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Project settings questions
Hello, everyone, I need some advice on project settings. I am still a novice with DR but learning quickly. On our last trip my wife and recorded videos on our smartphones at 3840×2160 @ 29.97. I also record video on my Sony camcorder at 1920×1080 @ 29.97. I say about a fifty-fifty split. What should I set my Timeline resolution and video monitoring video format? I would like the final output to be HD to distribute to friends who were on the trip with us.
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[Kenneth Maultsby] ” I would like the final output to be HD to distribute to friends who were on the trip with us.”
May as well just down-scale the UHD to HD from the get-go if your intended output is 108029.97.
Does the camcorder record interlaced or progressive @29.97? Smartphone will be (?!) progressive, and may not be Constant Frame Rate or may even be 30.000P.
jPo, CSI
\”I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me\” Oscar Wilde.
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Smartphones are bad choices for editing, because they often run at variable speed, which is problematic for editing. Get an app and convert it to a usable constant-frame format like DNxHR or ProRes, and you’ll be a lot better off.
If this is just basically home movies, I’d say go with 29.97 HD and keep it simple.
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The Sony records interlace. I just purchase a Camon GX10 4K camcorder which will record in progressive for future projects.
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Windows show that it is an MPEG4 file should I still convert it?
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[Kenneth Maultsby] “t is an MPEG4 file should I still convert it?”
The codec is not the issue, the frame rate and raster structure (interlaced/segmented or progressive) is.
jPo, CSI
\”I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me\” Oscar Wilde.
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Like Marc Wielage said. Transcode the phone footage to establish new footage with a constant frame rate. You could possibly transcode to the codec the Sony shot, or both to a standard mezzanine editing codec like ProRes or DNxHR. Phone footage works fine in movies but you have to transcode it unless you shot with a certain special movie app.
Robert
Robert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Thank you all.
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