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problems mixing hdv and dv
Hi all,
i’m having a problem:
what’s the correct way to get a hdv file (cropped left an right to 4/3) in a dv sequence ???when i put a hdv file to a dv sequence, FCP scale this down to 50 percent with an aspect of -25.
to get the anamorphic file back, i have to set the aspect to 0. well, so far no problems.
but i want to crop the left and right side of my picture to get 4/3. as for my understanding, the aspect ratio tells
the width of the picture, not the height as fcp seem to interpret it when moved to -25.
FCP scales to 50 percent and i get a 4/3 letterbox.
to get a full fame with sides cropped i have to scale to 70% – which can’t be corrrect for the hdv file is
1080, and about 70% are 756 pixels in height not 576!!!!
if i look at the hdv in the viewer at 50% it’s perfectly sharp and not blurry as in the canvas.If i do the same in AE i get a full 4/3 picture at 50% (actually 53% -i know..) with much better quality
the thing is, done in FCP the hdv looks worse than the same filmed with an xm1!
i have to scale it into a dv sequence, for i have to work with a multiclip mixed dv/HDV.
so do i really have to go to AE to amke this work???
thanx for any help
regards
stefan
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4 Replies
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Many who are editing for output in SD use the HDV camcorder’s output settings to downconvert the HDV footage to SD (in the camcorder) and capture via FW in SD.
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But doesn’t that yield a letterboxed clip? Try nudging up or down the scaled and cropped clip one pixel and see if that cleans it up.
Rich Rubasch
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Stephan- Use the downconvert in the camera or HDV deck as suggested above. In the IN/OUT REC menu choose iLink HDV-DV CONV. Also in the Z-1/HVR-M10 IN/OUT REC menu is the Down Convert menu where you can choose Squeeze, Letterbox, or Edgecrop to make 16×9 into 4×3.
Jerry -
thanx for the advice.
unfortunately i have a fx1…kind regards
stefan
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