Final Cut Sequence Settings for Blu Ray Slide Show

[David Mayer]

great

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OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0

[David Mayer]

That brings up an interesting point.
The Blu Ray DVD will have 2 chapters – the 8 minute stills
montage and a 3-minute HDV interview.
I was going to build them in the same sequence
so I could create a single file to burn to Blu Ray disk.

So I guess the choices are to compromise the montage,
or compromise the interview, or build them in two
sequences. What do you think?

iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0

[Jerry Hofmann]

I’d capture the HDV as ProRes… make it match the sequence setting. So likely it should be 1080i 29.97. Then it would be all the same format.

Jerry

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[David Mayer]

makes sense

I only was not sure what Rafael meant about “Progressive” (not interlaced)

did not see a box for that in the sequence settings

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[Jerry Hofmann]

Don’t think there is one… but 30p, 24p are Progressive… it’s what the “p” stands for. But if you’re mixing the HDV with it, be sure that the HDV is progressively shot… it likely isn’t. So if the images and the video are in the SAME sequence, it shouldn’t be progressive. If they are in different sequences, use interlaced video for the interlaced HDV you have, and progressive for the stills.

Jerry

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[David Mayer]

again, this makes sense

so… do you think the photo montage section of the Blu Ray disk
will suffer in any noticeable way for not being edited in a
“progressive” sequence?

thanks again – very helpful

iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0

[David Mayer]

OK – I’m going with an interlaced sequence for the montage
and the HDV interview – so will all of the still pictures look
better if I de-interlace them?

iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0

[David Mayer]

Sorry to pile on the posts, but a bigger problem
just took over.

“Out of memory” error message while rendering. Will
not let me render.

I’m wondering if it has to do with my sequence settings.

The sequence preset gave me:

Frame Size 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio HDTV 1080i (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio Square
Field Dominance None
Compressor ProRes 422 (HQ)

iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0

[David Mayer]

For what it’s worth – I solved it
by using the H. 264 compressor in the
sequence settings.

iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB
OS 10.6.2
Final Cut Pro 7.0