have them capture at a higher res for future use, not to mention the hit you’ll take compressing so-so footage to QT Pal (you don’t state it, but I’m guessing you’d xfer it as DV25) then recompressing it again when you go out to sd-dvd.
I’d suggest capturing it at least as DVCproHD. It’ll cut in better with your HDV footage and also give you a better color space to work with.
just my $0.02.
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Thanks for your 2 cents, Boyd.
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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Update: my editor asked for Apple Pro Res HQ or 8-bit uncompressed. He found DVC Pro HD not such a good idea because there’s too much compression going on there…
G5 Quad, 3.5 Gig RAM, OS 10.4.10, FCS 2
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