HD and SD in same sequence

[Ann Bens]

Your sequence settings depend of the final destination.
1. BluRay setup with HD sequence. The DV footage can either be scaled up with the help of Red Giants HD instant or
You can leave the DV footage as it is if its ‘bad’ quality (no scaling) and put the same clip behind and scale that up (or stretch) and give it a blur. Some like this method, some dont.
2. dvd with dv sequence: far out the easiest one. Scale the HD footage down to fit.

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[Doug Swift]

Thanks, Ann. I see the big picture now.

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Doug,

The final output will help determine what sequence to edit in. If destined for DVD and you’re mixing SD and HD, edit in an SD sequence. When editing SD in an HD sequence, it gets “blown up” to HD, which softens the footage, then you are downscaling that back to SD, so the SD clip quality has been lost by the double conversions.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Doug Swift]

Thanks, Jeff. Will do!

[Vince Valdez]

Hi Ann I’m new to Creative Cow and Premeire CS6. I’m referring to your post “2. dvd with dv sequence: far out the easiest one. Scale the HD footage down to fit.” At what point in the workflow do I choose to scale the HD footage down to fit?

[Peter Garaway]

Hi Vince,

Going off what others have said. If your final output is SD then create a DV sequence and place your HD clips in the Timeline. Select all of your HD clips> Right-click, choose ‘Scale to Frame Size’.

Best,

Peter Garaway
Adobe
Premiere Pro

[Vince Valdez]

Thanks Peter. It’s a wedding video I’ll shoot outdoors, and my first…..a freebie/experimental for a friend. I have no crew so I’ll shoot the closeups with a Panasonic AF100 and stationary/moving shot footage with a Panasonic DVX100b. Sounds like a train wreck already, huh???