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drazens questions about HDV
Hello everybody,
Does anyone know if there’s a big difference between these two methods:
1) Capturing hdv via firewire in hdv codec, editing everything in hdv. Once it’s finished, dumping the final cut from hdv sequence, to 8-bit uncompressed or dvc pro hd, and then doing the color correction, graphics and everything else. Once the color correction is done, dumping everything to sd or hd, whatever is the clients wish.
or the second method.
2) Capturing hdv through component outputs (using sony fx1 or sony deck), using dvc pro hd (or if enough space 8bit uncompressed) and kona lh (or lhe). Editing everything in that codec, including the color corrections and once it’s finished going back to hdv (using sony’s hdv deck and firewire) or dvcam (firewire), or digi beta (sdi) or even hdcam (hd-sdi) of course if someone can afford it.
What are the advantages and misadvantages and the main difference in quality using one of these methods.
Thanks for the input.
Best regards
Drazen
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
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If you select method “a” in your post then it will be a more than slight pain because you will not have cutpoints to do shot for shot color correction. You could do a basic broadcast safe on the whole thing, but it will really limit you in terms of shot for shot color manipulation.
If you use method B then you will have far more control over the image and a more seamless shot for shot approach to the color correction.
You could also consider using FCP’s export XML feature and take the media to FINAL TOUCH HD to do very high end color correction.
Then there is C which is do option A and then recompress the footage to an uncompressed codec and then do the color correction from that point. That might be cleaner than capturing through the not so clean outputs of a prosumer analog deck (not the best electronics in there, So teh firewire stream might be cleanest.
David
Try reading this too:
and AJA has a white paper on their site about HDV as well.
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
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Curious….asking the question…then answering your own post.
🙂
Interesting method.
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Jeremy,
It was pulled from the thread below because it was a new topic.
The post was by someone named Drazen down below. Ahhh, the old cut copy paste deal.
🙂
David
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