shoot in 720p release in 1080i workflow

[Mactrix]

The freeware MPEGStreamclip does a wonderful format conversion.

It works not only with MPEG clips but also with QuickTime movies.

Open the QuickTime movies in MPEGStreamclip, choose ‘QuickTime
Export’ from the ‘File’ menu and make your settings. There are
various options for interlaced scaling, deinterlacing and chroma
reinterlacing …

[Shane Ross]

If you had the Kona 3 then you could upconvert the footage thru the card in realtime. But seeing that you are in the same boat as I, you will have to do it the harder way.

Take your 720p sequence and copy it. Create a new sequence that is 1080i (uncompressed 8-bit if you are working with DVCPRO HD. It is an 8-bit codec) with the required framerate and paste your timeline into this one. Now resize the clips to fit the current sequence (Sequence Menu). It won’t show up as an option if you highlight transitions, so what I did was map the command to an F-key and highlighted several clips at a time then resized. It took a while, but worked. Then I hit RENDER. This took a while, but when done it was ready to be output to tape. OR….This just hit me…you can export a Quicktime Movie, self contained, and import that back into FCP, drop it into the 1080i sequence, resize it (one clip) and render. Yeah, that will save tons of time. Except that your graphics and text will look better if the original files were rendered at the higher resolution, rather than upconverting them.

Also make sure you have plenty of room for the render.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Jay Roman]

I have similar project where I have to upconvert from 720p/23.97 to 1080i/59.94 for SXSW festival. The final tape required format is HDCam. Steped thru Shane’s suggestion and all is well except for the picture isn’t full size. I know I’m missing something simple here.

Thanks

Jay Roman