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  • Highest quality output

    Posted by Justin Balthrop on December 27, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    I am new here, so thank you all in advance for the help. I have done some searching and found these forums to be incredibly helpful.

    About my project: I am about to complete my final edit for a 23′ shortfilm shot on the Red One system, and edited in FCP 6. I have never dealt with the output process before, and want to know what the best output form would be for DVD, which will be the festival submission format of choice.

    I want to ensure that the amazing quality of the Red translates onto DVD.

    Thank you for any help. If it helps, I plan on using compressor and DVDSP.

    (un)Funded Thinktank Productions, LLC

    Bjarki Gudjonsson replied 16 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Zane Barker

    December 28, 2009 at 1:26 am

    [Justin Balthrop] “I want to ensure that the amazing quality of the Red translates onto DVD.”

    Well considering that DVD quality is far from amazing good luck with that.

    [Justin Balthrop] “I plan on using compressor and DVDSP. “

    Perfect thats a good way to go.

    There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
    Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

  • Bjarki Gudjonsson

    December 28, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Hi!

    I would recommend creating a master of your film, using ProRes 4444 for instance, in the native resolution (2K, I’m guessing). That way you can easily create any kind of master necessary in the future. I generally make these master QuickTimes for my RED projects, and try to get HDCAM prints of them as well where applicable.

    Good luck,
    Bjarki

    ps. Why aren’t you making Blu-ray discs instead? 😉

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