OOPS….. Editing a 720p project… now client wants SD instead… Help?

[Jeremy Garchow]

If you need to make a DVD, simply export a reference movie, then setup a 16×9 SD Mpeg2 preset in compressor, render and away you go. Since you have encoded a 16×9 stream, the DVD player will fix the scaling on a proper 16×9 monitor, and if it’s 4×3 monitor, the DVD player will letterbox it for you.

If your timeline is 24p, you can keep the 24p frame rate in compressor and output a progressive disc.

Jeremy

[Shane Ross]

No need to change the sequence to SD. If your delivery is an SD DVD, then all you need to do is compress a DVD like you normally would.

#42 – Quick and dirty way to author a DVD

Shane’s Stock Answer #42 – David Roth Weiss’ Secret Quick and Dirty Way to Author a DVD:

The absolute simplest way to make a DVD using FCP and DVDSP is as follows:

1. Export a QT movie, either a reference file or self contained using current settings.

2. Open DVDSP, select the “graphical” tab and you will see two little monitors, one blue, one green.

3. Select the left blue one and hit delete.

4. Now, select the green one, right click on it amd select the top option “first play”.

5. Now drag your QT from the broswer and drop it on top of the green monitor.

6. Now, for a DVD from an HD source, look to the right side and select the “general tab” in the track editor, and see the Display Mode, and select “16:9 pan-scan.”

7. Hit the little black and yellow burn icon at the top of the page and put a a DVD in when prompted. DVDSP will encode and burn your new DVD.

THATS ALL!!!

NOW…if you want a GOOD LOOKING DVD, instead of taking your REF movie into DVD SP, instead take it into Compressor and choose the BEST QUALITY ENCODE (2 pass VBR) that matches your show timing. Then take THAT result into DVD SP and follow the rest of the steps. Except you can choose “16:9 LETTERBOX” instead of PAN & SCAN if you want to see the entire image.

Shane

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[Walter Biscardi]

Export your HD timeline as a Reference Movie

Send that into Compressor

Choose your DVD Preset

Set it for 16:9

Make your SD DVD.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Matthew Abourezk]

Thanks guys,
I think my message gave you the wrong picture of what the issue is….

I am not done editing the video, I need to continue editing for another week or so, but I want to move the project into a SD timeline.

How would I go about doing that with minimal issues?

Thanks again,
Matt

Talkingbox Digital Media Group, Inc.
http://www.talkingboxdmg.com
(203) 327-6617

[Jeremy Garchow]

Stay in HD, edit in HD, then make a SD master/DVD. It’s truly the best way.

Jeremy

[Walter Biscardi]

[Mabou2] ”
How would I go about doing that with minimal issues?”

Leave it in the HD timeline and finish the edit.

Unless you’ve captured all your footage in SD, you’re just going to be creating a lot of unnecessary rendering.

Just finish the edit in the HD timeline and create your SD DVD from that. We do this all the time.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Johnsabbath D’urzo]

what’s the difference between pan and scan and letterbox 16:9

[Johnsabbath D’urzo]

what’s the difference between pan and scan and letterbox 16:9

[Johnsabbath D’urzo]

what’s the difference between pan and scan and letterbox 16:9

[Johnsabbath D’urzo]

what’s the difference between pan and scan and letterbox 16:9