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HD footage
I got sent some HD footage of a concert that a client wants put to DVD. I’ve never dealt with HD before, but when i rendered the footage which was on a 720×480/NTSC timeline, the footage didn’t play right. It just flashed between two images, while the audio played normally.
I want to eventually make this into 720×480 footage, how do you usually deal with HD in Final Cut? I’m on 5.1.4 at work–but I’ll try it again on my home computer, which has 6.0.Thanks, Josh
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What type of HD footage did they give you?
There’s no reason to put the footage in an SD timeline just because it will end up on a SD DVD. Drop it into a timeline in FCP 6 and let it change to match the footage and edit away.
Once edited just export a QT reference file and make a SD the same way you would normally using Compressor and DVDSP. Compressor will do the down-conversion. Just be sure to check the 16×9 setting and DVDSP will create a DVD that displays 16×9 on a widescreen and letterboxed on a 4×3 TV.
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Next time do a Search on this forum for HD to SD or HD to DVD and you’ll get a lot of answers instantly.
Edit your HD footage in an HD timeline.
Export a Quicktime Reference.
Open Compressor and compress in the DVD setting of your choice.
Send the MPEG-2 files to DVDSP and create a 16:9 DVD.
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okay, thanks guys,
Josh
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