Mixing HD/SD footage

[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks, again. Good to learn that conversions can be done so quickly.

Do these upconversions need to be done and re-inserted prior to outputing to tape?

Also, can the converted files be somehow relinked to all instances of timelines that included the 30i pre-converted version?

[Shane Ross]

[Matthew Skeris] “Do these upconversions need to be done and re-inserted prior to outputing to tape?”

Yes. Prior to output.

[Matthew Skeris] “Also, can the converted files be somehow relinked to all instances of timelines that included the 30i pre-converted version?”

Not in my experience. You need to manually drop in the replacement shots. Which is why I string them out in order and when I find a temp in the timeline, I drop in the replacement.

Shane

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[Matthew Skeris]

Thanks once more. Relinking FCP-style that’s an area to explore.

In the meantime, I feel it may be better for me in some cases to upconvert as much raw footage as possible prior to rough editing. Getting stuff quickly to tape for screenings is expected and I don’t know that I want to waste time on tech stuff that could be better spent tweaking the edit.

I’m thinking that maybe I can get about 20+ hours of 30i footage upconverted in a week’s time if I have the Mac running each night and over a weekend.