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Shoot HD edit in SD
Hey guys – I shoot with Sony’s XDCAM EX and edit natively in that format. But, as you can imagine it’s taking a lot of power from my Mac Pro and Final Cut. Here’s my question: I shoot HD but when I send our pieces to television stations, I have to downconvert it. Should I just convert my HD footage to SD (and how) if I’m not going to go back to HD?
I’m not planning to make my final product in HD is the bottom line. What is the workflow from XDCam HD to SD. Use Quicktime?
Sony XD-EX3 Camera
Final Cut Studio 3
Mac Pro Quad Core -
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IF you need SD, why are you shooting with the XDCAM EX3?
Shane
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We’re shooting HD so we have an HD library of video when tv stations finally go HD. Right now, we just have to deal with widescreen and no HD.
Sony XD-EX3 Camera
Final Cut Studio 3
Mac Pro Quad Core -
I’d think you should experiment with it… I think that camera will down convert to SD as you capture from it doesn’t it? (converts the HD to DV I believe) That might be the cleanest way to shoot HD but capture SD. But look at your most complicated composite… do it in HD then down convert that as you do now, and compare it to a down-converted first composite of the same… make sure you’d be happy…
Conventional wisdom would say that you should stay right where you are acutually, but you might be able to do the above and save some render times…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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I love my HPX-500. So many formats. So easy to work with.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
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I think that camera will record SD too… might just shoot it?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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Not the EX3. The full sized XD cam with the disk does. With the EX3, it only shoots HD. I’ve been through Sony and they said the same thing.
Sony XD-EX3 Camera
Final Cut Studio 3
Mac Pro Quad Core -
Nope…that’s the thing with the EX line…they shoot HD only. No SD.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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So, if I convert to SD from HD, what is the best setting for editing then printing to tape?
Sony XD-EX3 Camera
Final Cut Studio 3
Mac Pro Quad Core -
Bummer. I’ll wager transcoding to ProRes would at least speed up the renders with the GOP structured media… course that would then require a compression session.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things.
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
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I have a suggestion … might be a bit of a work around … but an idea …
Do you have a Capture Card (Matrox, AJA, Blackmagic)?
Could you then playback from the Camera or a playback deck then capture through the Capture card as an Anamorphic SD file?Just a thought to help you with a solution.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com
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