FCP to 35mm

[Aaron Neitz]

There’s this whole current of ignorance out there about what’s high quality and what’s good-for-offline… They look at me stunned when I tell them a frame grab from Digibeta will only yield about a 1.5″ print in 300dpi…. and that it really will looks like massive crap when you try and make an 8×10 page ad out of it…

it’s still our job to teach clients (with a firm hand) that some shortcuts just don’t exist. Good – Cheap – Fast = pick two.

[Miranda Yousef]

Hi CharlieX2,

I have a follow-up question about something you wrote:

“They look at me stunned when I tell them a frame grab from Digibeta will only yield about a 1.5″ print in 300dpi…. and that it really will looks like massive crap when you try and make an 8×10 page ad out of it…”

I have been trying to find out if there is a way to grab a 300dpi still from video–I have a film that lives on 35mm, HDCAM SR and DigiBeta as its final formats. If possible, I’d like to avoid going back through my film negative or workprint. I have heard that if you grab a frame from DigiBeta (or even from the HDCAM SR), it will be 72dpi no matter what. Is that true?

If not, how can I get a high-enough resolution still?

Thanks in advance for your help.
– Miranda