HDV & 24P questions

[Yoyodyne]

1.- If I record 24P-DV… what do I need to do if I mix other DV-footage that is not 24P originally recorded?

—The quick and dirty option is to just dump it on your 24p timeline. The results can be pretty good actually. There are “better” ways to do it, convert your 60i footage to 24p, Magic Bullet and DVfilm come to mind right off the bat. I think there are some other tools as well…

2.- If I record HDV… can I mix normal DV footage on my timeline with HDV files… will the final quality be different ?

—I’ve had great luck mixing HDV and DV on a single timeline. Color correction can get a little funky because you are mixing color spaces but it’s not as bad as I feared. If your going to DV or mpeg-2 just make sure you are monitoring on an NTSC monitor.

3.- Is the Cineform Connect HD software recomended for editing HDV ? (besides the codec included in Vegas…)

—I’ve been having great success with the JVC 24p and Cineform. It slurps in the footage no problem and the results look great, performance has been better than with 60i from the Z1. Easily worth the money.

Hope this helps

[Jerry Waters]

HD Connect saves a lot of trouble.