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Mixed Formats: SD-DVCPRO-HDV?
Hi Everyone,
We have been shooting a documentary for a year now and are hoping to integrate three different media formats which have been shot on two different cameras: SD and DVCPRO (P2 Card 720/24PN) both on the HVX200, and 1080i HDV on a Sony HVR-A1U. We are not experienced in mixed video formats, so we want to ask: can this be done?
When we bring them all into a FCP timeline, the SD footage suffers considerably, which I am assuming is because our sequence is set for the footage shot on P2. What can be done to make sure the SD footage can at least look as “good” as SD normally looks in an SD sequence? Do we need to down-grade our HD footage shot on P2 to SD?
The 1080i Sony footage looks OK, but we shot in Sony’s “Cineframe 24” in hopes that it would match our 24PN footage from the HVX; the result is that the motion is choppy, staccato, all wrong. Today we will try to shoot in normal 60i rather than the “Cineframe” mode.
If you have any experience with such a mix of formats, we’d be grateful to hear from you.
Thanks so much!
Best wishes,
J.P.
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1 Reply
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IMHO it’s best to convert into one common format before editing. That way you don’t have render issues. If you have a specific delivery format make that your edit format. Use Compressor to to do the conversions. Search the Cow for workflows to do that.
John
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