SD to HD up-res plugin

[Shane Ross]

[Benjamin David] “What is the best plugin to apply to SD footage…having enlarged it to fit on an HD timeline?”

Compressor does this for free. Look at the ADVANCED CONVERSION options. Or…

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com – INSTANT HD

Or a Terranex box at a post facility. This will get you your best results. But very expensive.

[Benjamin David] “(in order to improve the quality)”

Blowing SD up to HD will do anything BUT improve the quality. It will make it look worse. You will be taking something 1/4th to 1/10th its original size, and blowing it up. That will bring out the grain and tha artifacts. Now Instant HD, and even Compressor, can smooth out some of this, but not all of it.

Shane

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[Walter Biscardi]

As Shane notes, blowing up SD to HD, especially via Software, will reduce quality.

In addition to his suggestions, the AJA Kona 3 and the AJA IoHD offer hardware up-conversion which is far better quality than software up convert.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Arnie Schlissel]

You cannot “improve” the quality of the original. You can scale it up in a way to not lose any quality, but your SD material will never match good HD material in quality.

IOW if you scale it up using the best methods, it will never be as sharp as if it had been shot as HD in the 1st place. And if the focus is soft or the exposure is off, then it will just be a bigger picture with soft focus or bad exposure.

Arnie
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[Peter Dewit]

I use a Kona2 for upconverts and AJA’s hardware does and excellent job converting SD to HD or HD to SD in realtime.

[Rob Tinworth]

Is there anything to be gained in using compresser to upres SD footage over just dropping it into an HD timeline in FCP and rendering?

Rob Tinworth
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[Steve Eisen]

You can also use UpRez filter from Boris BCC 5.

Here is a tutorial:
https://www.borisfx.com/news/2007/08/podcast-upscale-media-in-apple-final.html

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Bob Flood]

Hi

I know compresser has some pixel interpretation settings that fcp does not, so i would say yes there is an advantage of compressor over fcp

I think ken stone or larry jordan has a write up on using compressor to blow up stuff

we all know that blowing stuff up wont make it sharper, but compressor will make it look pretty good.

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Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Mark Maness]

[Shane Ross] “www.redgiantsoftware.com – INSTANT HD”

That would be nice but the new version that works with the latest programs will no be available until at least January. I read this on the Toolfarm forums for Red Giant.

Thankfully…. I don’t rely on software upconversion.

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[Uli Plank]

ReSizer from Digital Anarchy is already up-to-date. It’s faster, but also more expensive than InstantHD. Give the demo a try, it’s definitely faster than Compressor.
But you may still want a Teranex

[Mark Maness]

Very true… Nothing beats a good hardware conversion.

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