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using 720p footage in a FCP 1080i project
I have a large project that was shot on the Z1U and cut in FCP 5.2 native 1080i. Just to make things interesting, the client has provided a “must use” tape shot in 720p DVC PRO. What’s the best way to use this footage in my project? I also have it as a 960x720p QT file that kinda plays but I have to scale it up for a full frame and it looks bad. One attempt has been made to convert this file to a 1080i file using Compressor. The resulting file plays with a stutter and shows artifacts. Any thought?
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[mikepella] “One attempt has been made to convert this file to a 1080i file using Compressor.”
Did you turn on all the ‘best’ settings for motion compensation?
If you have a Kona 3 card, you can capture the 720p material into 1080i (cross convert) with no problems.
Jeremy
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[mikepella] “What’s the best way to use this footage in my project? I also have it as a 960x720p QT file that kinda plays but I have to scale it up for a full frame and it looks bad.”
The Panasonic 1200A and 1400 can cross convert 720 to 1080i. The AJA Kona 3 can cross convert from 720 to 1080i. Those are your best options. In our experience, the Kona does a better job of this.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Mike,
You might want to talk to Shane, he uses Compressor for upconverts a lot I believe. The Kona option is probably your best bet, but I would tinker with my settings in a Compressor upconvert to make sure it is compatible with your project. It should work.
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[Chris Poisson] “You might want to talk to Shane, he uses Compressor for upconverts a lot I believe.”
Just to clarify. 720 to 1080i or vice versa is a cross-convert, not an up-convert like SD to HD.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Yeah, but I don’t edit HDV, so I am not sure exactly how to do this. But Compressor does have an HDV setting in the ADVANCED CONVERSION area.
Shame to convert DVCPRO HD to HDV…
Shane
FCP Preferences set to UNCONTROLLED ADVICE
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Hey Walter,
That is very interesting, can you expand on cross-convert? How is it different?
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[Chris Poisson] “That is very interesting, can you expand on cross-convert? How is it different?”
Converting one HD format to another is cross-convert.
Converting SD to HD is Upconvert.
Converting HD to SD is DownConvert.
720 to 1080i is just converting one HD format to another, thus Cross Convert.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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