Sequence settings for multiple clip types

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Sequence settings for multiple clip types

Posted by David Watson on September 4, 2012 at 7:12 am

Hi I’m working on a funeral video, and this is my first time using APP as well as doing video editing. I have experience in audio editing, and I also have been going through Adobe’s tutorials to learn some of the basics. I need help to set up my sequence settings.

I have clips from three different cameras. I know one is a Nikon and another is a Canon but I don’t remember the third camera nor do I know any of the model numbers. I do, however, know the clip information.

I have 6 Quicktime Movie clips from the Nikon. They all have an fps of 23.976, and an aspect ratio of 1280 x 720 (1.0). I have 34 clips from the other two cameras combined. They all have an fps of 29.97, but 9 of them have an aspect ratio of 1440 x 1080 (1.3333), and the other 25 have an aspect ratio of 1920 x 1080 (1.0).

So how should I create my sequence? I know you can drag and drop a clip to create a new sequence and it will be created based on the clip info. But which clip type should I use? And what will happen to the other clip types?

I’m not worried about audio because an audio feed was recorded directly from the church soundboard. So I’m going to use that wav file. Also, the end goal is to create a dvd of the funeral and interment. So I’ll want to export to dvd quality.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

David H. Watson
dEhiN Entertainment

David Watson replied 13 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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Chris Tompkins
September 4, 2012 at 1:03 pm

[David Watson] “I have 6 Quicktime Movie clips from the Nikon. They all have an fps of 23.976, and an aspect ratio of 1280 x 720 (1.0). I have 34 clips from the other two cameras combined. They all have an fps of 29.97, but 9 of them have an aspect ratio of 1440 x 1080 (1.3333), and the other 25 have an aspect ratio of 1920 x 1080 (1.0).”

Good lord man, where’s the planning before the shoot?
No offense to you.

Pick the one you will use the most of, make that your sequence settings.
The 1440 x 1080 is a thin raster 1080 which is the same as the 1920 x 1080 that you have when editing so, you really have:

1080i/60i
and
720p/24p

Go with a 1080i/60i sequence, so grab a 1920 x 1080 clip and drop that on the make new sequence to match icon, run with that one.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC
David Watson
September 5, 2012 at 1:20 am

Hi Chris, thanks for the advice. The videographer was operating two cameras actually – the Canon and the Nikon. But the father of the deceased had his own camera set up as well. The biggest problem is that for some reason none of the cameras have the full service + interment covered. And the deceased’s father’s camera was set on a tripod so it’s only one angle (although it does cover 99% of the service).

Could you explain to me what you mean by the 1440×1080 being a thin raster 1080? The weird part is that the third camera (the one on the tripod) captured all its clips in 1920×1080, and the Nikon captured all its clips in 1280×710. So it’s the Canon that captured some clips in 1920×1080 and a few in 1440×1080. I’m not sure why.

Also why are my 1080 clips all interlaced, and what does the 60i mean? And why are my 720 clips all progressive? Are these standards?

I want to understand how video works and frame rate and aspect ratios, etc. So thanks in advance for the explanation. 🙂

David H. Watson
dEhiN Entertainment

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