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ProRes 1080 60i to DVD
Currently I am editing several short films shot in HDV 1080 60i imported in ProRes in 1080i 60i. When I export these films in H.264 and MPEG-4 they look fantastic at the frame rate of 29.7p. The sequence says the frame rate is 29.7 even though it is ProRes 60i. I assume that ProRes is natively progressive and automatically makes the footage progressive when it converts it.
Which brings me to my problem. When I want to export the films to a SD DVD using Compressor I get a video that is 60i instead of the 29.7p I was editing in. It looks rather amateurish compared to my other progressive motion exports.
Is there a way to preserve the progressive motion of the film from ProRes? Should I convert an H.264 file to MPEG-2 to preserve it even though this will add a generation? Is there a de-interlacing setting in Compressor I can’t find? Compressor tells me that the frame rate is set to 29.7, yet I still get 60i.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Dan
I am using a Mac Pro with a 2×3 GHz processor with 8 GB of memory running FCP 6.05. The camera I used was a Sony HVR-HD1000u. Footage was recorded in HDV 1080i, imported into FCP with ProRes SQ.
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[Dan Finnen] ” I assume that ProRes is natively progressive and automatically makes the footage progressive when it converts it. “
Nope. That “i” on the end of 60i means 60 interlaced fields. 1080i is interlaced. 1080i/60 is really 1080i/29.97 but someone thought it would be much “cooler” to name the format 60i.
[Dan Finnen] “Is there a way to preserve the progressive motion of the film from ProRes?”
Edit in 1080p instead of 1080i.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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Should I just create a progressive sequence and move the footage there? Or is there a way to capture interlaced HDV in such a way that it is progressive?
Thanks so much!
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[Dan Finnen] “Should I just create a progressive sequence and move the footage there? Or is there a way to capture interlaced HDV in such a way that it is progressive? “
If you create a progressive sequence in FCP, you throw away half of your resolution.
To create a progressive format of HDV then you capture either to 720p or 1080p during ingest. Post ingest, you can use Compressor or Episode to create progressive media from interlaced media.
If your DVD is a standard DVD, then interlaced is just fine.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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