DVD quality from FCP

[David Roth weiss]

[Tom Wolsky] “Depending on the length of your material you can get pretty good quality with it, especially in the current version.”

Okay, then Atari might as well shoot SVHS. :}

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Tom Wolsky]

MPEG-2, yeah, that’s about SVHS quality.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Coulter Mitchell]

Thanks for the help, guys. Could you tell me how to compress in a compressor, if possible, in 720p? I’ve never done this before. Any help is really appreciated.

[Coulter Mitchell]

Thanks for the help, guys. Could you tell me how to compress in a compressor, if possible, in 720p? I’ve never done this before. Any help is really appreciated.

[Coulter Mitchell]

Thank you for your help. I understand that I can’t output a 720p quicktime movie from FCP and print it in iDVD. So, how do I use the compressor, and what settings do I have to have it set at, and then can I print it in iDVD or do I have to use an alternative software? If I ugrade to FCP 6 (Studio 2), can I use that iDVD to print 720p DVDs? Thanks!

[Tom Wolsky]

You can’t make a high definition DVD using Apple software. You have to use other software and you have to have an HD disc and an HD disc burner. You can make either HD DVD or Bluray DVD, but you can’t do it using Apple tools. Do you have an HD burner?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Coulter Mitchell]

I have whatever burner came with my MacBook Pro. Is an HD burner something that you hook up to your computer? Also, is it possible to just compress the movie and still print it in Studio DVD? What kind of software can I burn an HD DVD with?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Atari Norris] “have whatever burner came with my MacBook Pro. Is an HD burner something that you hook up to your computer?”

I have not found any external HD Burners yet. We purchased an internal BluRay Burner for our Mac Pro and we use Adobe Encore to author the disc.

[Atari Norris] “What kind of software can I burn an HD DVD with?”

Adobe Encore for BluRay. For HD-DVD I have only found a Toshiba Burner which is for use on Windows machines only.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Atari,

No offense but it douse not seem that you fully under stand the difference between HD DVD/BlueRay DVD & a regular standard definition DVD.

Fist ask yourself douse any one that you will be giving this video to have a HD DVD player or a BlueRay DVD player. If not then there is no use making a HD DVD or a BlueRay DVD.

Export using compressor and the DVD presets, and then pull those into DVD SP.

I never recommend iDVD because you do not want your DVD to look like the one, your 10 year old nephew just made of his friends skateboarding. This reflects poorly upon you and the video you give out.