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Using Instant HD-1st I need to convert interlaced footage
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pardon my ignorance, but what HD standard is 864×480?
Erik
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[epontius] “HD standard is 864×480?”
Yup, I forgot to touch on that. It’s NTSC DV 16:9.
Cheers
Roland Kahlenberg
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[epontius] “pardon my ignorance, but what HD standard is 864×480?”
Hmmmm, I reworded the original post in my head to mean that the goal was to up rez 16:9 Square Pixel SD NTSC material to HD…
Is that what you meant Racing? Otherwise I think epontius found the source of our confusion =)
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
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That’s what I was thinking at first…but you wouldn’t need to “up rez” SD footage (.9 or 1.2 pa) to square pixels…just make a 864×480 comp and scale to fit…right?
I was wondering at first if that was a requirement for the Instant HD, but from watching the quick tut video on their page, it handles PA conversion…just doesn’t do interlaced sources (an attempt to sell more Magic Bullet?).Erik
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Maybe he wants to go 4:3 to 16:9 in an elegant way. 😉 I’ve not done a conversion like this but it does sound like an idea that’s worth a try.
FWIW, InstantHD does a decent job starting from SD 4:3 to HDs 16:9. Once in HD, it’s a matter of scaling down to SDs 16:9.
The nice thing about InstantHD is that it handles PARs very well going from non-square PAR SD, to square PAR HD.
Cheers
Roland Kahlenberg
https://www.broadcastGEMs.com – Adobe After Effects project files
https://www.myspace.com/rorkrgbspace -
yep, i had read it as they wanted to uprez their sd 4×3 (0.9 par, i assume) footage to widescreen sd, square pixel. and using a tool with better scaling algorithims would be a good option. (unless you’re a cheap sob like me… 😉
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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