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  • export settings?

    Posted by Jeffrey Durkin on October 28, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Hey guys, I know there is a ton of posts on this topic, but with so much info,
    I’m having trouble determining what works for my project. I shot a short documentary
    and now need to put it to DVD for film festival submissions. Here are my specs

    Camera:
    -Cannon XL-A1 / Cannon HV-30
    -shot in both HDV and 16:9 SD on the A1 and HDV for the cannon HV-30
    -24f

    Editing
    -Using FCS2 with FCP6
    – timeline 720×480, DV/DVC pro-nt compressor
    – The A1 SD footage was captured using the DVCPRO compressor
    – The HDV footage was captured using the HDV 1080i24 settings
    -24 fps

    What’s the best-way to output this mixed footage
    – Do I need to use compressor, quicktime conversion or make a self contained movie?
    – Do I de-interlace?
    – Do I do any sharpening?
    – And how do I make sure the image fit’s on a variety of flat panel TV’s?

    Thanks,
    I learned a ton from you guys already.

    Jeff

    Bill Dewald replied 17 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Bill Dewald

    October 28, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    [jeffrey durkin] “What’s the best-way to output this mixed footage
    – Do I need to use compressor, quicktime conversion or make a self contained movie? “

    Make a self contained movie of your DV timeline, open in compressor, and chose a DVD preset there.

    [jeffrey durkin] “- Do I de-interlace?
    – Do I do any sharpening? “

    No need to de-interlace – 24p is already progressive. Shouldn’t need any sharpening.

    [jeffrey durkin] “- And how do I make sure the image fit’s on a variety of flat panel TV’s? “

    While in FCP, use the action safe and title safe lines in your viewer. (View>Show Title Safe).

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