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Old fashioned problem. Converting 486 to 480 for FCP
Hey There,
A client recently took delivery of an AJA Ki-Pro to replace their aging DVCam deck. They are running into issues however with the files ut is exporting. The AJA records the ProRes files as 720 x 486, but all of their legacy footage (and footage from cameras not recording to the AJA) is 720 x 480. When the footage is converted in Compressor it seems to be a bit “jaggie” compared to the original source material.
I know this is a problem from about 6 years ago, but any help for an SD editor in an HD world would be very much appreciated!
Ian Venables
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3 Replies
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What are you converting to in Compressor?
Is your sequence ProRes or DV-NTSC?
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Creative Pro Users Group -
I’m not totally across the 480 / 486 issues,
but in compressor you do have the option of PADDING to the source ratio
look in the geometry pane of the inspector.this will ad 6 lines of black spread across top & bottom, and there will be no re-sizing on the original image
nick
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[Ian Venables] “The AJA records the ProRes files as 720 x 486, but all of their legacy footage (and footage from cameras not recording to the AJA) is 720 x 480. When the footage is converted in Compressor it seems to be a bit “jaggie” compared to the original source material.”
No need to convert nothing.
Drop the 720×486 stuff on the 720×480 sequence.
FC knows how to manage the 6 lines cropping.
rafael
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