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Mixing formats in a sequence
I’m cutting together a piece in which three cameras were used, obviously all different formats. I’m dealing with DV, HDV, and DVCPro HD. What is the best way to deal with all of this? Do I set up a sequence for 1080i and bring the DV up? Do DVCPro HD and HDV even work together?
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7 Replies
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None of those formats work together. You need to choose a setting and convert the rest to match.
Is the DVCPRO HD footage 1080 or 720?
DV blown up to 1080 will not look good, just so you know.
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CaptM
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I would down convert the HD & HDV to DV. As a general rule of thumb I always go with the lowest resolution source, as down converting wokes better then up ressing.
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[zrb123] ” I always go with the lowest resolution source, as down converting wokes better then up ressing.”
Unless your delivery format is HD! Then it’s the opposite, pull everything up to the highest resolution so that GRFX, renders, etc. look as good as possible.
Mark
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True but if your delivery format was HD then why would you be shooting SD
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Archival footage, “throw away cams”, stock footage unavailable in other formats… there’s plenty of reasons why you may have mixed formats in a single project.
Mark
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“Archival footage, “throw away cams”, stock footage unavailable in other formats… there’s plenty of reasons why you may have mixed formats in a single project.”
Thats not the case here it was a 3 camera shoot and they want to use footage from all 3 cameras in one project. And HD will look better downconverted to DV then DV will look up converted to HD for use in mixing the 2 together.
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