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Question about scaling up footage
I spent some time recently on a thread about properly converting 720×486 to 720×480 for the purposes of creating a DVD. I learned that since all SD DVD’s are 720×480, if you try using a 720×486 timeline for your DVD, you’ll end up losing 6 lines, and that if you’re not careful, you’ll possibly introduce a field shift and screw things up.
Since then, I do my work in a 720×480 timeline, but some of the elements that I’m dropping into my timeline are 1920×1080 (from an XDCAM). FCP automatically scales my footage down to 37.5 so that it all fits. I don’t mind the letterboxing, but if I wanted to scale things up a bit (to 42 perhaps…I don’t mind losing the stuff on either end of the shots), do I have to worry about causing field shifts? Or is one not related to the other?
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They are not related Paul, but if something goes awry and you somehow wind up with the improper filed order on a clip, blowing things up typically will make that more obvious than normal.
David Roth Weiss
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Thanks, David. I don’t think there’s a problem with any of my stuff initially, but just wanted to make sure.
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Gotcha! It’s always good to know so you don’t have to think about these things if it’s not really necessary.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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