• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  HDV FCP capture is really 188 x 1062???

  Posted by Steven Brown on March 16, 2008 at 8:48 pm

  Apple HDV – Shot with Sony Z1

  1888 x 1062 Pixels VS 1920 x 1080 Pixels

  I took a 5 second clip and…

  1. When I capture HDV and open it in QT the QT Inspector says:
  Format: Apple HDV 1080i60, size 1440×1080 (1888×1062)
  Normal Size 1888 x1062 Pixels

  2. Export from Final Cut Pro Sequence using File, Export, QuickTime Movie, then open it in QT, the QT Inspector says:
  Format: Apple HDV 1080i60, size 1440×1080 (1888×1062)
  Normal Size 1920 x1080 Pixels

  3. Export again from Final Cut Pro Sequence using File, Export, Using QuickTime Conversion, Option, Compression Type: HDV 1080i60, then open it in QT, the QT Inspector says:
  Format: Apple HDV 1080i60, size 1440×1080 (1888×1062)
  Normal Size 1888 x1062 Pixels

  I understand that the Sony Z1 chip is 1440×1080 pixels are the pixels are not square, using a 1.3 ratio, but if you do the math 1440 times 1.3 equals 1872. So maybe it is a little off and and not quite 1.3 and comes out to 1888. I can handle this.

  SO MY QUESTION IS: Exporting from Final Cut Pro, QT export VS. using Conversion HDV1080i60 export. Let’s all watch the pixels grow.
  A. Why is the HDV capture at 1888×1062 pixels?
  B. When you export using a QT export, if it increases pixels does this degrade your image by stretching it?
  C. I’ve been shooting in HDV for a few corporate clients with the intension of someday making a Blu-ray disk that they can use at trade shows. However for now they are happy with 16×9 SD DVDs. If Apple ever gets the head out of their but and make Blu-ray possible, what should my files be? As in type of exports to keep on my HDs until…

  My answers to myself.
  A. No idea on this, but from what I have read it’s better to capture using a better format than HDV.
  B. By increasing the pixels it must degrade the image.
  C. Blu-ray is 1920 x 1080 so the image is going to be stretched sometime in the process, either on export or latter when using Compressor to make the Blu-ray file.

  Steven Brown replied 18 years, 2 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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