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dvcprohd workflow question
Hello, and thanks in advance to anyone that can help me. This is my first post so bear with me.
I received a project that now needs to be laid off to D5 for tape to tape color correction while a final sound mix is being put together. The footage is DVCPRO HD 720p60, but the sequence and Vid Rate are at 23.98. I don’t want to lay off to 720p D5 since it will change the FPS (no such thing as 23.98 720p tape format as far as I’m aware) and I need to output an edl for the colorist.
So, will upconverting via FCP from 720p to 1080p to keep 23.98 cause any problems? Is there a better way around this? I also have the option to lay off to HDCAM if that matters.
thanks again,
-Ian
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[Ian Lamb] “(no such thing as 23.98 720p tape format as far as I’m aware)”
I’m pretty sure you’re right about that. Certainly not in D5, anyway.
[Ian Lamb] “So, will upconverting via FCP from 720p to 1080p to keep 23.98 cause any problems?”
This depends more on how you make the cross-conversion. If you have a Kona 3, the conversion will be very clean & done in realtime as you playout to the deck.
If you need to make the conversion in software, it may not be as clean (depends on what software, & how you set it up), plus you have to add the render time.
Arnie
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I used final cut to render out a 1080p uncompressed quicktime, but the edit bay I’m using to lay off to tape has a kona3. So I should use the kona card to convert rather than using the quicktime I created?
thanks,
-Ian
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Absolutely use the Kona! Look up Walter Biscardi’s posts here & on the Kona forum on cross-converting 720 to 1080. He does this regualrly to deliver shows to networks like the Food Channel, and he can’t praise the quality enough.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog
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