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Reprocessing 4:3 to 16:9
Hi,
Am working on a documentary at the moment, which is being cut in 16:9 FHA. I have just realised that one of the camera’s from a shoot that was done in london was working in 4:3 not 16:9. Now I have an hour of footage that cannot be re-shot that I need to see if I can reprocess.
We have looked at the option of just pillarboxing the 4:3 footage, but if someone is watching the finished 16:9 product on a 4:3 screen it will just look like a postage stamp in the middle of the screen.
I was chatting with the main dude for Final Cut Pro at NAB earlier in the year (I think his name was Chris), and he was talking up compressors ability to do advance format conversion. Has anyone worked with this yet?
Any tips for getting this footage watchable?
Cheers
Al
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oh, I should note that I have also tried doing a 133% blowup within final cut, but the footage just looks soft
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What is your delivery format? You can deliver 4:3 centre cut and no one will know you shot 16:9. Otherwise you may have to pillarbox your 4:3 footage if you are creating a letterbox style or future-proofing for an HD blow-up master.
I just dealt with updated delivery specs for a series that was originally 4:3 for first two seasons but this year they went 16:9. They couldn’t use anything from the old 4:3 bank of shots they had because blowing up 133% was too soft, so they had plenty of re-shooting.
Anyways, it’s not a simple solution. As you well can see, a 133% blowup looks just like that, if you are limited to FCP sodtware solutions. Maybe check into a house that has a teranex and uprez your 1 hour to an HD format and then down convert to your shooting format for input into your editing station.
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DK Davis / Editor/ Post Super
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