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DVCPRO to an 8-bit uncompressed – NONE or LOWER?
Hello
Got a DVcam 30 min program with many livetype graphics – the seq is edited on a DV/DVCPRO-NTSC 720×480 timeline…so I am planning on transferring the final cut to an uncompressed 8-bit timeline for Compressor to make MPEG2 (DVD), for the graphics and text benefit.
I know the DVcam footage will not benefit…but question is should I make all my livetype graphics with NONE field dominance (under properties in LT) and should I make the uncompressed 8-bit timeline NONE as well? Or can I just leave all at lower field settings, both in LT and the 8-bit timeline and get the sought after results – ie, clearer/better text?
What to do re: this scenario, while not disrupting lower field on the DVcam footage.
Thanks
K
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5 Replies
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[kent beeson] “I am planning on transferring the final cut to an uncompressed 8-bit timeline for Compressor to make MPEG2 (DVD), for the graphics and text benefit.”
Kent,
Just change the compressor setting to 8-bit unc. and rerender, no reason to “transfer to an 8-bit timeline.
And, there’s no good to mess with the fields in FCP or Livetype. DV and 8-bit are lower field first.
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Thanks David – you’re right re: just changing the compressor setting to 8-bit, makes sense…but question I have is if the LT files were made NONE and the 8-bit is made NONE, wouldn’t that make the graphics truly uncompressed and very clean? Or I guess that would ruin in essence the DV footage because it’s lower no matter what, right.
Also, can I just change the compressor setting to 8-bit and without rendering simply export that seq to Compressor and let it do all the rendering, etc?
K
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Just changing the the interlacing to none does not progressive make… Your text and graphics will look bitchin when you use the 8-bit codec, so don’t sweat the fields…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Sounds good thanks
K
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excuse me guys but… i’m having a similar problem…
A friend of mine edited an entire 10bit uncompressed material in a DVCPRO NTSC timeline compression setting. If i change the timeline compression settings to 10Bit uncompressed and render the whole thing, will it do? Or am I obligated to switch manually all the contents to a new timeline with the 10 Bit uncompressed settings and then render it?
I’m afraid that the 10bit uncompressed material in this DVCPRO NTSC will face a quality loss once i render it… will it? sincere thanks.
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