Red Giant Instant HD

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Dave
To convert from interlaced to progressive, interpret as per normal. And drop the footage into a normal comp – 720×480. Then render out without fields. The last step is the only difference from what you would normally do – assuming that you always render to fields.

[daveyg] “I used Instant HD on a 1080 x 720 composition. It didnt fill in all the way and doesnt look great.”

You must be alluding to 1280×720. There is an option for InstandHD to Fill 1280×720. Use that and it should fill up the comp nicely.

HTH
Roland Kahleneberg
broadcastGEMs
customizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects project files

[Daveyg]

how do i render out without fields. im looking through the render options but dont see the option.

I normally dont interpret footage cause AE does that for me correct. Im trying to figure it out. Thanks

[Steve Roberts]

It’s in the Render Queue, in the render settings. If I recall, rendering fields is “off” by default.

To access the render queue, either choose composition>add to render queue, or composition>make movie.

Check the help section on rendering, and fields as well.

Sometimes you need to manually interpret footage: select the file in the Project Window, then file>interpret footage>main. That should be in the help, too.

[Daveyg]

found it thanks. next question(s) when exporting HD footage whats the best format to export it as. in detail please. then will encore read any format I place into it or is there something else i have to do to make an HD DVD. thanks

is Instant HD the best and cheapest. Better than aligoth.

[Mylenium]

You can’t do HD DVDs with Encore, nor Blue Ray discs. There’s more to it than just changing the video resolution. Neither of the lowend or midrange programs such as Nero or DVD-Studio-pro will give you a HD DVD/ BDR 100% compliant to the standards specified by the respective forums. To my knowledge, only Sonic’s DVD Producer/ Scenarist HD versions will do that and they are still officially in Beta status (though of course the studios already use them). Lastly, you would still need a HD DVD or BDR burner, and they are rare as gold, expensive and stioll plagued by problems. Sorry, what you want is close to impossible to do at this point. Maybe in a year or even longer…

Mylenium

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[Mylenium]

Forgot to add that Digital Anarchy’s Resizer 2 does what you wnat and it has built-in deinterlacing.

Mylenium

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[Daveyg]

wow, hmm thats interesting. ok, so if i make HD videos, and only broadcast through projectors, what hardware will I need to play it without delay.

cause playing a HD footage out of a standard cpu its tough

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Dave
I suggest you check out the COW’s DVD Authoring forum. Lots of new tools out there and the folks there will be able to assist you. Don’t forget to do a search first before posting.

HTH
Roland Kahlenberg
broadcastGEMs
customizable animated backdrops with Adobe After Effects project files