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  HDV in FCP -> 640 x 480 progressive file

  Posted by Pat Ortman on January 6, 2006 at 5:15 pm

  Hi Guys,

  I need to make a 640×480 29.97 progressive video file for a film festival our short film HeadHunting, Inc. got into.

  I have a nice HDV timeline and have exported it in lots of different sizes and formats. Now, I notice when I output it scaled to 640 x 360 (with the idea that I’ll then drop that output onto a 640×480 sequence later to give me the letterboxing and the aspect ratio this festival requires) that I do not see any interlacing anymore.

  Clearly, it’s scaling it down SO MUCH that the interlacing appears to be gone… but is this a true progressive file and not interlaced?

  I ask because the festival wants progressive scan, not interlaced.

  Now, one thing (better quality?) I’ve tried is outputting my fullres HDV timeline into AIC and HDV 1080i then opening it in After Effects and applying magic bullet to make it 29.97p… (with the idea that I’ll scale it down to 640×360 at the After Effects render stage) but I’m worried about that because the render time is 21 HOURS. And my deadline is Monday morning. So I could only try this once.

  So I figure, if I output from FCP at 640 wide already then the process time in Magic Bullet would be relatively livable. Except when I try that, as I said, the output doesn’t appear to be interlaced. Magic Bullet certainly doesn’t know what to do with it, either.

  Another thing I’ve played with is DVFilm Maker. But that appears to only do a fast deinterlace, and doesn’t make 29.97p.

  I know I could make 23.976 files from both Magic Bullet and DVMaker, but my DP absolutely hates the motion judder we get when the camera moves.

  Any thoughts? Tips?

  Thanks!

  Pat

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