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mixing HDV/DVCPRO HD/DV, 720P24, 1080i30, 480p, 480i, 4×3, 16×9, drop and non-drop frame into one time-line
I’m currently editing my reel and have quick times from projects in different formats including the following:
1. HDV Projects (both 720p24 from a JVC Camera and 1080i from a Canon
XL-H1) that were output into Apple ProRes 422 720p24 Quick-Times
2. DVCPRO HD 720p footage shot with HVX-200
3. 16×9, 720×480 (853×480) progressive Quick-times
4. 4×3, 720×480 interlaced Quick-times
5. Motion Graphics Presentations – 640×480 Square Pixel Aspect Ratio,
30 Frames, Progressive.I’ve being trying to edit all these projects into one time-line in Final Cut 6.0.3. The final out put is going to be uploaded to my website in both Quick-time WMV and Flash as 480×720 16×9 and 320×240
(using a wide screen filter for all 4×3 footage).
I’ve been trying to do this for a while now but keep getting jagged graphics and video.Any ideas regarding work flow, plug-ins, and settings are highly appreciated.
Thank you,
Itai
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4 Replies
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Try to settle on an intermediary codec and frame size and get everything into that codec…perhaps ProRes. That should then be easily strung out in a timeline that matches the clips.
I think just trying to drag all these elements into one timeline without any pre-encoding will not get the results you want.
Rich Rubasch
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Hello Rich, Thank you so much for your response.
I’ve tried exporting all the clips via Quick Time Pro into SD 16X9 720X480, progressive, Uncompressed Quick Times.
When I’ve imported these new clips into a new Sequence I still had the same problems with jagged lines.
I didn’t want to use Apple ProRes as the intermediary Codec from SD/DV files due to the much larger file size that would result from that.
I’m thinking of setting a batch project through compressor, do you have any recommendations in regards to that?Thank you,
Itai -
Since you have so many source codecs and sizes, I think a little experimentation is in order. The SD stuff should be the easiest. And don’t think ProRes makes huge files. They are pretty manageable. The hardest clips will be the HDV stuff. DVCProHD should down res pretty nicely. If you have any jaggies check your field order and other interlacing settings in compressor. In my experience all of these file types can be down rezed with compressor with good results.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media -
I’ll give the ProRes a try. The biggest problem I have is with Motion Graphics that were made using Motion 3.0 for a HDV 720P24 Project.
As far as the interlacing – all interlace footage is NTSC so the fields order is lower first and I’m trying to convert it to Progressive so the fields should be none. Any idea why this conversion is not going through well?
Again, thanks’ a lot.
Itai
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