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File Prep for Film – 2K? HD? Cineon?
Hey All,
Does anyone have any experience preparing a file to be transferred from digital to go out to 35mm or 16? I was attempting to export a file in After Effects and upon output in the Render Cue the only option I had to make it that size was to “stretch it” when I export. The result was pretty good. However, this was at 2K resolution and the guy and the transfer facility told me he COULD use an original size of 720×480 but if I could make a 2K or HD resolution file, it would be better. What happens in this priocess exactly? Just curious as to the best process to implement. My original elements were created in 720×480 and there was no way I could change the comp settings to 2K rez as the comp would have looked like a flea in the middle of an expansive black void.
Any suggestions for the future. And for DV and/or HDV to film as well.
Thanks.
Colin Williams
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Hi Colin,
basically if the source is 720×480, it will require a resize up to 2K, …but i’d be inclined to let the film facility you’re using do the upsizing (as most have specialized high-end solutions for doing this). I think the guy was probably just meaning if the footage had originated on a higher rez format, to make your compositions larger. The basic rescaling in AE is not very good (when scaling up), there are some plug-ins that do a better job (the one that springs to mind is Digital Anarchy’s Resizer plugin https://www.digitalanarchy.com/toolbox/toolbox_resizer.html ), but yeah, I’d generally just output in the resolution your source footage was in (uncompressed if possible) and let the film place handle it. In regards to cineon, don’t worry about it, its only worthwhile if you’re dealing with footage greater than 8bits of colour space (i.e. when you’ve had film scanned at 2k, or have animations rendered at that resolution and bit depth), …film facilities like it as a file format (and DPX) just because it can be read directly into their film laser burner setups.Goodluck!
Andrew
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