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System Settings
hi,
i am cutting a company work reel with mixed formats. some quicktimes are DV 720x 480, some are 720p, and some are 1080p. what is the best system settings to set for this project? should i stay 1080p and uprez everything or work 720p? either way i am either uprezing or downconverting something. not sure what the happy medium is. this is for a website.
setting the sequence at 1080p apple pro res, i notice the only “red” renders i have are ones that are mpeg 4s. everything else plays ok – with either a “yellow” render or “green.” can you describe to me the difference in renders?
thank you very much.
jimmy stewart.
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8 Replies
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Hi Jimmy,
You have to decide the size depending on your delivery format.
And, upscale a picture ONLY IF THAT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.
In this case, if 720×480 is OK, keep on that size.
Go to 720 only if you can’t stay at 720×480.
And try to avoid 1080. The NTSC clips, will look crap (unless you want to spend money).
rafael -
the 1080 clips will look ok at 720? and i want to set it at 16×9. what size should i set my system settings?
thank you
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i think im going to set my project at 720p as alot of my quicktimes are 720p. should i do apple pro res, uncompressed, etc? what should my easy setup be? “all formats”?
thank you!
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Downscaling 1080 will be OK. The NTSC stuff will suffer more.
720p Prores should be OK.
Set “Render all YUV in High Precision” and “Render Motion Effects: BEST”.
rafael -
thank you. do i have to convert the 29.97 dv material to 23.98, progressive in compressor ahead of time, or should i import as is and just render afterward?
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[Jimmy Stewart] “thank you. do i have to convert the 29.97 dv material to 23.98, progressive in compressor ahead of time, or should i import as is and just render afterward?”
You haven’t mentioned about mixing time-base stuff.
Be always careful about this, because FC is not brilliant at all on this field.
Which are the time-base that you have to mix?
rafael -
23.98 and 29.97
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Hi Jimmy,
I do not work with NTSC-like footage, but for what I know (from the reading of many posts), the picture will look better when going from 23’98 to 29’97 (frames interpolation) than the other way around (discharging picture).
rafael
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