Uprez dvcpro-HD

[Walter Biscardi]

What you need to do is an HD cross conversion from 720p to 1080i. That’s not a “uprez”. There’s no software I could recommend for that other than maybe Shake. Hardware only is what I would use.

In your case, I would lay off the 720p material to our Panny 1400 decks and then recapture the footage to 1080i via our AJA Kona 3 boards which perform the conversion in realtime.

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[Ben Hendriks]

Hi Walter,

So going from 960x720p to 1920x1080p is not an uprez?
Uprez does not mean going up in resolution?
OK. Thanks for your response.

Best Ben

[Walter Biscardi]

[Ben Hendriks] “So going from 960x720p to 1920x1080p is not an uprez? “

No, it’s an HD Cross Conversion.

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[John Pale]

Compressor does a nice job with basic cross conversion

[Arnie Schlissel]

[John Pale] “Compressor does a nice job with basic cross conversion”

Yup. I’d try that first. If you’re not happy with the results, try Shake, AE, Combustion, maybe Photoshop Extreme.

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[Rafael Amador]

Funny, in Laos we call that Upscaling, upsizing or so.
This of cross-conversion sounds to pure marketing.
rafael

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[Ben Hendriks]

Hi Rafael,

Same here, I think there is nothing “cross” about going from 720 25p
to 1080 25p. Just UP. Maybe the Kona manual has something to do with it.
Well, not realy important…….

Thanks for the responses,

Ben

[Walter Biscardi]

[Rafael Amador] “This of cross-conversion sounds to pure marketing. “

Cross Conversion is when you take one HD format and convert it to another HD format. This applies to the conversion of 720 to 1080 and 1080 to 720. This is why it’s called a cross conversion.

That’s the term that was explained to me when I started working in HD 5 years ago and it’s the proper term for making this conversion. You can call it whatever you like, but I prefer to use the correct broadcast terms in my responses.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Rafael Amador]

[walter biscardi] ” I prefer to use the correct broadcast term”
Walter, the problem is that today there are no such “broadcast terms”.
Years ago institutions like the SMPTE, EBU, etc, set the terms and specs and the industry have to follow them.
Todays is the other way round and manufacturers use terms like “cross conversion” that is absolutely meaningless but it sound very well in a brochure.
rafael

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[Herb Sevush]

Rafael –

I disagree with the idea that the term “cross conversion” is empty marketing hype. Up-Rez means going from standard def to ANY HD format. Cross-Conversion means going from one HD format to another. Compared to the difference between standard def and any form of HD, the differences between the various HD formats is insignificant. for instance I can make the case that going from 720P60 to 1080i invovlves no expansion of data whatsoever, just a change between temporal and physical dimensions. So for convenience sake we have the term “cross-conversion” which indicates a change in format without any significant change in quality and “up-rez” which indicates an enormous change in quality.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions