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How to get fields as two separate sequences ?
Hi 🙂
Is there a way to get the 2 fields of interlaced video (HDV in my case) as two separate sequences WITHOUT interpolation.
I could do a slowmotion in AE, but then I get “full” resolution with some kind of interpolated fields.
So per definition i’d like to make from 1920 x 1080 a 1920 x 540 sequence.
Of cource the image is distorted then, but that’s ok in that case.
Thanks for every idea or even solution 🙂
Peter
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2 Replies
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Here’s an idea, but I haven’t tried it to verify.
Import your footage twice. Interpret upper field first on one, lower field first in the other.
Drag each into its own comp. Set the resolution of both comps to 1920×540. Set the vertical scale of each clip to 50% so it is scrunched to fill the comp frame.
Set the footage layer in both comps to draft mode. (In Draft mode, AE doesn’t interpolate the fields, just shows one field or the other.)
Render out each comp as frames, not fields, and be sure to set render quality to Current Settings, not Best settings, in order to preserve the draft mode layers.
I’m pretty sure that will do what you want, although I’d be intrigued to hear why you want to do it.
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Thanks !
That’s it.
I am trying to find a good way for downconversion of HD-Material.A simple scaling of interlaced material does not work very well in any application I tried. You alway get heavy flickering and the fields are almost lost.
Thanks again!
Peter
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