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Instant HD with DVD and Youtube footage
I am putting together a movie trailer in Final Cut and it has been an excruciating process. I am using footage from DVD’s, youtube videos, and even converting .avi movie files downloaded from the internet. Horrible, I know. Unfortunately, the trailer will be shown on a large movie screen. Someone just suggested to me using Instant HD. However, when I did some research it seemed as if it was just meant for upresing dv footage.
Is it possible to use Instant HD for all of my random mixed formats and different aspect ratios? Would I need to convert all of the footage to 720×480 ntsc dv, first and would that even work?
Even if I could use it I’m not sure what the workflow would be for converting all of my footage into a workable format for Instant HD to work.
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3 Replies
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MPEG Streamclip and ProRes
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Thanks. I tried this (mpeg streamclip and prores) and got crazy noise and artifacts. It also didn’t seem to work on source footage that was not 720×480.
Do you know if field order is an issue with the noise? In Mpeg Streamclip you have to choose Upper or Lower and I read that you should convert it with no field order at all?
Also, does all source footage need to be 720×480 for Instant HD to work?
Also I should mention I’m using the trial version so maybe this is the reason for all the crazy noise? That would be a strange attribute of a trial version though.
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I use MPEG Streamclip for some conversions, but I prefer Compressor when I’m converting various formats to one like ProRes. I always turn on Frame Controls and adjust to suit. I find Compressor does a superior job. And, since Compressor will use all 8 cores in my Mac this goes relatively fast.
John
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