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Using 1080i in an SD timeline
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I have a FCP7 timeline that is mainly composed of SD material, so it is an SD timeline. 720×480, 29.97, to be exact.
I have a few shots that are HDV- 1080i60 (1440×1080), 29.97 fps.
The timeline looks fine for all of the SD footage but the HD footage looks like crap. I have tried changing the field dominance in the sequence settings, because the sequence has upper field dominance and the HD has lower field dominance, but that didn’t help so I changed it back.
Any suggestions on how to improve the look of the HD in my SD timeline?
thanks,
LibbyLibby
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4 Replies
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you could click on your HD clip and then click on Effects/Video Filters/Video/Shift Fields.
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We could use a more detailed and technical description of what “looks like crap” actually means. That might help us figure out how to fix it. Describe the bad footage or post a still here if possible.
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Well- hmm, summoning my powers of description…
it looks blurry, sort of low res, and the shot itself is a pan, so there’s a jerky quality to it… plus there are some horizontal and vertical lines in the shot and they flicker during the pan. Hope that gives you some clues.
thanks,
LibbyLibby
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thanks, Dave. I’ll switch the fields around and see what happens.
How would I go about scaling up and reframing? Take the size up from the current 50 and move the shot around in the frame?
LibbyLibby
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