Preparing 1440x1080i HDV for conversion to 1080p / 24p

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Rune Jacobsen] “(which means 1440, but I also want to widen it to 1920)”

HDV is actually 1920 wide. It’s just anamorphic HD.

[Rune Jacobsen] “I want to go for a “film look”, which in my case means 24p”

Interpret the footage to run at 24fps after you’ve imported and edit in a 24fps sequence.

[Rune Jacobsen]

Hi Tero,

Thanks for your reply!

[Tero Ahlfors] “HDV is actually 1920 wide. It’s just anamorphic HD.”

I have a basic understanding of what anamorphic means, but in PP the video source clip shows as 1440×1080. I will have to actually do something to cause it to become 1920, right?

[Tero Ahlfors] “Interpret the footage to run at 24fps after you’ve imported and edit in a 24fps sequence.”

I will try your interpretation tip. But will this actually cause ever so slightly slower video? I.e. each second of 30fps video will become 24, then the 6 remaining frames will be “pushed” to the next second along with the first 18 frames? Or will it simply drop 6 of the frames each second to become 24fps?

Still learning, thanks for any further tips!

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Rune Jacobsen

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Rune Jacobsen] ” I will have to actually do something to cause it to become 1920, right?”

Drag the video to the new item button and it should create a timeline with the proper settings. Or you can make a custom 1440×1080 sequence and choose the HD anamorphic pixel aspect ratio.

[Rune Jacobsen] “But will this actually cause ever so slightly slower video?”

It will change the lenght of the clip because it’s running slower. Basically it just runs the video at the new framerate showing every frame. It’s not dropping or adding frames. If you have a 24 fps sequence and you cut 30 fps footage in it then it will drop frames, but it will run the original lenght.

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Rune,

You are correct that an HD video clip is 1440 pixels wide. Just drop that clip into a 1920×1080 sequence and Premiere will handle it just fine, and you can export as 1920×1080 later.

Not sure about the 24 conversion, have not tried it myself

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

[Rune Jacobsen]

Tero,

Thank you very much for your help! Going into experimentation mode now. 🙂

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Rune Jacobsen

[Rune Jacobsen]

Jeff,

Thank you very much for your input. I’ll familiarize myself with this a little more to make sure I get it right. 🙂

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Rune Jacobsen