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HD to SD PAL downconversion
Hi!
We’ve got a DVCPRO HD 720p25 master sequence. The goal is to downscale it to 720×576 anamorphic video for DigiBeta output with the most quality available.
As I understand we are to render it for example to ProRes HQ, load it into Shake, downscale and export to an uncompressed 4:2:2. Is it the best method or you know better taking in count that it’s not a time-critical task, quality is more important? And what scale method would you recommend to use in the Transform node in Shake?
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4 Replies
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DO you have an HD capture card? Decklink? AJA? They both downconvert very well when you output through them. Just do it that way. It’s what I do.
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I’ve also used compressor to downconvert, but it takes some experimenting with as your settings depend on your video.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
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Yeah, but realtime downconvertion is the best way to save time, not the picture I guess. The best results in realtime you may experiecne only with KONA 3. We haven’t got it anyway.
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If doing it in Shake how are you compensating for the rec709 > 601 conversion ?
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