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DV Tape to FCP
I have some SD MiniDV archival tapes that I want capture video from and ultimately process in FCPX for online use. I have begun the process and am capturing and doing a rough cut edits in FCP 6 (Leopard). I have noticed some of the captured clips (NTSC 720×480) have a narrow vertical black margin on the left and right. Using the Motion Tab and increasing size to 102% is enough to eliminate these margins.
-Motion Tab at 102%, Crop, or another method?? – which method will degrade the video the least?
I plan to bring clips into Tiger and use “Encode Selected Video Files”
480p, Higher Quality (xxx.mov encodes to xxx.m4v) to preprocess clips for final edits, audio & color balancing in FCPX-Is there an alternate means of processing the clips that will result in better quality clips?
Thanks!
Dick Walton
Natural History Services
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4 Replies
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Capture and edit in DV-NTSC. You not going to get any better quality by doing anything else.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Thanks Steve –
Any thoughts on my first question – how to remove black edges?
Dick Walton
Natural History Services
https://www.rkwalton.com -
If you’re going out to DVD or Tape, you will not see those edges on the final.
But you got it right, you can zoom in a little to hide it. Like if you’re playing it back on a comp…
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC -
Steve:
Many thanks for your ideas.
Dick
Dick Walton
Natural History Services
https://www.rkwalton.com
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